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Two rezoning applications have been submitted by PCI Group for two separate sites that bookend the 3600 Block of East Hastings Street near the Burnaby border in the City of Vancouver.
The applications seek two 14-storey rental apartment towers under the Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program, which allows rezoning to higher densities in exchange for 20% of the density designated for moderate income households.
3680 East Hastings Street was sold by our team in 2018.
The details of the two proposals are as follows:
3600 East Hastings Street (at Kootenay Street)
3680 East Hastings Street (at Boundary Road)
The architect for the project is BHA Architecture.
A development application has been filed to rehabilitate a vacant commercial building in the Crosstown area of Vancouver. The existing 4-storey commercial building at 41 West Pender was previously used as a warehouse for a nearby department store and has been vacant for several years.
This proposal is to add two storeys of woodframe secured rental residential to the existing building, while maintaining office and retail uses in teh existing building. The
current zoning (DD-C2) allows for 5.0 FSR, with an additional 1.0 FSR permitted if all Residential is Secured Market Rental. The existing lot is 50 x 120.
Details include:
Under the site’s existing DD zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted; however, it requires the decision of the Development Permit Board.
The application describes the building program: “The existing building is a hybrid of concrete, concrete block, steel frame with solid wood joists with concrete topping. The facade is cast in place concrete, front and back, with composite masonry block firewalls. This solid building has good potential for renovation which is not only sustainable but can allow for its occupation in shorter timelines than full demolition and rebuild. The Structural Engineers were consulted from the outset and have provided the parameters of what is and what is not possible with existing structure.
For the proposal to be feasible the renovation hinges on retaining the bulk of the primary structure and adapting the fabric to meet the new use and codes with new shared stair and elevator core. The two levels of residential need to be constructed of light wood frame.”
The architect for the project is Metric Architecture.
Under the site ’s existing C-2 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 BURO47 architecture inc.
A rezoning application has been submitted by Prima Properties for 1157 Burrard Street, a former gas station site at the Northwest corner of Burrard and Davie Streets that has been used as a community garden for several years.
The 21,605 SF site was designated for rezoning in 2014 under the West End Community Plan. It is currently zoned DD (Downtown District) and C-5 (Commercial).
The plan for the site is a 47-storey mixed-use tower that includes:
The application describes the design rationale: “The project proposes a new benchmark for site and city-specific architectural creativity and excellence through several distinctive measures. The west façade is proposed as a dynamic ever-changing mosaic responding to solar movement. In the morning when no direct sun falls on the elevation, the façade forms a sleek glass envelope animated by balconies. As the sun comes around to the south and west, exterior vertical solar control blinds start to animate the façade, with the sun exposure lowering them sequentially. As the sun rotates further to the west, the
blinds gradually form a veil, a pixilated abstraction of the Westcoast landscape ground to sea to sky. As afternoon turns to evening, the blinds retract once again to reveal the glowing glass envelope by night, as lights illuminate from the inside. The blinds have both an aesthetic and a sustainable design role, reducing solar heat gain and glare from low angle west sun. The concept is inspired by the Electra, the former BC Hydro building on Burrard Street. Electra makes explicit reference to the Westcoast landscape in its design and ornamentation, a major innovation at the time the tower was built.
In addition to the dynamic nature of the west façade–visible from both Burrard Street and Davie Village– the building is shaped like a flatiron as you approach the Downtown along Burrard Street. Consequently, the building is exceptionally slender compared to other towers. The balconies along the leading edge further animate this impression, by faceting towards the west as the tower rises. This shape forms an invitation towards Davie Village
and the West End as the tower addresses ceremonial Burrard Street. At grade, the corner plaza provides a public destination, welcoming visitors to Davie Village. The building canopy gathers rainwater and directs it to a small symbolic wetland at the corner, providing a pleasant place to gather and evoking the Westcoast landscape concept of the building. The project elevators offer outlook to Burrard Street in the podium and at the rooftop, providing spectacular views out for building users. At the rooftop a viewing platform forms part of the Residential Amenity with vistas to the fireworks of English Bay.”
This application is being considered under the West End Community Plan and the Rezoning Policy for the West End.
The architect for the project is Merrick Architecture.
The full application can be viewed here: https://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/1157burrard/index.htm