A development application has been submitted for an industrial-zoned property in the Strathcona area of East Vancouver. The plan for the 11,616 SF, I-2 zoned site at 1157 Parker Street is to develop a new four-storey, mixed-use building, consisting of:
- Manufacturing uses on the first, second, and third floors (23,198 SF)
- General Office uses on the third and fourth floors (11,650 SF)
- Total building area of 34,848 SF
- total density of 3.00 FSR
- two levels of underground parking
Under the site’s existing I-2 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 Yamamoto Architecture.
The site was listed and sold by Matt Smith and Steve Fame of Colliers.
Landa Global has submitted their development application for the Burritt Bros site at Main Street and 20th in East Vancouver. Landa acquired the site at 3594 Main Street in a bid process in September 2015, for $11,400,000. Landa was featured in the Globe and Mail at the time of sale.
The plans for the 16,963 SF, C-2 zoned site includes:
- a 4-storey building
- 6,275 SF of ground floor retail
- 45 rental apartment units
- “high percentage” of family-friendly two-bedroom units
- 2.5 FSR density
- one level of underground parking with access from the lane
The architect for the project is Yamamoto Architecture.
Strand Development has submitted an application to rezone a 44,372 SF triangular site at the corner of Victoria Drive and Stainsbury Avenue for a new rental apartment project. The site is two former light industrial lots that are zoned MC-1. The proposal includes:
- A 6-storey rental apartment building
- A total of 155 market rental apartment units, including six live-work units;
- 43 studios, 44 one-bedrooms, 41 two-bedrooms and 21 three-bedrooms
- A floor area of 108,912 SF;
- A density of 2.46 FSR;
- A building height of 61 ft;
- 101 residential parking spaces and one Class B loading space; and
- 194 Class A and six Class B bicycle parking spaces.
The application also involves the reconfiguration of lots by relocating a lane and consolidating two lots previously separated by a lane.
The application is being considered under the Secured Market Rental Housing (Rental 100) Program.
A development application has been filed for a new laneway infill apartment building on a 66′ lot in the West End. 1176 Burnaby Street, owned by Lantern Properties, has an existing 11-storey, 41-unit apartment building known as Newport Apartments.
The laneway apartment application is for the rear of the property, currently a surface parking area. Details include:
- 9 rental apartments
- building height of 47 ft
- Total area of 6,852 SF
- 7 underground parking stalls accessed off the lane
The site is zoned RM-5A and the West End Community Plan, adopted in 2014, amended the RM zones to allow infill apartments on laneways where there is sufficient room for them.
