Sightline Properties has submitted a rezoning application for a site in the South Granville area for a new rental residential project.

The site at 1726 West 11th Avenue is 31,250 SF and located at the corner of 11th Avenue and Pine Street.

The proposal is to allow for the development of 20-storey and 19-storey rental towers over a four-storey podium and includes:

• 283 rental units;
• 20% of the floor area secured for below market rental units (approximately 57 units);
• retail space on the ground floor;
• A density of 6.80 FSR;
• A building height of 208 ft.
• 216 undeground parking stalls.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Ciccozzi Architecture.

Pattison Developments has submitted a rezoning application for the former Husky Gas Station at West 3rd and Forbes in the Lower Lonsdale area of North Vancouver.

The 15,000 SF triangular shaped site at 351 West 3rd Street is located at the south-east corner of West 3rd Street and Forbes Avenue. In the current OCP, the site is designated Residential Level 5 which allows a maximum density of 2.60 FSR (including 1.0 bonus FSR), and a maximum height of 6-storeys.

The proposal for the site is a 6-storey market rental building that includes:

• 53 rental units
  • 5 studios, 36 one-bedrooms, 6 two-bedrooms & 6 three-bedrooms;
• 6 of the units will be mid market rental units;
• a total density of 2.60 FSR;
• 28 underground parking spaces.

The architect for the project is MGBA.

The site was acquired by Pattison in March 2021 for $7,075,000 or $181 per buildable SF based on the application.

The rezoning may be one of the first in Metro Vancouver to proceed without a public hearing based on the recent Provincial amendments to Section 464 of the Local Government Act. The amendments require municipalities not to hold a public hearing if an OCP is in place for the subject site; the bylaw is
consistent with the OCP; the development is residential.

Qualex Landmark has submitted an application to rezone a site at the Northeast corner of Kingsway and Fraser Street for a new highrise rental project under the Broadway Plan.

The 18,000 SF site at 701 Kingsway is currently a strip centre built in 1987 and is zoned C-2 .

The rezoning proposal is to allow for the development of a 24-storey building that includes:

• 201 rental units;
• 41 below market rental units (20%);
• Commercial space on the ground floor and on Level 2;
• A total density of 8.50 FSR;
• A building height of 277 ft. with additional height for rooftop amenity space and mechanical appurtenances.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is RWA Architecture.

The full rezoning application can be viewed here: https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/701-kingsway

Cressey Developments has submitted a development application to the City of Vancouver for the redevelopment of ‘Quilchena Gardens’, a 3.0 acre site at the corner of Arbutus and West 32nd on the Westside of Vancouver.

The site is currently improved with 1960’s era lowrise buildings and has been the subject of speculation regarding redevelopment for the last several years.

A rezoning enquiry by the previous owners contemplated a medium density redevelopment with upwards of 500 rental, condo and social housing units in buildings up to 14-storeys; however, that plan never proceed to a formal rezoning and the site was eventually sold to Cressey in 2022 for $76,000,000.

Rather than pursue a complex rezoning process for the site, Cressey has decided to pursue a development under the existing zoning from 1963, with two-storey townhouses.

Details of the proposed development include:

• Twenty 2-storey townhouse buildings;
• 102 total units;
  • 33 rentals (20 one-bedrooms, 13 two-bedrooms)
  • 69 condos (two and three-bedrooms from 1,417 SF to 2,539 SF)
• One level of underground parking, accessed from lane.

Under the site’s existing CD-1 (26) zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted. However, it is subject to approval of the Form of Development, and it requires the decision of the Development Permit Board.

The architect for the project is Formwerks Architectural.

PC Urban has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a new 6-storey at 2410 Columbia Street in Mount Pleasant.

The site is located at the southeast corner of Columbia Street and West 8th Avenue with a total site
size of 12,144 SF. The corner site fronts on to Columbia Street to the West, W. 8th Avenue to the North; the Milano coffee building shares an interior property line on the eastern side of the site.

The proposal for the site is a mixed-use commercial building with Industrial on level 1 to 2 and Office on level 3 to 6, with:

• A building height of 100.0 ft.;
• A density of 4.50 FSR (gross buildable of 54,591 SF);
• Two levels of underground parking providing 53 parking spaces having vehicular access from the lane.

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 Architects.