Adera has submitted a rezoning application for a 14,932 sq ft. site they own at 1220 St. Georges Avenue at the Northeast corner of St. George’s and East 12th in the Central Lonsdale area of North Vancouver. The site is one block south of the Lions Gate Hospital and east of the Fire Hall.
The proposal would replace an existing 23-unit rental apartment building at 1220 St. Georges that was built in the late 1950s.
The proposal for the site is a new 6-storey rental building that includes:
Next week the City of Vancouver will consider allowing a rezoning enquiry for PCI Group‘s site at the Northeast corner of Broadway & Granville to move ahead to the application stage.
PCI already secured a Development Permit for the site at 1477 West Broadway in 2019 for a project including 6 floors of underground parking and storage, retail uses, a subway station entrance, and three floors of office above. The project is already under construction at the P5 parking level.
Existing Development Concept
A higher density rezoning had been contemplated for several years, although the forthcoming Broadway Plan had essentially placed a moratorium on new rezoning applications. PCI’s rezoning inquiry will now be considered as an exceptional circumstance under the Broadway Plan Interim Rezoning Policy given impacts on the station entrance construction should the project be delayed beyond the station construction timeline.
The preliminary proposal is a rental residential tower above a retail and office podium with integrated station entrance, to a height and density significantly above what is permitted under existing zoning. Overall, it includes:
additional retail capacity including a grocery store;
additional office space;
market rental residential units including 20% moderate income units.
The rezoning application is expected to pause the current construction, although it is expected to save significant delays later on thereby minimizing impacts on circulation and access to the South Granville station when the Broadway Subway opens in 2025.
Anthem Properties has submitted their rezoning application for a 56,000 sq ft site in the 4600 block of Kingsway and Hazel Street in the Metrotown area of Burnaby. The site includes the Cactus Club building fronting Kingsway.
The project is entitled “Metro King”.
The proposal is 66-storey high-rise residential tower set above a 9-storey commercial component, with a 7-storey office podium atop a double-height ground floor restaurant and cafe space.
The overall project includes:
645 residential units;
372 condos;
200 market rental units;
73 non-market rental units;
a total density of 11.64 FAR;
144,000 sq ft of office space;
5,000 sq ft of retail space;
a building height of 692 ft.;
18,000 sq ft of amenity space;
876 underground parking spaces.
The Plan designates the subject site for high-density mixed-use development under the CD Comprehensive Development District utilizing the RM5s/RM5r Multiple Family Residential District and C3 General Commercial District as guidelines.
Headwater Projects has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a site they own at 2886 Commercial Drive, at the Northeast corner of Commercial and East 13th in East Vancouver.
The site is 14,000 sq ft and zoned C-2C1. It is currently occupied by a single storey Auto Centre with a large surface parking lot.
Under the site’s existing C-2C1 zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted. However, it requires the decision of the Director of Planning.
A rezoning application has been submitted by Three Shores Development for a 6,000 sq ft site at 133 East 4th Street in the Lower Lonsdale area of the City of North Vancouver. The site is currently improved with the Gospel Hall Church which is relocating.
The proposal is a 6-storey rental building consisting of:
23 rental apartment units, three of which are mid- market rental units;
12 one bedrooms, 5 two-bedrooms & 6 three-bedrooms;
