Nexst Properties on behalf of Champion Development Group has submitted a rezoning application for a site at the southwest corner of Lakewood Drive and Dundas Street, totaling 24,142 SF. The site is located within the Grandview Woodland Community Plan area.

57 Lakewood Drive is zoned C-2 and is currently improved with an older 3-storey commercial/industrial building. The proposal is to allow for the development a 6-storey rental building includes:

• 89 market rental units;
• 35 studios, 22 one-bedrooms, 23 two-bedrooms & 9 three-bedrooms;
• 10,000 SF of retail space at grade;
• A total density of 3.0 FSR;
• A building height of 77 ft.;
• 88 vehicle parking spaces and 192 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan.

The architect for the project DYS Architecture.

Here is a snapshot of current downtown office buildings at various stages of construction:

Deloitte Summit, 410 West Georgia Street (Westbank)

24-storeys, 355,000 SF

B6, 1090 West Pender Street (BentallGreenOak)

32-storeys, 534,000 square feet

The Stack, 1133 Melville Street (Oxford Properties)

36 storeys, 540,000 SF

Vancouver Centre II, 753 Seymour Street (GWL)

33-storeys, 371,000 SF

The Post, 349 West Georgia Street (Quadreal)

22 & 21 storeys, 1.3 Million SF

601 West Hastings Street (PCI Group)

25 storeys, 285,000 SF

Bosa Waterfront Centre, 320 Granville Street (Bosa Development)

30-storeys, 355,000 SF

TPMG Capital has acquired 2695 Granville Street, a 7-storey office building located at the Northwest corner of Granville and West 11th Avenue.

The 27,812 SF concrete office building was built in 1965 and sits on a 54 x 120′ C-3A zoned lot.

At the $28,600,000 price equates to $1,028 per SF of building area including ground floor retail.

The building had most recently been listed for sale for $29,900,000 following an initial asking price of $36,000,000 in early 2020.

A rezoning application has been submitted for a site at 2735 E 41st Avenue in East Vancouver. The 14,382 SF C-1 zoned site is currently occupied by an older lowrise commercial building occupied by G&F Financial Group.

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 5-storey mixed use rental building under the Rental 100 policy. The proposal includes:

• 32 market rental units;
• 2 studios, 10 one-bedrooms, 14 two-bedrooms & 6 three-bedrooms;
• 6,129 SF of retail space in 5 CRUs at grade;
• A total density of 2.48 FSR;
• A building height of 49 ft.;
• 25 vehicle parking spaces and 80 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Secured Market Rental (Rental 100) Policy.

The architect for the project is Barnett Dembek Architects Inc.

A rezoning application has been submitted by Chard Development for a site at 750 SW Marine Drive, a block and a half West of Cambie Street. The I-2 zoned site is 18,100 SF in size and occupied by lowrise commercial buildings with tenants including Once a Tree Furniture.

The proposal is to allow for the development of an 8-storey building that includes office, light industrial and at-grade retail uses. The proposal includes:

• 6,100 SF of retail space at grade;
• 18,300 SF of light industrial space on levels 1 and 2;
• 65,000 SF of office space on levels 3 to 7;
• Amenity space on level 8;
• A total density of 4.94 FSR;
• A building height of 35 ft.;
• 99 vehicle parking spaces and 62 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Marpole Community Plan and the Employment Lands & Economy Review Phase 2 Report.

The architect for the project is Proscenium Architecture & Interiors Inc.