BlueSky Properties‘ project at 633 Main Street has been revised slightly. The proposal is now calling for more residential units (now 188) while reducing the project’s overall density from 9.29 to 8.86 FSR. The site is zoned HA-1A and was sold to BlueSky by Colliers in 2011.

We first told you about this project in May 2012.

Revised Project Rendering

Source: City of Vancouver

Bhandal Homes has submitted a revised application to the City of Vancouver to rezone 5658 Victoria Drive from C-2 to CD-1. The proposal is for a 6-storey, mixed-use building with commercial retail space at ground level and 28 residential rental suites on upper floors. The proposal includes a density of 3.65 FSR, a height of 62 ft., a total floor area of 30,221 sq. ft., and 22 parking spaces.

From Bloomberg:

Loblaw Cos. (L)’s planned real-estate spinoff is giving Canada’s largest grocery chain leeway to do acquisitions.

Loblaw plans to put more than C$7 billion ($7.1 billion) of property into a real estate investment trust that will be sold through an initial public offering by mid-2013. While Loblaw will still own more than 80 percent of the REIT, it may receive C$670 million from the deal, according to Toronto-Dominion Bank.

Buying Safeway Inc.’s Canadian unit is logical as Loblaw faces more competition from Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  and Target Corp., said Veritas Investment Research Corp. Safeway, a grocer that got 15 percent of its $44 billion of sales in 2011 from Canada, is undervalued after falling 14 percent last year, Bank of Montreal said. Safeway trades at the cheapest price relative to revenue and earnings among North American food retailers larger than $1 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Edward Jones & Co. said closely held Overwaitea Food Group, the western Canadian chain, is another option for Loblaw.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-03/loblaw-buying-canada-safeway-no-pipe-dream-real-m-a.html