Here is a construction update on the second phase of Appia’s Solo District project in the Brentwood Area of Burnaby.

The first phase of the project included a tower branded ‘Stratus’, a 367-unit 45-storey tower which has just recently completed and which is substantially sold out. Burnaby’s first Whole Foods is an anchor of the retail component of the project.

The second phase of the project is ‘Altus’, a 48-storey tower at the corner of Lougheed and Willingdon that includes 284 condo units above 250,000 SF of office space on 12 floors. Pre-sales launched in 2013 and this phase of the project is also nearing sell-out.

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A development application has been filed for a C-2 zoned site at 900 Kingsway, at St. Catherine’s Street, in East Vancouver. The plan, tentatively titled “Kensington Views”, is for a 4-storey building with:

• 19 condo units (6 one-bedrooms, 8 two-bedrooms and 5 three-bedrooms)
• 3,774 SF of retail space
• one level of underground parking
• a total density of 2.50 FSR

The architect for the project is Cornerstone Architecture.

Port Living is planning to replicate the success of their Midtown project with another project nearby. They have filed a development application for a C-2C zoned site at 630 East Broadway, near Carolina Street. The proposed plan, tentatively titled “Midtown 2”, includes:

• a 4-storey building
• 50 residential units (35 studios and 14 one-beds)
• a density of 3.0 FSR
• 2 ground floor retail units
• 2 levels of underground parking

The architect is Studio B Architects.

A strip retail centre at Burrard Street and West 3rd Avenue in the Kitsilano area of Vancouver has sold for $15,000,000, which equates to $414 per buildable SF. The site is zoned C-3A and is 12,076 SF. Existing tenants in the property include Starbucks and Allwest Insurance. There is no information available at this time about any future redevelopment plans.

A development application has been submitted to redevelop a single-storey retail building on four lots on Victoria Drive near East 54th Avenue. The plan for the C-2 zoned site at 7151 Victoria drive is for a 4-storey woodframe mixed use building that includes:

• 25 rental apartment units
• four retail CRU units (5,082 SF)
• total density of 2.50 FSR (25,674 SF)
• 35 parking spaces on two levels of underground parking

The architect for the project is GBL Architects.