A rezoning application has been submitted for a 17,935 SF, three lot land assembly at the corner of West 49th Avenue and Manitoba Street, directly North from Langara College. The project is entitled Langara House.
The site is currently zoned RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling). The proposal consists of a 4-storey woodframe mixed-used building and includes:
8171 Cook Road, a 26,000 SF, 3-storey concrete office building in Richmond has sold for $25,000,000 to TPMG Capital.
The building is located at the northwest corner of Cook Road and Buswell Street and is designated as Urban Core T6 in the City of Richmond’s City Centre Area Plan.
The new application is being made under the City’s Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program, which allows proposals up to 14-storeys on arterials. The existing 46,576 SF site is zoned C-2.
The proposal calls for two 14-storey towers above a podium, and includes:
215 rental units (with 20% of the residential floor area assigned to moderate income households);
96,000 SF commercial car wash and vehicle storage in the underground parkade;
a total density of 4.84 FSR (above grade);
a building height of 150 ft.; and
224 underground parking stalls and 443 bike spaces (including underground vehicle storage).
The commercial car wash is intended to serve the nearby Kingsway Honda dealership and service centre located at the Stella mixed-use development at Kingsway and East 12th Avenue.
