A rezoning application has been submitted for a site at the Northwest corner of East Hastings and Penticton Street in East Vancouver, currently occupied by London Drugs and an adjacent vacant lot being used as a community garden.

The application is by Hastings Sunrise Development Ltd., a company with the same address as London Drugs’ head office.

The 39,601 SF site at 2585 East Hastings Street has 320 ft. of frontage on the North side of Hastings, more than half a city block, and is currently zoned C-2C. The proposal is to allow for the development of a 6-storey mixed-use building that includes:

• 150 market rental units;
• 45 studios, 59 one-bedrooms & 46 two-bedrooms;
• 29,800 SF of retail space at grade including a new London Drugs store;
• A total density of 3.54 FSR;
• A building height of 72 ft.;
• 147 vehicle parking spaces and 315 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Secured Market (Rental 100) Housing Policy

The architect for the project is Rositch Hemphill.

A rezoning application has been submitted for a 30 ft. lot at the Northeast corner of Slocan and East 27th Avenue in East Vancouver.

The 3,372 SF site at 4310 Slocan Street is currently a martial
arts center owned by the applicant. The lot sits directly adjacent a 4-storey, 41-unit rental building called The Beacon, that was completed in 2017.

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 5-storey (plus amenity level) rental project that includes:

• 8 secured market rental units;
• 2 studios, 2 on-bedrooms, 3 two-bedrooms & 1 three-bedroom;
• 1,600 SF of retail space at grade;
• A total density of 2.83 FSR;
• A building height of 62.3 ft.;
• 3 surface parking lots at the lane.

The application is being considered under the Secured Market (Rental 100) Housing Policy.

The architect for the project is Matthew Cheng.

Nexst Properties on behalf of Champion Development Group has submitted a rezoning application for a site at the southwest corner of Lakewood Drive and Dundas Street, totaling 24,142 SF. The site is located within the Grandview Woodland Community Plan area.

57 Lakewood Drive is zoned C-2 and is currently improved with an older 3-storey commercial/industrial building. The proposal is to allow for the development a 6-storey rental building includes:

• 89 market rental units;
• 35 studios, 22 one-bedrooms, 23 two-bedrooms & 9 three-bedrooms;
• 10,000 SF of retail space at grade;
• A total density of 3.0 FSR;
• A building height of 77 ft.;
• 88 vehicle parking spaces and 192 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan.

The architect for the project DYS Architecture.

A rezoning application has been submitted for a site at 2735 E 41st Avenue in East Vancouver. The 14,382 SF C-1 zoned site is currently occupied by an older lowrise commercial building occupied by G&F Financial Group.

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 5-storey mixed use rental building under the Rental 100 policy. The proposal includes:

• 32 market rental units;
• 2 studios, 10 one-bedrooms, 14 two-bedrooms & 6 three-bedrooms;
• 6,129 SF of retail space in 5 CRUs at grade;
• A total density of 2.48 FSR;
• A building height of 49 ft.;
• 25 vehicle parking spaces and 80 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Secured Market Rental (Rental 100) Policy.

The architect for the project is Barnett Dembek Architects Inc.

Adera has completed the acquisition of a rental development site at 2762 Lonsdale Avenue, in the Upper Lonsdale area of North Vancouver. The purchase price is $9,450,000.

The site is 17,353 sq ft. in size and improved with an older 3-storey walkup apartment building. There is now a development application on the site to allow a 6-storey market, 60-unit market rental development.