Domus Homes has submitted their rezoning application for a 0.9 acre two single-family lot land assembly at 4750 Granville Street and 1494 West 32nd Avenue. The combined site is currently zoned from RS-5.

The application comes just six months after the City of Vancouver rejected a townhouse development across the street.

The proposal for the site includes a new 4-storey rental building with:

• 81 market rental units;
  • 52 one-bedrooms, 19 two-bedrooms & 10 three/four-bedrooms;
• a total density of 1.50 FSR;
• a building height of 44 ft; and
• 70 underground vehicle parking spaces and 154 bicycle spaces.

The application is being considered under the Affordable Housing Choices Interim Rezoning Policy.

The architect for the project is Stuart Howard Architects.

Domus acquired the site in October 2019 for $12,700,000 or $223 per buildable SF.

A rezoning application has been submitted under the infrequently used Affordable Housing Choices Interim Rezoning Policy that would see a 17,502 SF single family lot in Shaughnessy redeveloped for stacked townhouse units.

The lot at 4575 Granville Street, just South of West 29th Avenue, is currently zoned RS-5 which generally limits development to single family houses up to a density of 0.70 FSR. The rezoning would potentially allow a 3.5-storey development that includes:

• 21 residential stacked townhouse units;
• 13 three-bedrooms and 8 one-bedrooms;
• a total density of 1.30 FSR;
• a height of 41 ft.; and
• 32 vehicle parking spaces and 32 bicycle spaces.

The City of Vancouver initiated the Affordable Housing Choices Interim Rezoning Policy
in 2012 to “encourage innovation and enabling real examples of affordable housing types to be tested for potential wider application that will provide ongoing housing opportunities.” It allows for 20 rezoning applications to be considered by council before others are placed on a wait-list.

One of the criteria under this policy is that a site must be within 1.5 blocks of an arterial street. There are also affordability requirements such as the requirement for 100% rental, or condo where a 20% portion are sold below-market. Other options include co-housing or community land trusts.

Other recent rezoning applications under this policy include:

• A 12-unit rental townhouse project at Arbutus & 35th
• A 15-unit rental townhouse project on West 12th in Kits
• A 70-unit rental project in East Vancouver
• A 55-unit, 6-storey rental project on Rupert Street in East Van
• Westbank’s 6-storey rental project at Broadway & Alma

The architect for the project is Stuart Howard Architects. 

A rezoning application has been submitted for an 11,874 SF single-family lot at the corner of Arbutus Street and West 35th Avenue. The project’s preliminary title is 2019 Passivhaus, indicating that the project will be passive housing.

The application for 2109 West 35th Avenue is to rezone from RS-5 to allow a new 3-storey rental residential building that includes:

• 12 secured market rental units;
• 6 one-bedroom units and 6 three-bedroom units;
• a total density of 0.81 FSR;
• a building height of 35.5 ft.; and
• 13 vehicle parking spaces and 16 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Affordable Housing Choices Interim Rezoning Policy.

The architect for the project is b Squared Architecture Inc.

The lot sold in March 2016 for $2,500,000 or $217 per buildable SF based on the application.