A preliminary development proposal has been submitted to the District of West Vancouver for a large property known as Taylorwood Place at the Northeast corner of Taylor Way and Keith Road.

Taylorwood Place is a 21-lot single family bare strata subdivision built in the 1970’s. A single entity, Taylorwood Investments Ltd., owns 19 of the 21 lots and is seeking to control 100% in the near future. 

The 6.56 acre site has been the subject of past attempts at redevelopment, including in 2010 by Polygon Homes who were seeking to build 160 condos on the site at a density of 0.75 FAR. For various reasons, that plan did not proceed.

Current planning efforts have been underway since 2015 and have been delayed pending a forthcoming Taylor Way Corridor study which is likely to occur by 2020. The proponent is now seeking community feedback and is offering public benefits in exchange for an OCP amendment.

After various stages of community consultation since 2017, the current version of the development proposal is summarized as follows:

• 390 units (condo and rental, with at least 40% of the units rental);
• 473,000 SF of gross buildable area;
• a total density of 1.66 FAR;
• five terraced mid-rise apartment forms (3-6-storeys);
• community facilities including childcare;
• underground parking.

Council will consider the direction of a preliminary development proposal for Taylorwood Place at its meeting on July 15, 2019. A rezoning application has not been received at this time.

The architect for the project is NSDA Architects.

Polygon has submitted their application to rezone the 34,000 SF Oakridge Plaza site that they own at the Southeast corner of Cambie & West 41st Avenue, across from Oakridge.

5740 Cambie Street is currently zoned C-2 and is improved with two office buildings leased to mostly medical tenants.

The rezoning proposal consists of a mixed-use development with a 14-storey market rental tower and a 27-storey market strata tower and includes:

• 80 market rental units;
  • 10 studios, 31 one-bedrooms, 39 two-bedrooms;
• 133 condo units;
  • 14 one-bedrooms, 104 two-bedrooms, 14 three-bedrooms & one penthouse;
• 12,500 SF of retail space;
• 20,800 SF of market office space;
• 46,000 SF of non-profit office space;
• a total density of 8.61 FSR;
• tower heights of 278 ft., and 148 ft.;
• 288 underground parking spaces and 559 bicycle spaces.

The application is being considered under the Cambie Corridor Plan.

The architect for the project is Dialog.

The full rezoning application can be viewed here: https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/5740cambiest/index.htm

A rezoning application has been submitted to add rental apartments to an existing rental apartment property at 1552 Esquimalt Avenue in West Vancouver. Ambleside Towers is a 21-storey, 185 unit concrete highrise built in 1970 on a nearly two acre site. The plan calls for the addition of new rental units on the underutilized Western portion of the site.

The application was initially made in 2016 but put on hold as part of West Vancouver’s revised OCP process. The proposal was brought forward again in late 2018 and now seek public input.

The proposal includes the following:

• a new 17-storey rental apartment tower;
• 131 rental units (including 20 ground oriented units)
  • 16 studios, 60 one-bedrooms, 54 two-bedrooms & 1 three-bedroom unit;
• a total combined site density of 2.99 FAR;
• a total building height of 170 ft.;
• 83 new parking spaces (for a total on site of 208)

The architect for the project is Buttjes Architecture.

The Molnar Group has submitted a rezoning application for a 6-lot land assembly on Renfrew Street at the Northwest corner of East 10th Avenue. The 24,899 SF site at 2543-2583 Renfrew Street and 2895 East 10th Avenue is proposed for rezoning under the City’s Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program to allow for the development of a 6-storey mixed-use building including:

• 87 rental apartments;
  • 13 studios, 34 one-bedrooms, 26 two-bedrooms & 14 three-bedrooms;
• 8,344 SF of retail at grade;
• a total density of 3.42 FSR;
• a maximum height of 66.5 ft.
• 58 underground parking stalls.

The architect for the project is Wensley Architecture.

The Molnar Group has also submitted a separate rezoning application under the MIRHPP for the five lots at the Southwest corner of this same intersection. Together, the project is entitled ‘Renfrew Residences’.