Westbank and Crombie REIT are getting closer to going to council for their long anticipated redevelopment of the 105,000 SF Safeway site at 1780 East Broadway, just East of Commercial Drive.

The project, first proposed in 2019, has since been redesigned multiple times due to feedback from planning as well as changing market conditions. Primarily envisioned as a condo project originally, the revisions have since seen the project become taller and denser, and all rental units.

The current proposal includes three rental towers at 35, 36 and 39-storeys above a retail base. Details include:

• 981 rental units;
• 99 units secured at below market rates;
• A total density of 7.87 FSR;
• A max. building height of 425 ft.;
• Commercial retail space at grade, including a 50,000 SF Safeway;
• Office and commercial space within the podium levels;
• A public plaza running parallel to the SkyTrain station;
• Publicly accessible outdoor pace on top of the retail base; and
• 440 vehicle parking spaces and 2006 bicycle spaces.

This application is being considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan. The application requests consideration of height and density in excess of the existing policy.

The architect for the project is Perkins & Will.

A new rezoning application has been submitted by JTA Development Consultants on behalf of Five Mile Holdings and Prospero International Realty for a site at 215-229 East 13th Avenue, just East of Main Street for a new rental project under the Broadway Plan.

The site is currently improved with two older lowrise apartment buildings.

The proposal calls to rezone the 20,364 SF site to allow for the development of a 21-storey mixed-use building that includes:

• 193 rental units;
• 20% below market rental units;
• 6,000 SF of retail space;
• a total density of 6.80 FSR;
• A building height of 212 ft.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Studio One Architecture.

A new rezoning application has been submitted for a site in the South Granville area of the Broadway Plan.

The 12,507 SF mid-block site is located at 1365 West 12th Avenue, on the North side of West 12th between Hemlock and Birch Streets. The site is currently improved with a 3-storey walkup apartment building with 19 units known as Shamrock Manor.

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 20-storey rental building that includes:

• 116 market rental units;
• 20% below market rental units (approximately 23 units);
• 14 studios, 34 one-bedrooms, 56 two-bedrooms & 12 three-bedrooms;
• 2,300 SF of retail space on the ground floor;
• A total density of 6.50 FSR;
• A building height of 222 ft.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Sea to Sky Architecture.

The site was acquired in February 2022 for $9,450,000 or $116 per buildable SF based on the application.

Beedie Living has submitted a rezoning and OCP Amendment application to the City of Port Moody for a 3.8 acres site in the Moody Centre area of Port Moody.

The overall plan, entitled “Spring Street” includes three condo towers at 3060-3092 Spring St. and 80-85 Electronic Avenue, just east of the Moody Centre SkyTrain station. The proposal anticipates a 6-storey non-market building targeted as a womens’ transition facility on a smaller site two blocks West at 2806 Spring Street.

Details of the combined proposal for the two sites includes:

• Three condo towers (32, 34 & 38-storeys in height);
• 1,012 residential units (inclusive of 65 non-market);
• 46,484 SF of retail & restaurant space;
• a total density of 5.26 FAR;
• a large plaza on the site referred to as the “living room”
• 1,199 parking stalls.

It is expected that the project will be built in two phases.

The architect for the project is Perkins&Will.

The formal rezoning application has been submitted by Bentall Green Oak for the former West Point Grey Safeway site at 4545 West 10th Avenue.

The 3.0 acre site had been the subject of planning for several years before entering a more detailed preliminary planning phase in 2022.

The proposal for the site is to allow for a mixed-use development comprised of two 6-storey buildings, and a central building with a 17-storey and a 19-storey tower, and includes:

• 569 rental units;
• 455 market rental units;
• 114 moderate income rental units;
• 41,000 SF of commercial space on the ground floor, including a supermarket;
• a total density of 3.84 FSR;
• 444 vehicle parking spaces and 1,107 bicycle spaces.

This application is being considered under the Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program.

The architect for the project is MCMP Architects.