Anthem Properties is proposing to rezone a 6.0 acre site at 319 North Road for their upcoming project, entitled “SOCO“. The site is currently home to the Best Western Plus Coquitlam Inn Convention Centre and liquor store. 

The application to the City of Coquitlam proposes to rezone the site from the existing C-2 General Commercial and RS-l One-Family Residential to C-7 Transit Village Commercial to accommodate a phased, mixed-use development.

The site is located within the Burquitlam-Lougheed Neighbourhood Plan (BLNP)
and the Burquitlam-Lougheed ‘Core’ area in the TDS. The current OCP land use
designation on 319 North Road is Transit Village Commercial, and the current
designation on 566 Lougheed Highway is High Density Apartment Residential.

The proposed development includes 1,386 market condo units in five towers,
along with retail, restaurant, and office space. The overall gross buildable area can be up to a maximum of 1,185,607 SF.

The first phase of the project is located along North Road, and includes two towers (27 and 31 storeys) with condo units above a podium with a large restaurant space, commercial retail units, indoor and outdoor amenity space, and office space. 

The other three towers, to be built in three further phases, include tower heights of 24, 34 & 44 storeys.

Details of the first phase include:

• 494 condo units;
• 50 studios, 192 one-bedrooms and 252 two-bedroom units;
• 7,501 SF of restaurant space;
• 7,990 SF of retail space;
• 50,316 SF of office space;
• a total site density up to 4.5 FAR;
• 843 parking spaces;
• a new East-West collector and North-South Road;
• $45.9 Million in density bonus funds and CACs.

The architect for the project is IBI Group.

Townline has applied to the City of Richmond for permission to rezone a 97,400 SF site on the west side of No 3 Road in Richmond. The assembly of four lots is located at the corner of Lansdowne Road, across from Lansdowne Centre. The lots are improved with older lowrise commercial buildings including the Milan Ilich Arthritis Research Centre. The site sits directly South of another large scale rezoning proposal currently in the latter stages of approval, named ‘Atmosphere‘, and directly across from the Lansdowne Canada Line Station.

The proposal calls to rezone the properties at 5591,5631,5651 and 5671 No.3 Road to “High Density Mixed Use – Lansdowne Village (City Centre)” in order to permit a high-density commercial, office and residential use development.

The proposal is for a new mixed use development comprised of a podium and tower form of development with below and above grade parking, ground level commercial, a signature 12-storey office tower and three 10-storey residential towers.

Details include:

• 365 residential units;
  • 354 condos;
  • 20 affordable housing units (low end market rental);
• 19,279 SF of retail space on the ground level;
• 77,740 SF of office space;
• a total density of 4.0 FAR;
• A 6,000 SF on-site community facility;
• Dedication for new north-south road on West side of site;
• Design, construction and transfer to the City of the area of the site designated for the Lansdowne linear park;
• 548 parking spaces (below and above grade).

The architect for the project is Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership.

A formal rezoning application has been submitted to the City of Richmond for permission to develop the project called “Atmosphere” at the corner of No. 3 Road and Alderbridge, across from Lansdowne Shopping Centre. The developer is South Street Development Group.

The 4.9 acre site at 7960 Alderbridge Way and 5333 & 5411 No.3 Road is in the City Centre High Density Mixed Use (Urban Centre T6) designation area of Richmond’s City Centre plan and allows for rezoning for residential and commercial uses.

The project envisions a podium and tower form of development with three levels of below grade parking, ground level commercial, one office tower and six residential towers.

Full details of the rezoning application include:

• a total of 872,585 SF;
• 824 residential units;
  • 674 condos;
  • 112 market rental units;
  • 38 affordable housing units;
• 71,163 SF of retail space;
• 129,172 SF of office space;
• a total density of 3.89 FAR;
• improvements to No. 3 Road & Alderbridge.
• a new North-South Road.
• 1,161 parking spaces.

