A rezoning application has been submitted for a 7.8 acre site located at 8601 Glenlyon Parkway at Marine Way. The vacant site is proposed for a 2-storey 122,000 SF warehouse and office facility, with a floor area breakdown as follows:
The City of New Westminster is optimistic it will sell Merchant Square, if this year’s budget is any indication.
Colleen Ponzini, the city’s manager of financial services, said the 2014 budget projects the sale of the Merchant Square officer tower that’s now under construction on Columbia Street. If the city doesn’t sell the office tower, she said the city would see a “significant increase” in bank charges related to the loan authorization bylaw.
“The plan is to have it sold, and we pay it back in this current year,” she told council at its Jan. 20 committee of the whole meeting.
According to Ponzini, the city will be incurring some new debt under the loan authorization bylaw. She said a good portion of the $570,000 debt would be for Anvil Centre and the office tower.
New Westminster city council received a staff report on the 2014 to 2018 financial plan, which includes the 2014 budget. The city is proposing a 1.28 per cent tax increase in 2014, which would rise to 2.59 per cent if a number of priority initiatives proposed by staff are included.
A recent survey of assessed values gives a glimpse at how the BC Assessment Authority is looking at commercial properties in Metro Vancouver in 2014.
Below is a random survey of various asset types in nine separate areas. The annual change in assessed values was derived from a random sample of five properties in each category. While this is by no means a scientific survey, it does show some variation that is interesting.
745 Clark Drive in East Vancouver has sold for a reported $4,000,000. The 21,000 SF office building is located on the northwest corner of Clark Drive and East Georgia Street. Recently renovated with exposed timber beams, the building is in excellent condition with potential for expansion on the 15,030 SF lot. Gated parking facilities are available on site. The price represents $191 per SF.
