A new rezoning application has been submitted by Lotus Capital and Omicron to the City of North Vancouver for 705 West 3rd Street, currently home to Gardenworks.

A previous proposal from 2017 proposed a 6-storey condo building with 55 units. Now, the application has been revised to reflect land dedications for an new and improved rapid bus stop, market conditions and government financing incentives.

The site is designated Mixed-use Level 2 in the OCP.

The new proposal is a 6-storey rental building. Details include:

• 70 market rental units;
  • 4 studios, 47 one-bedrooms, 12 two-bedrooms & 7 three-bedrooms;
• a private child care facility on the ground level;
• a total density of 2.50 FSR;
• 87 parking stalls on two levels of underground.

The architect for the project is Ankenman Marchand.

A rezoning application by Beijing Shokai Development for a site at 6540 Marlborough Avenue is heading to public hearing at the City of Burnaby.

The site is located in the Marlborough area on the Eastern edge of Metrotown just South of Kingsway, and is currently improved with an older 30-unit walkup apartment building.

The 21,756 sq ft. site is designated RM4s and RM4r in the Metrotown Plan.

Plans for the site include a 22-storey highrise with, 14-storey of condos above 7-storeys of market and non-market rental units. Details include:

• 132 condos;
  • 21 studios, 56 one-bedrooms, 51 two-bedrooms & 4 three-bedrooms;
• 26 market rental units;
• 30 non-market rental units;
• a total density of 6.15 FAR;
• a total building height of 224 ft.;
• 182 underground parking spaces.

The architect for the project is IBI Group.

The site was acquired in 2020 for $22,000,000 or $164 per gross buildable sq ft. based on the application.

PCI Group has submitted their OCP amendment, rezoning and development permit application to the City of Port Moody’s Advisory Design Panel for 2933-3005 Murray Street, a 45,000 sq ft site just east of the Moody Street overpass in the Moody Centre area. The site sits directly North across the train tracks from Moody Centre Station.

The current OCP designation for the site is 6-storeys and mixed use commercial, industrial and residential.

The application proposes to amend the OCP and rezone to allow a 12-storey, mass timber building containing:

• 207 market rental units, including 21 (10%) below-market units;
  • 156 studios and one-bedroom units, 48 two-bedrooms & 3 three-bedroom units;
• 8,400 sq ft of mixed employment space;
• 1,000 sq ft of ground floor affordable artist space;
• a total density of 3.31 FSR (after dedication);
• 15,000 sq ft dedicated as protected land for Slaughterhouse Creek;
• a total of 139 parking spaces.

The application describes the overall concept: “The proposed development is configured in a U-shape with two narrow east and west facing wings, served by external single-loaded corridors above a two-storey podium. This creates a south facing outdoor courtyard between the two wings on top of the podium. This site layout along with the 12-storey building form means that when the development is viewed from Murray Street, as well as the east and west, the massing may appear somewhat bulky and overwhelming given the relatively small site size, especially given that the OCP envisages a six-storey form of development along Murray Street.”

The architect for the project is Perkins + Will.