A development application has been submitted to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a 25 ft. lot in the Downtown Eastside at 436 East Hastings Street. The site is currently improved with an older single storey commercial building.

Plans for the 3,050 SF site show a new 7-storey building that includes:

• 22 affordable studio units, including:
  • 8 units of market rental housing;
  • 14 units of social housing;
• 1,113 SF of ground floor retail;
• a total density of 5.0 FSR;
• 1 car share space.

This application is being processed through the Social Housing or Rental Tenure (SHORT) program. Under the site’s existing DEOD zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted; however, it requires the decision of the Development Permit Board.

The architect for the project is Wilson Chang.

A rezoning application has been submitted for a site in Mount Pleasant that was previously approved for rezoning under Rental 100.

445 Kingsway and 2935 St. George Street, currently the Destination Hyundai dealership, received rezoning approval from City of Vancouver council in 2016 for a 109-unit rental apartment project with a new Honda dealership at grade. The rezoning was never enacted, and a new application has surfaced in its place.

The new application is being made under the City’s Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program, which allows proposals up to 14-storeys on arterials. The existing 46,576 SF site is zoned C-2.

The proposal calls for two 14-storey towers above a podium, and includes:

• 215 rental units (with 20% of the residential floor area assigned to moderate income households);
• 54 studios, 86 one-bedrooms, 54 two-bedrooms & 21 three-bedrooms;
• 31,000 SF of retail and office space;
• 96,000 SF commercial car wash and vehicle storage in the underground parkade;
• a total density of 4.84 FSR (above grade);
• a building height of 150 ft.; and
• 224 underground parking stalls and 443 bike spaces (including underground vehicle storage).

The commercial car wash is intended to serve the nearby Kingsway Honda dealership and service centre located at the Stella mixed-use development at Kingsway and East 12th Avenue.

The application is being considered under the Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program.

The architect for the project is Acton Ostry.

Peterson Group has submitted their rezoning application under the Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program (“MIRHPP”) for 1111-1123 Kingsway, a 19,211 SF site currently improved with single storey auto repair shops at the corner of Kingsway and Glen Drive in East Vancouver.

The plan for the site is for a new 13-storey mixed-use building that includes:

• 128 rental units (23 units are designated as MIRHPP units);
  • 29 studios, 53 one-bedrooms, 43 two-bedrooms & 3 three-bedrooms;
• DCL waiver maximum rents;
• 7,330 SF of retail space at grade;
• a total density of 5.39 FSR;
• a maximum height of 133 ft.; and
• 97 underground parking stalls and 260 bike spaces.

The application describes the design rationale: “The main residential lobby is located on Glen Drive allowing retail space to be maximized on the ground floor along Kingsway. The 7th floor includes an interior amenity space and access to a south facing amenity roof terrace that maximizes access to natural light and mitigates overlook. These amenity spaces will be designed in accordance with the High-Density for Families with Children Guidelines and will include elements such as children’s play and common social spaces. Where possible, the project will seek to incorporate additional building amenities, such as urban agriculture. The retail space is oriented to Kingsway on the ground floor and the corner in a contiguous space that has been designed to permit a flexible retail configuration that will animate the public realm.”

The architect for the project is MCMP Architects.

Peterson acquired the site in 2018 for $14,800,000 or $143 per buildable SF based on the application.