Reliance Properties has submitted a rezoning application for a site on East Hastings Street in the Grandview Woodland area of East Vancouver.

The 29,158 SF site, 1943-1967 East Hastings Street, is located at the northwest corner of Semlin Drive and East Hastings Street, three blocks from Commercial Drive. It is currently zoned MC-2 and improved with one-storey commercial buildings including: an auto repair shop, sushi restaurant, pharmacy and social club.

The proposal consists of an 8-storey mixed-use building over three levels of underground parking and includes:

• 131 condo units;
  • 65 studios, 21 one-bedrooms, 39 two-bedrooms & 13 three-bedrooms;
• 18,246 SF of commercial space at grade;
• a total density of 4.01 FSR;
• a maximum building height of 86 ft.; and
• 169 underground parking spaces and 300 bicycle spaces.

This application is being considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan.

The architect for the project is Dialog.

A development application has been submitted to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a 25 ft. lot in the Downtown Eastside at 436 East Hastings Street. The site is currently improved with an older single storey commercial building.

Plans for the 3,050 SF site show a new 7-storey building that includes:

• 22 affordable studio units, including:
  • 8 units of market rental housing;
  • 14 units of social housing;
• 1,113 SF of ground floor retail;
• a total density of 5.0 FSR;
• 1 car share space.

This application is being processed through the Social Housing or Rental Tenure (SHORT) program. Under the site’s existing DEOD zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted; however, it requires the decision of the Development Permit Board.

The architect for the project is Wilson Chang.

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.