The detailed rezoning application for 2096 West Broadway & 2560-2576 Arbutus Street, on the East side of Arbutus, has been submitted by PCI Group in partnership with Translink to the City of Vancouver. The site sits directly across Broadway from the Arbutus station currently under construction.

The project was first announced in May of this year. is to allow for the development of a 30-storey mixed use building. The zoning would change from C-3A and C-8 and includes:

• 260 market rental units, 20% at below market rates;
• 7,600 SF of retail space;
• 7,100 SF of space for the Ohel Ya’akov Community Kollel;
• A secondary Broadway Subway station entrance for Arbutus Station;
• A total density of 11.40 FSR’
• A building height of 298 ft.; and
• 191 vehicle parking spaces and 489 bicycle parking spaces.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is MCM.

A preliminary rezoning application has been submitted by Edgar Developments for the 7.2 acre Columbia Square Plaza Shopping Centre site in New Westminster.

The site at 88 Tenth Street is a large triangular shaped lot located in the Downtown neighbourhood bounded by Royal Avenue and Columbia and Tenth Streets. It is located about 100 meters from the New Westminster Skytrain Station.

The existing strip mall includes Save-On-Foods, BC Liquor Store, several banks and Pharmasave.

The site is designated Mixed Use High Density within the Downtown Community Plan and the general form of development is expected to be tower residential with a mix of retail, office and residential podiums interfacing with grade.

The proposal seeks to establish a master plan that would facilitate a multi-phased high density development that includes:

• 6 to 8 residential towers;
• replacement of existing retail;
• minimum 120,000 SF of office space;
• between 1.7-3.0 Million SF of residential space;
• 2,200 to 4,000 units;
• 10% inclusionary units;
• community and public spaces.

The application is still preliminary and requires Council direction to authorize planning staff to work with the owners to refine the proposal before a formal rezoning application will be considered.

The site was acquired by Edgar in 2022 for $136,000,000.

Third Space Properties has submitted a rezoning application to the City of New Westminster to rezone a 26,700 SF site on East Columbia Street in the Sapperton area of New Westminster.

The proposed development aims to revitalize the area by replacing an underutilized asphalt parking lot, a vacant building and four vacant lots with a thoughtfully designed building that improves the urban experience while providing housing diversity and job space.

The site is designated (ML) Mixed Use – Low Rise in the OCP. This land use designation envisions the provision of low-rise commercial or commercial and residential mixed use buildings which create active and engaging principal streets.

The overall plan for the project envisions a 6-storey building that includes:

• 92 market rental units;
• 18 studios, 51 one-bedrooms, 17 two-bedrooms & 6 three-bedrooms;
• 18,000 SF of office space;
• 14,400 SF of retail space;
• a total density of 3.70 FSR;
• 197 underground parking spaces.

The architect for the project is Integra Architecture.

Third Space has submitted a rezoning application for a site at 1926-1978 East Broadway, at the corner of Victoria Street in East Vancouver. The triangular site includes two single family lots and a former gas station lot that was decommissioned in the early 2000’s and has been used as a community garden in recent years.

The 20,600 SF site is currently zoned C-1 but is located within the Grandview Woodland Community Plan which allows for rezoning up to 6-storeys.

The proposal for the site includes:

• 77 rental units (26 units at below-market rates);
• 6,300 SF of ground floor retail space;
• A total density of 3.0 FSR;
• A building height of 73 ft.; and
• 88 vehicle parking spaces and 150 bicycle parking spaces.

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

The architect for the project is Yamamoto Architecture.

Crombie REIT has unveiled the latest design plan for redevelopment of the Lynn Valley Safeway site at 1170 East 27th Avenue in North Vancouver.

A preliminary application for redevelopment of the 2.8 acre site was first submitted in 2021. The design has now been revised and is ready for early input at District of North Vancouver council.

The proposal for the site is a mixed-use development with multiple residential buildings above a replacement Safeway store.

Details of the proposal include:

• 417 residential units;
• 269 condo units & 148 rental units (including below market/social);
• building heights from 6-12 storeys;
• a total density of 3.5 FSR;
• 607 underground parking stalls;
• a new 43,604 SF Safeway store;
• 1,840 SF of new retail space.

The next step for the project will be a formal rezoning application.