A second major rezoning application has been submitted in Grandview-Woodland, just weeks after 149 units were announced earlier this month at Victoria & 11th.

Jameson Development Corp. has submitted an application to rezone a 15,738 SF site on the North side of Broadway just West of commercial at 1619-1651 East Broadway. The rezoning will be from the existing RM-4N zone to CD-1 to permit the development of a 10-storey mixed-use building.

The proposal includes:

• 93 total units (47 market rental units and 46 market strata units);
• 5,245 SF of ground floor retail space;
• A total density of 4.00 FSR;
• A height of approximately 32.3 m (105.8 ft.);
• 75 underground parking spaces; and
• 117 bicycle parking spaces.

This application is being considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan. The rezoning policy allows for ‘mixed-tenure’ whereby 50% strata is allowed if the other 50% of the units are secured rental.

The architect for the project is IBI Group.

Shape Properties has submitted their rezoning application for Tower 5 of the Amazing Brentwood project. The tower is actually the fourth to be rezoned, with the first three towers now sold out and under construction.

This tower will be located at the Northeast corner of Willingdon Avenue and Halifax Street. Details include:

• A 51-storey tower located above a 2-storey commercial podium
• 506 condo units
• 287 one-bedrooms, 190 two-bedrooms, 27 three-bedrooms & 2 four-bedrooms
• 11.21 FAR (on net site)
• 37,542 SF of commercial space
• 673 parking stalls

Once this phase is complete, the four towers will represent almost 2,000 units.

Two buildings on East Boulevard have sold to Kenstone Properties for $26,000,000. The two lots, located at 6020 & 6040 East Boulevard, are currently improved with two older 2-storey walkup apartment buildings, and combine to form a total site area of 18,850 SF. The lots are zoned C-2 which allows for a development up to 4-storeys, or approximately 47,125 SF of buildable area.

The purchase price equates to $552 per buildable SF.

The property had been listed for sale for $26,800,000.

A rezoning application has been submitted for a new rental apartment building for a site at the Southwest corner of Rupert Street and East 22nd Avenue; just down and across the street from a Rental 100 project, currently in final stages of rezoning approval. The site is currently improved with an older single-storey retail building.

The plan for the site at 3281-3295 East 22nd Avenue is to rezone from the existing C-1 commercial zoning to CD zoning to allow a 6-storey mixed-use project.

The application includes the following:

• 55 market rental units;
• 14 studios, 16 one-bedrooms, 18 two-bedrooms & 7 three-bedrooms;
• 6,888 SF of ground floor retail space;
• A total density of 3.03 FSR;
• A building height of 72 ft.; and
• 43 underground parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Affordable Housing Choices Interim Rezoning Policy.

The architect for the project is Cornerstone Architecture.

The City of Vancouver has received the first major rezoning application for a site in the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan.

The proposal is for a 29,112 SF site owned by Intracorp at the corner of East 11th Avenue and Victoria Drive, currently occupied by older lowrise residential buildings, including a heritage house. The plan calls for rezoning from RM-4 to permit the development of a 10-storey residential building with a 6-storey residential podium.

The proposal includes:

• 149 units (76 rental & 73 strata);
• A total density of 3.58 FSR;
• Relocation and designation of a Vancouver Heritage Register Category “B” heritage house (on-site);
• A height of approximately 103.4 ft.; and
• 108 underground parking spaces.

This application is being considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan which dictates that 50% of the gross floor area can be condos if 50% of the gross floor area is rental housing.

The architect for the project is Perkins + Will.