A development application has been filed for a new midrise apartment tower on a 125′ x 150′ lot at the Southwest corner of West 10th and Oak, just West of Vancouver General Hospital. The site is zoned RM-3 and so does not require rezoning. The proposal for 1002 West 10th Avenue includes a 12-storey apartment building, consisting of:

• 62 rental units
• A total density of 1.78 FSR (33,350 SF);
• a building height of 116.86 ft.; and
• 25 underground parking spaces, having vehicular access from the lane.

Under the site’s existing RM-3 zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted; however, it requires the decision of the Director of Planning.

The architect for the project is Iredale Group Architecture.

I4 Property Group has applied to the City of New Westminster for a rezoning and to facilitate the development of a 15,254 SF site at 408-412 East Columbia Street, near Royal Columbian Hospital.

• 60 secured market rental units
• 7,000 SF of retail space at grade
• 12,100 SF of office space on the second storey.
• A total gross building area of 69,430 SF
• a density of 4.53 FSR
• 84 underground parking spaces

The previous OCP designation for the site is CM Commercial Main Street, which allows commercial uses at street level and office or residentail uses above. Densities in this zone are medium to high. Under the new OCP, the site is “Mixed-Use Low Rise”, allowing buildings up to 6-storeys in height.

I4PG attempted to assembled the neighbouring lot at 406 East Columbia Street, but were not successful.

The architect for the project is SUVA Architecture.

Another week, another rental apartment building rezoning application under the City of Vancouver’s Rental 100 program. This one is for a 12,300 SF site (99′ x 122′) located on the North side of Kingsway near Fraser Street. The application to for 855 Kingsway calls for a rezoning from the existing C-2 zoning to CD to permit the development of a six-storey mixed-use building. This is a concurrent rezoning and development permit application.

The proposal includes:

• 49 secured market rental units;
• 14 studios, 18 one-bedrooms, 12 two-bedrooms and 5 three-bedroom units
• 4,043 SF of retail at grade;
• A total density of 3.30 FSR;
• A building height of 68.9 ft.; and
• 25 underground parking spaces.

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

The architect for the project is Cornerstone Architecture.

The site had sold in 2015 for $3,668,000, or approximately $91 per buildable SF.

Strand Development has submitted a rezoning application for a 10,881 SF site on West 12th Avenue, next to the Arbutus greenway. The site is currently improved with an older commercial building occupied by Blenheim Import Auto Service. 

The plan for the site calls to rezone from the existing C-7 commercial zoning to permit the development of a 6-storey residential building. The proposal includes:

• 48 rental apartment units;
• 3 studios, 20 one-bedrooms, 15 two-bedrooms and 10 three-bedrooms
• A total density of 3.47 FSR
• A building height of 63.75 ft.; and
• 20 underground parking spaces.

The application is being made under the Rental 100 policy.

The architect for this project is Yamamoto Architecture.

A preliminary rezoning application has been submitted by Chard Development in order to add much needed rental apartment density to an existing apartment property in the Central Lonsdale area of North Vancouver.

1441 St. George’s Avenue is a rental apartment building at St. Georges and East 15th Street. The existing building is 14-storeys with a 2-storey commercial podium. The building contains 80 rental residential units and 52 commercial units.

The rezoning application is proposing to rezone the property to allow for the construction of a new rental tower on the West side of the site, including:

• a 23-storey rental tower
• 175 new rental units
• 10 studios, 111 one-bedrooms, 114 two-bedrooms, 20 three-bedrooms (combined)
• a total combined density of 6.29 FSR
• purchase of 85,156 SF of density at $115 per SF

The site is currently zoned Central Lonsdale Mixed Use ‘C-1B’, which allows for a density of 2.60 FSR. The site is designated Mixed Use Level 4B land use in the Official Community Plan (OCR), which allows for an FSR of up to 3.0 with the potential for a density bonus of an additional 1.0 FSR.

The architect for the project is MCM Partnership Architects.

The property sold in September 2016 for $37,500,000, or $310,000 per existing unit.