Westbank and Crombie REIT are getting closer to going to council for their long anticipated redevelopment of the 105,000 SF Safeway site at 1780 East Broadway, just East of Commercial Drive.

The project, first proposed in 2019, has since been redesigned multiple times due to feedback from planning as well as changing market conditions. Primarily envisioned as a condo project originally, the revisions have since seen the project become taller and denser, and all rental units.

The current proposal includes three rental towers at 35, 36 and 39-storeys above a retail base. Details include:

• 981 rental units;
• 99 units secured at below market rates;
• A total density of 7.87 FSR;
• A max. building height of 425 ft.;
• Commercial retail space at grade, including a 50,000 SF Safeway;
• Office and commercial space within the podium levels;
• A public plaza running parallel to the SkyTrain station;
• Publicly accessible outdoor pace on top of the retail base; and
• 440 vehicle parking spaces and 2006 bicycle spaces.

This application is being considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan. The application requests consideration of height and density in excess of the existing policy.

The architect for the project is Perkins & Will.

A new rezoning application has been submitted by JTA Development Consultants on behalf of Five Mile Holdings and Prospero International Realty for a site at 215-229 East 13th Avenue, just East of Main Street for a new rental project under the Broadway Plan.

The site is currently improved with two older lowrise apartment buildings.

The proposal calls to rezone the 20,364 SF site to allow for the development of a 21-storey mixed-use building that includes:

• 193 rental units;
• 20% below market rental units;
• 6,000 SF of retail space;
• a total density of 6.80 FSR;
• A building height of 212 ft.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Studio One Architecture.

PCI Group has submitted a rezoning application for a site at West 4th Avenue and Ontario in Mount Pleasant.

The site is a combination of two parcels, one fronting West 3rd Avenue. The combined site area is 72,468 SF.

The proposal is to allow for the development of two 12-storey and 11-storey mixed-use industrial and office buildings with industrial and retail on the ground floor on two parcels separated by a lane and includes:

• An overall density of 6.60 FSR;
• A total buildable area of 442,251 SF, and
• Four levels of underground parking.

5 West 4th Avenue (South / Heritage building)

• 11-storey building;
• A building height of 170 ft.;
• 119,906 SF of light industrial space;
• 80,475 SF of office space;
• 20,365 SF of retail space;
• Retention of the 36,000 SF Dominion Steam Laundry Heritage building;
• Childcare facility within the heritage building; and,
• 244 underground parking spaces and 193 bicycle parking spaces.

4-36 West 3rd Avenue (North Building)

• 12-storey building;
• A building height of 181 ft.;
• 119,906 SF of light industrial space;
• 90,268 SF of office space;
• 39,343 SF of retail space;
• 141 underground parking spaces and 66 bicycle parking spaces.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Perkins & Will.

Thind Properties has submitted a rezoning application to convert the office component of their newly constructed ‘Highline’ project from office space to hotel.

Highline’s construction was completed in late 2023 and includes a 48-storey, 336-unit condo building with 10 floors of office space at the base of the tower.

The proposal is to convert the 10-storeys of office space to a hotel with 159 hotel units, and a ground-level hotel lobby. To achieve a generously sized hotel lobby, two of the three existing ground-level retail units are proposed to be consolidated with the existing commercial lobby with a hotel lounge, concierge, business centre, and liquor primary lobby bar establishment. The remaining commercial retail unit, at the corner of Beresford and the lane, is proposed to be a liquor primary pub or food primary restaurant which can work in partnership with the hotel operator to provide food and liquor services to hotel guests and patrons.

An amendment to the Metrotown Downtown Plan is proposed to facilitate the hotel uses under the C2 zoning.

A new rezoning application has been submitted for a site in the South Granville area of the Broadway Plan.

The 12,507 SF mid-block site is located at 1365 West 12th Avenue, on the North side of West 12th between Hemlock and Birch Streets. The site is currently improved with a 3-storey walkup apartment building with 19 units known as Shamrock Manor.

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 20-storey rental building that includes:

• 116 market rental units;
• 20% below market rental units (approximately 23 units);
• 14 studios, 34 one-bedrooms, 56 two-bedrooms & 12 three-bedrooms;
• 2,300 SF of retail space on the ground floor;
• A total density of 6.50 FSR;
• A building height of 222 ft.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Sea to Sky Architecture.

The site was acquired in February 2022 for $9,450,000 or $116 per buildable SF based on the application.