Westbank and Crombie REIT are getting closer to going to council for their long anticipated redevelopment of the 105,000 SF Safeway site at 1780 East Broadway, just East of Commercial Drive.

The project, first proposed in 2019, has since been redesigned multiple times due to feedback from planning as well as changing market conditions. Primarily envisioned as a condo project originally, the revisions have since seen the project become taller and denser, and all rental units.

The current proposal includes three rental towers at 35, 36 and 39-storeys above a retail base. Details include:

• 981 rental units;
• 99 units secured at below market rates;
• A total density of 7.87 FSR;
• A max. building height of 425 ft.;
• Commercial retail space at grade, including a 50,000 SF Safeway;
• Office and commercial space within the podium levels;
• A public plaza running parallel to the SkyTrain station;
• Publicly accessible outdoor pace on top of the retail base; and
• 440 vehicle parking spaces and 2006 bicycle spaces.

This application is being considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan. The application requests consideration of height and density in excess of the existing policy.

The architect for the project is Perkins & Will.

A new rezoning application has been submitted by JTA Development Consultants on behalf of Five Mile Holdings and Prospero International Realty for a site at 215-229 East 13th Avenue, just East of Main Street for a new rental project under the Broadway Plan.

The site is currently improved with two older lowrise apartment buildings.

The proposal calls to rezone the 20,364 SF site to allow for the development of a 21-storey mixed-use building that includes:

• 193 rental units;
• 20% below market rental units;
• 6,000 SF of retail space;
• a total density of 6.80 FSR;
• A building height of 212 ft.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Studio One Architecture.

Quadreal has submitted their formal rezoning application for the redevelopment of the parking lot at Kingsway and Prince Edward Street, adjacent the Mount Saint Josephs Hospital.

The 1.21 acre site was acquired by Quadreal in 2019 for $29,100,000 and is currently a surface parking lot.

The site is located in the Mount Pleasant Centre Area (MCEC) of the Broadway Plan. The MCEC Policy Area permits tower forms up to a maximum height of 25-storeys and a maximum density of 8.5 FSR.

The proposal is for 25-storey and 32-storey buildings with a podium and includes:

• 542 rental units;
• 428 market rental;
• 114 below market rental (20%);
• 16,000 SF of ground floor retail space;
• a 5,000 SF, 37-space private childcare facility;
• a total density of 8.50 FSR;
• A building height of 269 ft. with additional height for rooftop amenity space;
• 297 underground parking stalls.

This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.

The architect for the project is Acton Ostry Architects.

The full rezoning application can be viewed here: https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/2950-prince-edward-st