MYIE Group is forging ahead with plans for a site in the Bridgeport Area of Richmond that has been on the drawing board. They have now applied for a development permit for the proposed International Trade Centre. The project was originally conceived several years ago and recieved rezoning in 2013.

The site is a triangular, 71,350 SF piece of land at 8451 Bridgeport Road. The proposed uses include general retail, restaurant, hotel and office. The plan includes:

• A total density of 3.0 FAR (215,000 SF)
  
• Three towers of 9, 12 (office) and 14-storeys (hotel) with a common five-storey podium including retail
• Approximately 100 hotel rooms (Opus Hotel, managed by Trilogy)

In an effort to capitalize on the overwhelming success of Aberdeen Square, the office space will be strata-titled and sold. The developer is taking registrations through Magnum Projects.

A development application has been submitted under a new zone created by the West End Community Plan (“WECP”) which was adopted one year ago. This new RM-5D zone permits a density of 7.0 FSR and allows market residential if social housing is provided. The proposed development by Intracorp is for a 17,303 SF site at the Northwest corner of Davie Street at Jervis St.

This is the first sizable development application to be submitted under the WECP, and does not require rezoning since this area of Davie Village was rezoned by policy amendment as part of the WECP.

The tower component as proposed is intended to be market housing, while the podium is mostly comprised of affordable, city owned non-market housing, with a small commercial retail shop on the corner.The plan for this site calls for:

• A 19-storey tower
• 62 market residential units and 28 social housing units
• 1 retail unit at grade
• 114 underground parking stalls
• A height of 190 ft.
• Density of 6.61 FSR (114,372 SF)

Aquilini Group has applied to rezone a 33,746 SF site at the Southwest corner of West 2nd and Main Street known most commonly as the Maynards building. The plan calls for a rezone from IC-2  District to CD-1 to permit a 12-storey mixed-use building that includes:

• 223 units;
• 30 secured non-market rental units;
• 13,000 SF of ground floor retail
• artist production space of approximately 3,500 SF
• a density of 5.50 FSR;
• 297 underground parking spaces.

The design of the project is intended to meet the guidelines of the Mount Pleasant Community Plan.

The site was assembled over several years between 2008 and 2012.