Courtesy The Globe and Mail
“In a new approach to tackle Vancouver’s ongoing problems with low-cost housing and homelessness, the city has bought the Ramada Hotel on Kingsway – far from the downtown core.
Councillor Kerry Jang, who confirmed to The Globe and Mail the as-yet-unannounced purchase of the 122-room hotel, said the building is going to be used as housing for seniors who need to be moved from other residences in the city that require renovation.”
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Orr Development has applied to rezone 3002-3036 West Broadway from C-2C to CD-1 to build a 5-storey, 83-unit market rental building, with a total density of 3.5 FSR, and a height of 61 feet. A total of 26 commercial and 63 residential parking stalls are proposed. The site is 20,889 SF. Under the existing C-2C guidelines, the maximum height is 4-storeys with setbacks.
The project includes 16,000 SF of commercial space on the ground floor and includes 19 studios, 41 one-bedrooms, 19 two-bedrooms, and 4 three-bedrooms.
The rezoning application is being considered under the Rental 100: Secured Market Rental Housing Policy.