A development application has been submitted by PortLiving for ‘Railtown Station’, a project at 711 Alexander Street, a triangular shaped site in Railtown totaling 11,438 SF in size. The site is bounded by CP railway tracks to the North and the Heatley Avenue overpass to the West.

Plans for the site include a new 7-storey light manufacturing, office, mixed use building including:

• 48,238 SF of manufacturing space;
• 5,380 SF of office space;
• 3,572 SF of retail space;
• A total density of 5.0 FSR;
• A proposed height of 104 ft.; and
• Three levels of underground parking providing 56 parking spaces having vehicular access from Heatley Avenue.

Under the site’s existing M-2 zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted; however, it requires the decision of the Director of Planning.

The project had been pre-leasing through Avison Young under a previous design plan for the site:

The architect for the project is Formosis Architecture.

The site was acquired by PortLiving in 2017 for $5,100,000 or $89 per buildable SF based on the application.

A rezoning application has been submitted for a 17,935 SF, three lot land assembly at the corner of West 49th Avenue and Manitoba Street, directly North from Langara College. The project is entitled Langara House.

The site is currently zoned RS-1 (One-Family Dwelling). The proposal consists of a 4-storey woodframe mixed-used building and includes:

• 35 condo units;
  • 1 studio, 16 one-bedrooms, 14 two-bedrooms & 4 three-bedrooms;
• 5,700 SF of retail space;
• a total density of 2.27 FSR;
• a building height of 61 ft.; and
• 53 underground parking spaces and 44 bicycle spaces.

This rezoning application is being considered under the Cambie Corridor Plan.

The architect for the project is Billard Architecture.

A rezoning application has been submitted for a site in Mount Pleasant that was previously approved for rezoning under Rental 100.

445 Kingsway and 2935 St. George Street, currently the Destination Hyundai dealership, received rezoning approval from City of Vancouver council in 2016 for a 109-unit rental apartment project with a new Honda dealership at grade. The rezoning was never enacted, and a new application has surfaced in its place.

The new application is being made under the City’s Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program, which allows proposals up to 14-storeys on arterials. The existing 46,576 SF site is zoned C-2.

The proposal calls for two 14-storey towers above a podium, and includes:

• 215 rental units (with 20% of the residential floor area assigned to moderate income households);
• 54 studios, 86 one-bedrooms, 54 two-bedrooms & 21 three-bedrooms;
• 31,000 SF of retail and office space;
• 96,000 SF commercial car wash and vehicle storage in the underground parkade;
• a total density of 4.84 FSR (above grade);
• a building height of 150 ft.; and
• 224 underground parking stalls and 443 bike spaces (including underground vehicle storage).

The commercial car wash is intended to serve the nearby Kingsway Honda dealership and service centre located at the Stella mixed-use development at Kingsway and East 12th Avenue.

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

The architect for the project is Acton Ostry.