A 2-storey office building at 3066 Arbutus Street has sold to an owner-user. The 1978-era building is located on a 6,930 SF lot at the Northeast corner of Arbutus & West 15th Avenue on the Westside of Vancouver.

Details:

• Building Size: 6,311 SF
• Sale Price: $5,412,750
• Price/SF: $858

The 2nd floor of the building was vacant, with the ground floor leased to Luxmore Realty until 2027.

The property had been listed for sale for $6,800,000 by Jones Lang Lasalle.

A 2-storey retail and apartment building at 5853-5857 Victoria Drive, at East 43rd Avenue in East Vancouver has sold.

Details:

• Building Size: 3,082 SF
• Lot Size: 3,643 SF
• 2 retail units (local restaurant & pharmacy) + 2 one-bedroom apartment units
• Purchase Price: $2,639,000
• $/SF Building: $856/SF
• Cap Rate: Approx. 4%

The property had been listed with RE/MAX City Realty with a list price of $2,790,000.

The Vij’s Restaurant property on Cambie Street has sold. The single tenant retail property had been on the market for several months and sold to a local investor.

Details:

• Single tenant: Vij’s
• Triple net lease
• Lease expiry 2030 w/renewal options
• 6,879 SF rentable
• 4,937 SF site
• $7,450,000
• 5.60% cap rate
• $1,083/SF

The building was listed and sold by Brett Aura of TRG. The original asking price was $7,988,000.

GWL has submitted their formal rezoning application for 1220 Station Street, following a formal announcement earlier this year that they were pivoting from the previously approved office building proposal. GWL acquired the site from Rize Alliance.

The current proposal is two rental towers, 36 & 28-storeys, as well as retail, office, and residential uses in an an 8-storey podium. Overall, the proposal includes:

• 470 units with 20% of the floor area for below-market rental units;
• a total density of 11.1 FSR;
• A building height of 287 ft. and 360 ft.

This application is being considered under the False Creek Flats Plan and the Transit-Oriented Areas Rezoning Policy.

The architect for the project is MCM.

The full application can be viewed here: https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/1220-station-st

Sightline Properties has submitted their rezoning application for a 26-lot land assembly that they acquired earlier this year.

The 3.1 acre combined site is located within the Rupert Renfrew Plan area, and is bound by Kaslo Street, Renfrew Street, Broadway and 10th Avenue.

The proposal is to allow for the development of four residential towers, containing condos, rentals and below market rentals, as well as retail and daycare space.

Details include:

• 1,959 residential units; with
• 1,386 condo units;
• 573 rental units with 20% of the floor area for below-market units;
• Commercial space, a 73-space private child care, and amenities on the ground floor;
• a total density of 10.5 FSR; and
• Building heights ranging from 537 ft. to 618 ft..

The plan is for a four phase development with a tower in each phase.

This application is being considered under the Rupert Renfrew Station Area Plan.

The architect for the project is Arcadis.

The full application can be viewed here: https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/2808-2888-e-broadway