A development application has been submitted for a site at 379 East Broadway in East Vancouver, across from Kingsgate Mall. The plan is to develop the 8,677 SF, C-3A zoned site with a 5-storey mixed use building. The proposal includes the following

• 29 residential units (one and two bedrooms)
• 3,851 SF of retail on the ground floor;
• Total density of 3.27 FSR;
• Total floor area of 28,830 SF;
• 38 underground parking spaces accessed from the lane.

The architect, Ankenman Marchand, explains the design rationale: “The site is located in a neighbourhood with a large variety of older buildings in need of upgrade. These blocks need sensitive redevelopment that is going to re-establish a vital, pedestrian focused shopping area for the local community. We are following the City of Vancouver, Broadway East, revitalization strategy described in the Mount Pleasant Community Plan guidelines.”

A lowrise retail and office building at West Broadway and Ash Street has sold for $38,888,888 to a Chinese investor. The 34,600 SF building was sold by TPMG Capital, a long-time owner. The property is 31,250 SF in size and is zoned C-3A which allows a density of 3.0 FSR, but only for commercial use in this sub-area, this equates to $415 per buildable SF. The main retail tenant is Rogue, which has a long-term lease.

A rezoning application has been filed for a 46,563 SF site at 445 Kingsway in the Mount Pleasant area which would allow rezoning from the existing C-2 zoning to allow a 6-storey mixed-use building that includes:

• 109 secured market rental apartment units;
• Commercial use (car dealership) at grade;
• A density of 3.69 FSR;
• A building height of 75.5 ft.; and
• 90 residential parking stalls, 209 dealership parking stalls, 4 loading spaces and 156 bike parking spaces.

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

The site is currently improved with Desination Hyundai, a single-storey auto dealership. The renderings appear to show that Destination Honda will be the new tenant. The architect for this proposal is FNDA Architecture.