PCI Group has submitted their OCP amendment, rezoning and development permit application to the City of Port Moody’s Advisory Design Panel for 2933-3005 Murray Street, a 45,000 sq ft site just east of the Moody Street overpass in the Moody Centre area. The site sits directly North across the train tracks from Moody Centre Station.

The current OCP designation for the site is 6-storeys and mixed use commercial, industrial and residential.

The application proposes to amend the OCP and rezone to allow a 12-storey, mass timber building containing:

• 207 market rental units, including 21 (10%) below-market units;
  • 156 studios and one-bedroom units, 48 two-bedrooms & 3 three-bedroom units;
• 8,400 sq ft of mixed employment space;
• 1,000 sq ft of ground floor affordable artist space;
• a total density of 3.31 FSR (after dedication);
• 15,000 sq ft dedicated as protected land for Slaughterhouse Creek;
• a total of 139 parking spaces.

The application describes the overall concept: “The proposed development is configured in a U-shape with two narrow east and west facing wings, served by external single-loaded corridors above a two-storey podium. This creates a south facing outdoor courtyard between the two wings on top of the podium. This site layout along with the 12-storey building form means that when the development is viewed from Murray Street, as well as the east and west, the massing may appear somewhat bulky and overwhelming given the relatively small site size, especially given that the OCP envisages a six-storey form of development along Murray Street.”

The architect for the project is Perkins + Will.

The 33-storey, 371,000 sq ft. Vancouver Centre II tower at 753 Seymour St. is now topped out and nearing completion. The building is reportedly 52% pre-leased.

A rezoning application has been submitted for a 12,516 sq ft midblock site at 855-865 West 10th Avenue, directly across from Vancouver General Hospital. The site is currently improved with two older 3-storey commercial buildings between the Mary Pack Arthritis Centre and the VGH Skin Care Centre.

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 12-storey office building that includes:

• 76,600 sq ft of office space;
• A density of 6.12 FSR;
• A building height of 156 ft;
• Retail space at grade;
• 82 underground vehicle parking spaces and 60 bicycle spaces.

The application is being considered under the Metro Core Jobs and Economy Land Use Plan(External link).

The architect for the project is WT Leung Architects.

PCI Group have submitted their formal proposal to the City of Vancouver for their site at the Northeast corner of Broadway and Granville.

The proposal calls for the development of a 39-storey, mixed-use building above the South Granville SkyTrain Station. The zoning would change from C-3A (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District. The proposal includes:

• 223 rental units, with 20% at below market rates
• 31,000 sq ft retail space on the first and second storeys, including a grocery store;
• 100,000 sq ft of office space within the 5-storey podium;
• Rooftop amenity space for residential and office access;
• A total density of 12.16 FSR;
• A building height of 410 ft.;
• 285 vehicle parking spaces and 507 bicycle spaces.

The application is being considered under the Metro Core Jobs and Economy Land Use Plan.

The architect for the project is Musson Cattel Mackey.

Strand has submitted their formal rezoning application for 456-496 Prior Street.

The long-anticipated redevelopment is for the 2.4 acre former warehouse site adjacent the new St. Paul’s Hospital Campus on Prior at Malkin Street.

The proposal is for two 19-storey rental residential towers above a commercial podium. The zoning would change from I-3 (Industrial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District. Details include:

• 262 market rental units;
• 28 studios, 100 one-bedrooms, 108 two-bedrooms & 26 three-bedrooms;
• 14,000 sq ft of retail space at grade, including a grocery store;
• 246,000 sq ft of office space;
• 4,400 sq ft of cultural amenity space;
• A total density of 4.68 FSR;
• A building height of 210 ft.;
• 503 vehicle parking spaces and 748 bicycle parking spaces.

The application describes the evolving policy direction over the past four years that has influenced the current proposal:

“In the four years since land use and density designations for this site were conceptualized in 2017 there have been a number of important Council decisions and policy initiatives that warrant a re-consideration of the vision and appropriate density for this strategic site.

Of considerable importance was the decision to shift the transportation corridor to the north of 456 / 496 Prior Street and to introduce a local street between this site and the hospital. The resultant synergies and opportunities for this site to support St. Paul’s hospital in the delivery of care are immense. In addition, through early findings of the Broadway Plan, the ongoing Employment Lands and Economic Review, and in studying the hospital precinct relative to those found in other urban centres it is clear that there is a demand and critical need for more employment space in this location. This demand is currently unmet and will go unfulfilled unless there is a means to deliver significant additional density in the False Creek Flats with the direct purpose of supporting and complimenting the New St. Paul’s Hospital. Although Providence plans to eventually build up to 1 million SF of office space in the future, there are no clear timelines or identified funding sources for the delivery of this space. To support the critical need for medical related office space and retail services directly adjacent the hospital, and to deliver secured market rental housing, this proposal seeks a modest increase in density to meet these key public priorities.

Based on the total, pre-dedication area of the development site, this proposal and the priorities it will deliver would require an FSR of 4.68 This is a modest increase, on a quantum basis, from the current designation of 3.0 FSR, and is justifiable in terms of the important healthcare-related infrastructure and critical complimentary programming that this proposal would deliver; as well as the key aforementioned Council decisions and policy initiatives undertaken since 2017.”

The application is being considered under the False Creek Flats Plan.

The architect for the project is Francl Architecture.

Strand acquired the site in 2015 for $36,000,000, or $74 per buildable sq ft. based on the gross density in the application.