University Lodge Apartments, 5516 Dalhousie Road, an 11-unit apartment on the UBC Endowment lands has sold for $4,475,000, or $406,750 per unit. The cap rate was 4.5%. The 3-storey walkup apartment building was built in 1927. The building had been listed for sale for $5,068,000, or a 4% cap rate.

Morguard has applied to the City of Vancouver to amend the existing CD-1 for their property 601 West Hastings Street (also referred to as 333 Seymour Street) to retain the existing office tower, and build a 25-storey office building with:

• A total floor area of 227,700 SF
• 3,627 sq. ft. of ground level retail space
• a public plaza
• a density of 24.34 FSR
• a proposed height of 357 ft
• 102 parking spaces and 78 bicycle parking spaces in 5 levels of underground parking

Great West Life has applied to the City of Vancouver to rezone a parkade at 753 Seymour Street (next to Vancouver Centre) for an office tower.

The proposal would allow for a 32-storey building with:

• 336,186 SF of office space with ground floor retail space
• 4 levels of above grade parking and six levels of underground parking
• a total density of 15 FSR (after inclusion of the existing buildings)
• a total height of 403.5 ft

More information here: http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/rezoning/applications/753seymour/index.htm

1952 Comox Street, a building known as “The Breakers” has sold to Hollyburn Properties for $16,350,000. The 10-storey, 61 unit building was built 1964.