A rezoning application has been submitted for a 6,301 SF mid-block site at 8795-8803 Granville Street, near the Southern end of Granville. The proposal includes a rezoning from RM-3A to CD-1 to allow a new six-storey residential building, including:

• 19 residential units
• 4 studios, 8 one-bedrooms, 6 two-bedrooms and 1 three-bedroom
• 2,306 SF of ground floor retail space
• a total density of 2.48 FSR;
• a building height of 66 ft.;
• 17 underground parking spaces and 25 bicycle spaces.

The application is being considered under the Marpole Community Plan.

The architect for the project is Matthew Cheng Architects.

Domus Homes has submitted a rezoning application for the redevelopment of a 16,200 SF apartment property in Marpole. The application seeks to rezone 8615 Laurel Street from RM-3A to allow a 6-storey secured market rental building that includes:

• 65 market rental apartment units;
• 43 One-bedrooms, 21 Two-bedrooms, and 1 Three-bedroom
• a total density of 2.50 FSR;
• a building height of 66 ft.;
• 35 vehicle parking spaces; and
• 87 bicycle spaces.

The application is being considered under the Marpole Community Plan.

The architect for the project is Birmingham & Wood.

In an interesting move, 10 floors of the Exchange Building are being converted to hotel use instead of office use. This comes as Executive Group has acquired the adjacent Edward Chapman property at 833 West Pender, with soon to be released plans for a hotel on the site.

A development application has been submitted for The Exchange Building to allow:

• conversion of office use to hotel on floors 2 through 11
• 110,000 SF of the building will be converted

Under the site’s existing CD-1 (555) zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted; however, it requires the decision of the Director of Planning.