Marcon and Kevington Building Corp. have jointly filed an application to consolidate and rezone a group of lots located at 559, 567, 571, 577 and 581 Clarke Road from CS-l Service Commercial and CS-2 Limited Commercial to C-7 Transit Village Commercial to allow a new highrise condo and rental residential development. The combined site is 76,922 SF in size.

The proposal is being made under the policies in the Burquitlam Neighbourhood Plan and envisions development of transit-oriented and supportive residential density in close proximity to the Burquitlam Evergreen Line Station, which is across the street.

The development proposal includes:

• a 49-storey condo tower with 364 units
• a 15-storey rental tower with 101 units
• commercial retail units fronting Clarke Road
• total combined density of 5.43 FSR
• underground parking accessed from the lane
• 620 total parking spaces
• a $576,914 CAC + $6.9 Million in contributions to public amenities

The site will be resubdivided into two fee simple parcels; one for the market tower and the other for the rental building. The application also involves transferring the density from 559 Clarke Road to the market tower portion of the project. Formerly the location of the Burquitlam Animal Hospital, Marcon has acquired this site to help facilitate a full two-way intersection at Clarke Road and the narrow street that runs behind the development. This will increase the extent of full two-way traffic through the narrow street This street will be fully constructed and complete when the adjoining parcel at 565 Clarke Road redevelops.

The architect for the project is GBL Architects.

Bentall Kennedy has submitted their formal application for rezoning of the Downtown Canada Post site. The 2.98 acre site comprises a full city block at 349 West Georgia Street formerly occupied by Canada Post and bought by bcIMC in 2013 for $159 Million.

The proposed redevelopment is interesting in that it contemplates retaining the existing Post Office building and adding two residential towers and one office tower above with parking uses above grade in the podium.

Details include:

• Retention of heritage building and its conversion into a seven-storey podium containing retail along all street frontages, rental housing, office, and parking
• Adding three towers above podium, including 17 storeys of office, and 18 and 20 storeys of residential
• 427 rental apartments, 372 condo units
• 512,000 SF of office space
• 274,000 SF of retail space
• An overall density of 12.9 FSR
• Tower heights of 150 – 222 feet
• Six levels of parking with 1,474 parking spaces & 1,168 bicycle spaces
• A 49-space childcare facility

The site’s primary constraint is the view cones which limit the building heights.

Reliance Properties has submitted their formal development application for the second phase of Burrard Place. The first phase includes a 54-storey condo tower that was sold out in 2015 and is now being excavated.

The second phase of the project, located at the corner of Burrard and Drake, includes a 13-storey office building, including:

• Restaurant on the ground floor,
• A 3-storey auto dealership (to be the replacement of Downtown Toyota – Pattison is a partner in the deal)
• Office space on floors 4-13
• 5 levels of underground parking and underground vehicle repair space;
• Overall height of approximately 182 ft; and
• Overall density of 7.86 FSR.

The overall concept was already approved via rezoning application in November 2013.

A third phase includes a 36-storey condo tower fronting Hornby Street just north of the first tower.

The architect, IBI Group, explains the design rationale:

“Tower B is the “front door” of the proposed mixed-use development. It anchors the critical and highly visible corner of Burrard and Drake Street. As the lowest of the three towers in the development with an important architectural mandate, Tower B unifies the expression of its two primary uses as an office building and a car display showroom in one distinctive built-form. This deliberate gesture sets it apart from the podium/tower expression of the rest of the development. The Toyota showroom, occupying the lower 3 levels of the building, is highly transparent visible from Burrard st, Drake and lane. The entrance of the Toyota showroom is strategically located at the corner of Burrard and Drake where the Drake Street elevation showcases a 3-storey and highly transparent street wall acting like a giant display window of cars which are uniquely arranged on multi- levels of display showroom. The office tower is anchor ed by a cylindrical volume at the plaza level unfolds into a fluid glass wall above, fronting on Burrard Street. Three spiral shaped elements revolve dow n the west façade marking the office entrance on Burrard Street. Around the corner on Drake Street, a tapering glass wall exemplifies the vertical dimension of the tower giving it a sculptural and slim profile. For privacy and comfort, the glass skin of the entire building will be articulated with “random” placement of insulated spandrels, fritted and vision glass, further animating the appearance of the building. The new centralized core of the office floor plate simplifies the structural system and at the same time provides a high level of flexibility for either single or multi-tenant use. The sculptural building form with its articulated glass skin defines Tower B truly as a “jewel box” in downtown Vancouver.

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Landa Global has submitted their development application for the Burritt Bros site at Main Street and 20th in East Vancouver. Landa acquired the site at 3594 Main Street in a bid process in September 2015, for $11,400,000. Landa was featured in the Globe and Mail at the time of sale.

The plans for the 16,963 SF, C-2 zoned site includes:

• a 4-storey building
• 6,275 SF of ground floor retail
• 45 rental apartment units
• “high percentage” of family-friendly two-bedroom units
• 2.5 FSR density
• one level of underground parking with access from the lane

The architect for the project is Yamamoto Architecture.