Westbank Corp. has taken over a proposed rental tower site in the West End. The site, located at 1754-1772 Pendrell Street, was originally proposed for a rezoning back in 2010 for a market condo project by DTKH with some rental units. The newly revised application by Westbank includes:
- A 21 storey tower, with a maximum height of 190 ft
- 171 rental units, including 43 studios, 51 One-Bedroom, 72 Two-Bedroom, and 3 Three-Bedroom units
- A density of 6.55 FSR
Westbank has recently recieved occupancy on their other new West End rental tower, The Lauren, also designed by Henriquez.
An application has been filed for a 90 x 132 ft., C-2 zoned property at 540 Victoria Drive in the Grandview Woodlands area of East Vancouver. The proposed plan includes:
- a new 4-storey building
- 2 CRU’s on the main floor (one for a new Bosa Foods store)
- 27 rental apartment units on the 2nd to 4th floors
- A density of 2.38 FSR (1.75 residential)
- 1 level of underground parking
Cornerstone Architecture explains the rationale for the project:
“This development provides a mixed-use residential and commercial building that will stand as a legacy project for the Bosa Foods company, which has been a long term part of the community. The development is to provide a mixture of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom rental suites across the upper 3 storeys.”
A development application has been made for an RM-4 zoned site at the corner of Victoria Drive and Frances Street in the Grandview-Woodlands area. This site are was not identified for increased density in the any version of the Grandview Woodlands Community Plan. The project calls for the following:
- one three-storey and one four-storey multiple dwelling building containing a total of 15 apartment units
- a total density of 1.43 FSR or 17,006 SF (RM-4 allows 1.45 FSR)
- a total of 17 underground parking spaces
Further, the City is requesting that the site dedicate about 7’ of land along Victoria Drive for possible future reconfiguration of the street to provide dedicated bike lanes. It is noted that further assembly was not feasible.
More info can be found here: http://former.vancouver.ca/devapps/pc649victoria/index.htm
A rezoning application in North Vancouver provides a glimpse of what’s to come in the City North Vancouver’s apartment zones and offers some ideas for other municipalities struggling with issues surrounding housing affordability and densification in existing older apartment areas.
The application for 1549 St. George’s Avenue is seeking renovation and expansion of the existing two-storey walkup apartment building built in 1957. The property is located in the Central Lonsdale area and is zoned RM-1 with an OCP designation of Residential Level-5 (allows 1.6 FAR). The proposal includes:
- Full renovation of existing two floors
- Addition of new third and fourth floors
- Increase from 13 units to 29 units
- Total density of 2.06 FSR
- 0.46 FSR bonus in exchange for rental (under 2015 OCP guidelines)
- Tenant relocation plan including first opportunity to move to nearby building of same owner
- Reduction in parking requirement by the equivalent of 9 stalls
More info: http://www.cnv.org/attach/2015%2001%2026%20item%2010.pdf