Townline Homes has submitted a rezoning application for a site on West 8th Avenue West of Yew Street in the Kitsilano neighbourhood.

The 18,750 SF midblock site is located in the Broadway Plan in the Kitsilano North – Area A subarea.

The proposal for the site is to allow for the development of a 23-storey rental tower with a 4-storey podium and the conservation of two heritage houses. The proposal includes:

• 224 rental units;
• 63 studios, 73 one-bedrooms, 66 two bedrooms & 11 three-bedrooms;
• 20% below-market rental units;
• A total density of 7.15 FSR; and
• A building height of 239 ft. with additional height for rooftop amenity space.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Francl Architecture.

The full rezoning application can be viewed here: https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/2226-w-8-ave-and-2415-2421-yew-st

Reliance Properties has submitted a rezoning application for the sufrace parking lot at 1540 West 10th Avenue, located just West of Granville Street.

The lot has 125 feet of frontage and was acquired as part of the sale of the adjacent office building at 2609 Granville Street in 2017 in a deal valued at $59,000,000.

The current proposal under the Broadway Plan is to allow for the development of a 21-storey rental building that includes:

• 112 rental units;
• 20% below market units;
• a total density of 6.50 FSR;
• A building height of 226 ft.;
• 84 parking stalls including 33 replacement stalls for the neighbouring office building.

The architect for the project is Office of McFarlane Biggar.

Fabric Living has submitted their rezoning application for 461-479 East 16th Avenue in the Mount Pleasant area of East Vancouver. The 16,111 SF site is an assembly of four parcels totaling 132 feet of frontage.

The site is located in the Broadway Plan, within the Mount Pleasant South Apartment Areas – Area B subarea.

The proposal for the site is to allow for the development of a 20-storey mixed-use building that includes:

• 171 rental units;
• 34 units (20%) at below-market;
• commercial space on the ground floor;
• a total density of 6.80 FSR;
• A building height of 238 ft.

The application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Francl Architecture.

Two nearby tower sites in the Broadway Plan have sold in separate deals.

2210 West 5th Avenue

An 18,000 SF property at West 5th Avenue and Arbutus Street in Kitsilano has been acquired by Mondivan Group for $20,000,000.

The site is located at the corner of West 5th and Arbutus and is 125 ft by 120 ft and is located in a subarea of the Broadway Plan that permits a tower up to 20-storeys, and 6.50 FSR.

The purchase price equates to $171 per buildable SF at 6.50 FSR.

1960 West 7th Avenue

1960 West 7th Avenue is another 150 ft x 120 ft, 18,000 SF future tower site in Kitsilano that recently sold. This mid-block site on the South side of West 7th between Maple and Cypress Street sold for $23,000,000 to Gracorp.

Gracorp has already submitted a rezoning application for the site that proposes a 20-storey rental tower with 183 units. The purchase price equates to $196 per buildable SF based on the application.

Townline Homes has submitted a rezoning application for a site at the northeast corner of Davie Street and Cardero Street in the West End of Vancouver. The proposal for the 17,290 SF site contemplates the replacement of a 4-storey, 33-unit condo building with a 22-storey rental tower.

A previous DP application for this site was originally submitted by Townline in 2022, proposing a tower with 96 condo units and 32 social housing units. The existing RM-5D zoning allows 7.0 FSR with 5,500 SF floorplates.

Details of the proposal include:

• 198 market rental units;
• 20% below-market rental units (approximately 37 units);
• a total density of 8.0 FSR;
• 6,600 SF floorplates;
• A building height of 226 ft. with additional height for mechanical appurtenances.

This application is being considered under the West End Community Plan.

The architect for the project is Boniface Oleksiuk Politano Architects.

The site was acquired in 2018 for $45,250,000 or $326 per buildable SF based on the application.