CIBT Education Group has applied to the City of Richmond for permission to rezone a site at 7780, 7800, 7804, 7820 and 7840 River Road in Richmond.

The 77,000 SF site is an assembly of underutilized commercial and industrial parcels. It is designated in the City of Richmond’s OCP as Urban Centre T5, which allows up to 3.0 FAR plus a bonus.

The proposal for the site includes:

• an 11-storey hotel with 183 guest rooms;
• an 8-storey office building with retail and restaurant space;
• 2 ½ levels of underground parking;
• a total density of 3.23 FAR (232,687 SF);
• dike upgrades to City’s current standard (15 ft.)

The architect for the project is Urban Solutions Architecture.

GWL Realty Advisors has submitted a rezoning application for a site they own at 1055 Harwood Street in the West End area of Downtown Vancouver.

The site was previously proposed by Strand and Intracorp for a condo/social housing project in 2018 before being shelved due to market conditions. The site was subsequently sold to GWL in 2022 following a change in rezoning policy which deleted the required social housing in exchange for 20% of the units being below market rentals.

The new proposal is to allow for the development of a 32-storey rental building that includes:

• 269 rental units
  • including 52 below market rental units
• A density of 11.71 FSR;
• A building height of 300 ft.; and
• 134 vehicle parking spaces and 513 bicycle spaces.

The application is being considered under the Criteria for 100% Secured Rental and Below-Market Housing as an Alternative to Inclusionary Social Housing in the Burrard Corridor of the West End Community Plan.

The architect for the project is GBL Architects.

Wall Financial has submitted a rezoning application for a site at 1065 Pacific Street in the West End area of Downtown Vancouver.

The 12,972 SF site is currently improved with an older, 3-storey walkup apartment building containing 30 units.

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 32-storey rental building over five levels of underground parking accessed from the lane. The proposal includes:

• 180 rental units;
• 144 secured market rental units and 36 below-market rental units;
  • 117 one-bedrooms, 62 two-bedrooms & 1 three-bedroom unit;
• A total density of 11.19 FSR;
• A building height of 300 ft.; and
• 100 vehicle parking spaces accessed via car elevator and 344 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Criteria for 100% Secured Rental and Below-Market Housing as an Alternative to Inclusionary Social Housing in the Burrard Corridor of the West End Community Plan.

Anthem Properties has submitted a rezoning application for a site sold by our team in 2022 at the Northwest corner of Fraser and East 17th Avenue in East Vancouver.

A portion of the site had a previous development application under the existing C-2 zoning for a 4-storey condo building.

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 14-storey rental apartment building that includes:

• 110 market rental units (20 units assigned to moderate income households);
  • 25 studios, 33 one-bedrooms & 32 two-bedrooms;
• 5,035 SF of retail space at grade;
• A total density of 6.90 FSR;
• A building height of 156 ft.; and
• 69 vehicle parking spaces and 213 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program (MIRHPP) Rezoning Policy.

The architect for the project is BHA Architecture Inc.

Orr Moniz has submitted a development application for an 11,000 SF site at 2906-2912 West 4th Avenue, between Bayswater and Macdonald in the Kitsilano area of Vancouver for a new 6-storey rental apartment building.

The site is zoned C-2 which based on changes approved in 2021, now allow for 6-storey rental buildings.

Details include:

• 54 market rental units;
  • 35 studios & 19 two-bedroom units;
• 3,900 SF of ground floor retail space;
• a total density of 3.50 FSR;
• A proposed height of 70.3 ft.;
• Two levels of underground parking, providing a total of 61 parking spaces having vehicular access from the lane.

Under the site’s existing C-2 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 Yamamoto Architecture.