Strand Developments has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop an 18,772 SF site at the corner of West 2nd Avenue and Alberta Street in the Olympic Village area. The site at 302 West 2nd Avenue is zoned I-1 in the Mount Pleasant Industrial Zone.

The proposal is for a 4-storey building with manufacturing uses on the ground floor and office space above. Details include:

• 18,772 SF of manufacturing space;
• 37,545 SF of office space;
• a total density of 3.0 FSR;
• a building height of 60 ft.;
• three levels of underground parking (74 stalls) having access from the lane.
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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 MCMP.

The full development application can be viewed here: https://development.vancouver.ca/pc302w2nd/index.htm

Strand acquired the site in 2015 for $11,250,000, or $200 per buildable SF based on the application.

Rendition Development has submitted a development application to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a site at the Northwest corner of West 5th Avenue and Columbia Street in Mount Pleasant. The site is currently improved with a vacant commercial building and is zoned I-1. It is the latest in a string of commercial development applications for the area.

The plan for the site is a 4-storey commercial building that includes the following:

• manufacturing uses on the 1st and 2nd floors;
• office uses on the 3rd and 4th floors
• a total density of 3.0 FSR;
• an overall height of approximately 60.00 ft.; and
• providing a total of 30 parking spaces.

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.

Rendition acquired the site along with an adjacent parcel across the lane for $10,600,000 in 2018.

The architect for the project is Mallen Gowing Berzins Architecture, Inc.

The Molnar Group has submitted a rezoning application for a 6-lot land assembly on Renfrew Street at the Northwest corner of East 10th Avenue. The 24,899 SF site at 2543-2583 Renfrew Street and 2895 East 10th Avenue is proposed for rezoning under the City’s Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program to allow for the development of a 6-storey mixed-use building including:

• 87 rental apartments;
  • 13 studios, 34 one-bedrooms, 26 two-bedrooms & 14 three-bedrooms;
• 8,344 SF of retail at grade;
• a total density of 3.42 FSR;
• a maximum height of 66.5 ft.
• 58 underground parking stalls.

The architect for the project is Wensley Architecture.

The Molnar Group has also submitted a separate rezoning application under the MIRHPP for the five lots at the Southwest corner of this same intersection. Together, the project is entitled ‘Renfrew Residences’.