A rezoning application has been submitted for a 66 foot, mid-block site at 3353 Cambie Street, on the West side of Cambie between West 17th and West 18th Avenues. The site is currently improved with older single storey retail.

The proposal is to rezone from the current C-2 zoning under the Cambie Corridor Plan to allow a new 6-storey office building. The proposal includes:

• 3,200 SF of ground floor retail/restaurant space;
• 4,700 SF of childcare space on 2nd floor
• 16,200 SF of office space on levels 3 to 6;
• A total density of 3.0 FSR;
• A building height of 78 ft.;
• 36 parking spaces and 10 Class A bicycle parking spaces.

The architect for the project is Radiant City Architecture Inc.

Marcon has submitted a preliminary rezoning application for the site of the former Barnet Hotel at 2025 St. Johns Street in Port Moody.

Marcon acquired the site in 2019 for $18,800,000, or $97 per buildable SF.

The 97,059 SF site is now vacant and zoned C5. The OCP designates the site as ‘Mixed Use – Moody Centre’, which permits commercial and residential development ranging up to six storeys in height.

The proposal for the site is two 6-storey condo buildings, and includes:

• 242 units;
• 119 studios, 49 one-bedrooms, 70 two-bedrooms, 4 three-bedrooms;
• 7,900 SF of commercial space at the Northeast corner of the site;
• a total density of 2.23 FAR;
• 322 parking spaces;
• 9,000 SF of common amenity space.

The project describes the design rationale: “Given the gateway location of the site, the project seeks to elevate the architectural expression of the development in order create a memorable western entry into Port Moody center. This memory is firmly established by the interplay of multiple colourful glazed guards that populate the north and east facades of the project. These colourful panels, change with the day as the capture, reflect or cast coloured light onto the immediate surroundings.

Upper residential levels of the development sit upon a well-defined commercial base which is located at the intersection of Albert and St. John’s Streets. The commercial base is rendered in masonry which contrasts the corrugated metal cladding of the upper residential levels. The extent of this commercial occupancy is limited by the slope of the site in both the north/south and east/west directions. A glazed canopy wraps the commercial frontage, serving to further define the base while providing cover for those accessing the three commercial units. The masonry base is extended the full length of the development on both the east and north elevations by utilizing brick for the landscape walls. The expression of a strong base for the development is further accentuated by recessing and darkening the lowest level of the northern building.”

The architect for the project is Shift Architecture.

Reliance Properties has submitted their development application for 471 East Broadway; a site that they acquired last year for $33 Million.

The site is located on the North side of Broadway encompassing the Eastern half of the block bounded on the West by Guelph Street and on the East by St. George Street.

The proposal for the 28,670 SF C-2C zoned site is a new 5-storey building that includes:

• 91 condo units;
• 40 studios, 27 one-bedrooms, 22 two-bedrooms & 2 three-bedrooms;
• 16,000 SF of retail at grade;
• a total density of 2.99 FSR;
• a building height of 48 ft.;
• 75 parking spaces on two levels of underground parking.

The application describes the design rationale: “Architecturally, the commercial ground plane forms a lightweight podium with a continuous glass canopy datum line accentuating the commercial base. A 24’ wide ‘urban room’ creates an indent to the building massing, creating the illusion of 2 buildings. This strategy is enhanced by the application of different materials to the two forms on Broadway; the West portion is brick clad with recessed or ‘carved-out’ balconies, while the East portion at the corner of St. George Street is clad in a light fibre cement panel system with an increasing gradation in visual weight towards the corner with punched windows with projecting eyebrow elements replacing carved-out balconies. This provides a more incremental expression to the overall development of the building frontage. The St. George elevation introduces the step down to the lane required by the C-2C zoning height envelope. This façade introduces materials symbiotic with the related RM-4 development to the North. On the lane, brick is introduced again to the townhouse form, reflecting its distinct residential character.”

The architect for the project is Integra Architecture.

Appia Development has applied to the City of Burnaby to amend the plan for the fourth and final tower at Solo District in Brentwood. The four tower project is over half completed with the first two towers complete and the third tower, Cirrus well into construction. The second tower, Altus, includes 12 floors and 260,000 SF of office space.

The approved master plan for the site envisioned a 48-storey residential tower for the Southeast corner of the site fronting Willingdon, with a small amount of restaurant space.

The revised proposal increases the office portion of the tower from a 4-storey podium to a 18-storey podium, an increase of 160,000 SF of office space.

The fourth tower will now be 40 feet taller, but slightly shorter than Altus.

Details of the proposed changes include:

• Increase in the office podium from 4-storeys to 18-storeys;
• Increased in office space from 46,837 SF to 187,127 SF;
• Total increase in height from 48 to 52-storeys;
• No change in residential unit count (319);
• Increase in retail space from 4,754 SF to 11,945 SF;
• Change of restaurant use to retail CRU.

A rezoning application has been submitted by Mosaic Homes for a new development at 3015-3093 Murray Street in the Moody Centre area of Port Moody. The site is located on lands with the relatively new “Mixed Employment” OCP land use designation.

The 100,000 SF site currently vacant and being used for construction storage. This area has traditionally been an industrial area in transition. The site is in close proximity to the Moody Centre SkyTrain and West Coast Express station, though access is currently only possible via two circuitous routes, the pedestrian overpass accessed off Klahanie Drive or the Murray Street overpass, both of which are approximately one kilometre. If and when on overpass is constructed over the CPR line from the station area, the site will be between 200-300 metres from the station.

Mosaic is proposing to rezone the site from Light Industrial (M1) to allow three 6-storey mixed-use buildings located on a two-storey parkade that acts as a podium to the south abutting the CPR rail line and is wrapped with commercial retail units on the Murray Street and Electronic Avenue

Details include:

• 204 condo units;
• 102 one-bedrooms & 102 two-bedrooms;
• 17,900 SF of ground floor retail;
• a total density of 2.02 FAR;
• 301 parking spaces;
• 43,000 SF of outdoor amenity space on the parkade podium.

The application may require an OCP amendment as the intent of the Mixed-Employment designation was to include light industrial uses or second floor office space.

The architect for the project is Michael Green Architecture.

Mosaic acquired the site in 2017 for $18,300,000 or $88 per buildable SF based on the application.