The site sold in September 2017 for $113,000,000, or $130 per buildable SF based on gbl arthe application.

The architect for the project is GBL Architects, and the marketing company is Magnum Projects.

Darwin Properties, in conjunction with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation have submitted a rezoning application to the District of North Vancouver for the “North Shore Innovation District”, a 45-acre site located on Dollarton Highway.

Details can be viewed on the project’s website: https://www.darwinconstruction.ca/nsidlands

The site is currently vacant and treed, save for the Canadian International College property (also part of the proposal) which has been leased by Capilano University for student housing.

Darwin’s ambitious vision for the property is a mixed-used “innovation district” which includes a mix of light industrial commercial, institutional, recreational and residential uses concentrated within a compact employment hub to co-locate people and jobs. The proposal is in keeping with the Official Community Plan and the Maplewood Village Centre and Innovation District Implementation Plan and Design and Guidelines which was passed by council earlier this year.

Details of the proposed rezoning include:

• 18 buildings ranging in height from 2 to 8-storeys;
• 1,424,905 SF of employment floor space;
• 713,544 SF of residential floor space;
• 680 rental units (450 affordable & 230 market);
• 220 condo units with discount to site employees;
• 200,000 SF of student/faculty housing;
• 56,295 SF of hotel space;
• 73,459 SF of live-work space;
• child care space;
• a 52,000 SF central plaza;
• a new Berkley Road connector linking Dollarton and Mount Seymour Parkway;
• a maximum density of 1.1 FAR;
• a new 1.17 acre “Hillside Park”;
• 6.5 kms of multi-use trails;
• a $7.5 Million CAC in addition to offsite improvements and DCC’s.

The application describes the site layout: “The project includes two specific character areas with different uses which generally align with the OCP designations: the “Upper Bench” and the “District Heart” as shown on the map below. The District Heart and the Upper Bench are divided by the Berkley Road and Internal Road A alignments. The central part of the site is anchored by a public plaza, surrounded by industrial, office and retail uses. A new creek channel for the existing seasonal watercourses runs north/south through the site and divides the site into east and west portions.”

Upper Bench
The “Upper Bench” or northern portion of the site is proposed to include mixed-use residential with commercial/ industrial buildings and live-work units at grade.

District Heart
The “District Heart” is the primary site for employment uses within the Maplewood Innovation District. It is located on the south portion ofthe site immediately north of Dollarton Highway across form the Maplewood Conservation Area and east of Berkley Road.

Central Plaza
The central plaza is the focus of the public realm and is designed to be programmed for a variety of events, activities, and seasonal uses such as a water play park in summer, outdoor skating in the winter, and opportunities for concerts, markets, and festivals. Industrial uses and retail use at-grade provide vibrancy to the public space and help attract a wide range of people.

The project will be built in a number of phases with a minimum of 50% of the employment space being in the first phase.

A development application has been filed with the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a site at 2238 Yukon Street, at the corner of West 6th Avenue. Currently the site is occupied by a vacant, single storey retail store which will be demolished.

The plan is for a new 4-storey, mixed-use building with manufacturing use located on the 1st and 2nd storeys and general office use located on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th storeys, consisting of:

• a total of 54,492 SF of floor space;
• a density of 3.0 FSR;
• a total building height of 60 ft.;
• 3 levels of underground parking with vehicular access from the lane.

The application describes the design rationale: “The building’s massing is divided into two volumes, anchored by two vertical towers housing the stairs. The southwest tower includes a glazed wall to the feature stair, providing visibility of animation throughout the day. Adjacent to this and following the verticality, a glazed recess marks the main entrance on Yukon Street. The fin walls of the towers will be clad in brick, referencing the masonry cladding material of the neighbouring BC Hydro building and the industrial context.”

Under the site’s existing I-1 zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted; however, it requires the decision of the Director of Planning.

The architect for the project is: Proscenium Architecture + Interiors Inc.