The Vancouver Masonic Centre has submitted a rezoning application for their property at 1495 W 8th Avenue (between Granville Street and Hemlock Street). The plan the 23,983 SF site is to rezone from the current C-3A to a CD zone to permit a new four-storey building on West 7th Ave., connected to an 18-storey secured rental residential building on 8th Ave. The proposal includes:

• 159 rental apartment units (mix of non-market and market units);
• A neighbourhood restaurant on West 7th Ave.;
• A height of 174 ft;
• A total density of 5.96 FSR.

Here is a construction update on an interesting infill project in Chinatown that was approved under the Rental 100 program in 2013. 245 East Georgia St. is a 9-storey apartment being built on a 25-foot lot. As described on Gair Williamson Architect’s website:

“The design is for 40 studio apartments ranging in size from 320 to 360 square feet and a commercial unit at the ground level. All units have floor to ceiling glazing with either juliet windows or a balcony, there is also a communal roof deck providing opportunities for urban agriculture.”

There will also be retail on the ground floor.

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http://www.gwarchitects.ca/245-east-georgia-street/q9o9orelcnkzsotggn08ksgz4aniul

The site was sold by Colliers in 2012 for $1,150,000.

A development application has been filed for a 49.5′ x 122′ RM-4 zoned site at 944 East 8th Avenue, between St. Catherines and Windsor Streets near Vancouver Community College. Details of the proposal include:

• 4-storey woodframe apartment
• 15 market rental apartment units
• a total density of 1.45 FSR (8,749.3 SF)
• elevator
• a building height of 39.9 ft
• 2 car-share parking spaces

The existing property is a 3-storey walkup apartment with 6 units that sold to the current owner for $1,250,000.

The developer is seeking relaxations on height and parking in order to build rental units.

A development application has been submitted to redevelop a single-storey retail building on four lots on Victoria Drive near East 54th Avenue. The plan for the C-2 zoned site at 7151 Victoria drive is for a 4-storey woodframe mixed use building that includes:

• 25 rental apartment units
• four retail CRU units (5,082 SF)
• total density of 2.50 FSR (25,674 SF)
• 35 parking spaces on two levels of underground parking

The architect for the project is GBL Architects.

Decorus Developments has filed a rezoning application for a C-1 zoned strip retail property at the corner of Broadway and Renfrew in East Vancouver. The plan for the site at 2894 East Broadway calls for rezoning from the existing C-1 to allow a new rental apartment buildings that includes:

• A new 4-storey building
• Commercial use at ground level;
• Total of 37 secured market rental units on the 3 upper storeys;
• A height of 46.4 ft.;
• A density of 2.65 FSR.

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