Westbank Projects has closed on the acquisition of 2220 Kingsway in Vancouver. The 2.3 acre site was purchased from Manulife Financial for $34,088,000, representing approximately $107 per buildable sq ft.

The site, currently occupied by Canadian Tire for at least another year, will likely be rezoned to accommodate a mixed-use retail/residential development under the guidelines of the Norquay Village Neighbourhood Centre Plan, which, because of the large nature of the site, will likely allow a density of 3.2 to 3.5 FSR for a residential/commercial development with towers as high as 14-storeys.

Regency Towers, an 11-storey, 112 unit building located at 706 Queens Avenue in New Westminster has been bought by a private investor for $14,975,000, representing $133,000 per unit.

The New Westminster apartment market continues to see a strong pace of transaction activity bolstered by strong fundamentals and relatively attractive prices on a per unit basis.

La Carina Apartments, a 12-storey 37-unit building located at 1937 Pendrell Street in the West End of Vancouver has sold for $13,500,000, representing $365,000 per unit.

The vendor and purchaser were both private investors.