A rezoning application has been submitted to add rental apartments to an existing rental apartment property at 1552 Esquimalt Avenue in West Vancouver. Ambleside Towers is a 21-storey, 185 unit concrete highrise built in 1970 on a nearly two acre site. The plan calls for the addition of new rental units on the underutilized Western portion of the site.

The application was initially made in 2016 but put on hold as part of West Vancouver’s revised OCP process. The proposal was brought forward again in late 2018 and now seek public input.

The proposal includes the following:

• a new 17-storey rental apartment tower;
• 131 rental units (including 20 ground oriented units)
  • 16 studios, 60 one-bedrooms, 54 two-bedrooms & 1 three-bedroom unit;
• a total combined site density of 2.99 FAR;
• a total building height of 170 ft.;
• 83 new parking spaces (for a total on site of 208)

The architect for the project is Buttjes Architecture.

Strand Developments has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop an 18,772 SF site at the corner of West 2nd Avenue and Alberta Street in the Olympic Village area. The site at 302 West 2nd Avenue is zoned I-1 in the Mount Pleasant Industrial Zone.

The proposal is for a 4-storey building with manufacturing uses on the ground floor and office space above. Details include:

• 18,772 SF of manufacturing space;
• 37,545 SF of office space;
• a total density of 3.0 FSR;
• a building height of 60 ft.;
• three levels of underground parking (74 stalls) having access from the lane.
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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.

The full development application can be viewed here: https://development.vancouver.ca/pc302w2nd/index.htm

Strand acquired the site in 2015 for $11,250,000, or $200 per buildable SF based on the application.

Rendition Development has submitted a development application to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a site at the Northwest corner of West 5th Avenue and Columbia Street in Mount Pleasant. The site is currently improved with a vacant commercial building and is zoned I-1. It is the latest in a string of commercial development applications for the area.

The plan for the site is a 4-storey commercial building that includes the following:

• manufacturing uses on the 1st and 2nd floors;
• office uses on the 3rd and 4th floors
• a total density of 3.0 FSR;
• an overall height of approximately 60.00 ft.; and
• providing a total of 30 parking spaces.

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.

Rendition acquired the site along with an adjacent parcel across the lane for $10,600,000 in 2018.

The architect for the project is Mallen Gowing Berzins Architecture, Inc.

The Molnar Group has submitted a rezoning application for a 6-lot land assembly on Renfrew Street at the Northwest corner of East 10th Avenue. The 24,899 SF site at 2543-2583 Renfrew Street and 2895 East 10th Avenue is proposed for rezoning under the City’s Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program to allow for the development of a 6-storey mixed-use building including:

• 87 rental apartments;
  • 13 studios, 34 one-bedrooms, 26 two-bedrooms & 14 three-bedrooms;
• 8,344 SF of retail at grade;
• a total density of 3.42 FSR;
• a maximum height of 66.5 ft.
• 58 underground parking stalls.

The architect for the project is Wensley Architecture.

The Molnar Group has also submitted a separate rezoning application under the MIRHPP for the five lots at the Southwest corner of this same intersection. Together, the project is entitled ‘Renfrew Residences’.

QuadReal and Hungerford Properties have submitted a development application for the former Ralph’s Radio site industrial/commercial project at 220 East 1st Avenue (Main Street & East 1st Avenue).

Proposed is a 10-storey stacked-industrial and office building on the western portion of the site and a 13-storey residential building on the eastern side of the site. This development falls within the False Creek Flats, FC-2 zoning classification. Details include:

• 215 residential units;
• 40,370 SF of industrial space on the main and 2nd floors;
• 81,075 SF of office space;
• a large rooftop amenity;
• an Arts Walk seperating the residential and commercial buildings;
• a total density of 6.5 FSR.

The architect for the project is GBL Architects.

The site was acquired in 2017 for $46,100,000.