Larco has submitted their development application to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop the second phase of the redeveloped Arbutus Village Shopping Centre property – a project plan originally conceived almost ten years ago.

The overall rezoning for the site was approved back in July 2011, with the first phase “Block A” having been approved in late 2015 and now under development to include 215 units and a new Safeway store. Each phase requires a separate development permit.

The plan for “Block B” calls for development of the Southeast corner of the 7-acre site, currently surface parking, with a 7-storey apartment building with retail at grade, including the following:

• 170 rental apartment units
• 37 studios, 24 one-bedrooms, 74 two-bedrooms & 35 three-bedrooms
• 29,400 SF of retail space (including relocated BMO and BC Liquor Store)
• two levels of underground parking accessed off of Yew Street

Construction of Block B is scheduled to complete in 2019.

The final phase of the project involves demolition and redevelopment of the existing shopping centre, with completion of the entire project targeted for 2022.

The architect for the project is Dialog.

A point of contention had been the site’s designation in Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy (RGS) as industrial use. Its conversion to residential uses can only happen with Metro Vancouver’s approval to remove its industrial designation. The Board previously declined to amend the RGS designation for the site in 2014 – partially due to what they viewed as an incomplete development plan. Further community and stakeholder consultation coupled with the completion of the Evergreen Skytrain extension has created a renewed impetus to move forward with redevelopment.

• 3,397 residential units
• total density of 3,850,000 SF
• 3,260,000 SF of residential density (including 55,000 SF of rental)
• 99,000 SF of office space
• 103,000 SF of light industrial space
• 72,000 SF of retail
• total density of 2.82 FSR
• 11 towers ranging from 16 to 38-storeys in height
• a mix of  light industrial, commercial, office, private indoor amenity space, and possibly a congregate care facility and a hotel.
• Approximately 7.53 acres publicly dedicated as parks and open space
• Upon full build out – resident population 7,000 people and over 1,000 jobs

If the OCP amendment is approved by the City of Port Moody, and subsequent approval is obtained from Metro Vancouver, a more detailed rezoning application would then be submitted to the City.

Several developers have approached Flavelle to sell the site in the past. It remains to be seen whether Flavelle will proceed to develop the full site on their own, in partnership with a developer, or whether they will ultimately dispose of the site, which will be worth a considerable amount once the OCP amendment and Metro Vancouver approvals are obtained.

The project has a website with further information: http://www.flavelleoceanfront.ca/

A rezoning application has been submitted for the “Denny’s” site at 1296 West Broadway. The site was sold in February 2016 to Jameson Development Corp for $26,250,000. The rezoning for the 18,762 SF site call for a 16-storey mixed-use building with apartments above retail and a small office component. The proposal includes:

• 153 rental apartment units;
• 27 studios, 70 one-bedrooms, 41 two-bedrooms & 15 three-bedrooms
• 30,220 SF of retail space on two levels
• 4,891 SF of office space
• A total density of 7.07 FSR;
• A building height of 159 ft.; and
• 168 parking spaces

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

The architect for the project is IBI Group.

The land sale from last year equates to $198 per buildable SF based on the anticipated rezoning.

Plans have emerged for a site owned by Holborn Group at the Northeast corner of Abbott Street and Hastings Street near Victory Square and across the street from Woodwards. The site has long been unimproved and used a surface parking lot. The lot is 99′ x 132′ and is currently zoned DD.

Holborn has now submitted a rezoning application for a 10-storey mixed-use building with:

• 132 rental units
• 83 studio units, 4 one-bedrooms and 45 two-bedrooms
• 5,494 SF of commercial space on the ground floor
• a total density of 7.62 FSR
• 74 vehicle parking spaces on one level of underground parking
• 167 bicycle parking spaces
• a building height of 105 ft.

The application describes the design rationale:

A rezoning application has been submitted to the City of Burnaby for Lougheed Village, a 7.4 acre rental apartment property that is currently improved with two 25-storey concrete high-rise apartment buildings and two 9-storey mid-rise apartment buildings. The site has a total of 528 current rental apartment units.

The property was acquired in December 2015 by Starlight Properties, based in Toronto, for $160 Million. Located within the Lougheed Town Centre Plan area, the property’s value was partially based on the potential to add density, now the subject of a current rezoning application. The rezoning calls to use the RM4s and C1 zones as the basis for a redevelopment that includes four new residential buildings and reconfiguration of some of the existing buildings.

The site fronts Lougheed Highway, but has an address on Erickson Drive.

Details include:

• a new 36-storey rental apartment tower (south tower)
• a new 22-storey rental apartment tower (north tower)
• a new 8-storey rental apartment midrise (“middle lodge”)
• a new 3-storey rental townhouse building
• demolition of the 2nd storey of existing commercial building
• conversion of existing larger penthouse units into 43 new smaller units
• creation of new amenity spaces
• 645 total new rental units
• 1,173 rental units in total
• total density of 3.6 FAR (up from existing 1.88 FAR)

The site sits just one block West of Shape’s large scale mixed-use development “The City of Lougheed” currently in initial stages of development.

If supported at Council, the application will move forward to a more detailed package that would be presented at a public hearing early next year.