Appia Development has applied to the City of Burnaby to amend the plan for the fourth and final tower at Solo District in Brentwood. The four tower project is over half completed with the first two towers complete and the third tower, Cirrus well into construction. The second tower, Altus, includes 12 floors and 260,000 SF of office space.
The approved master plan for the site envisioned a 48-storey residential tower for the Southeast corner of the site fronting Willingdon, with a small amount of restaurant space.
The revised proposal increases the office portion of the tower from a 4-storey podium to a 18-storey podium, an increase of 160,000 SF of office space.
The fourth tower will now be 40 feet taller, but slightly shorter than Altus.
Details of the proposed changes include:
Increase in the office podium from 4-storeys to 18-storeys;
Increased in office space from 46,837 SF to 187,127 SF;
Total increase in height from 48 to 52-storeys;
No change in residential unit count (319);
Increase in retail space from 4,754 SF to 11,945 SF;
An “iconic landmark project” has been put forward by Pinnacle International for a 6.2 acre site in the Lougheed Town Centre area of Burnaby. Based on the preliminary design details, including towers up to 82-storeys in height outlined in the preliminary rezoning application, the towers may become the tallest in B.C..
The site, located at 9858 Gatineau Place has an enviable location directly next to the Skytrain Station and just South of Shape Properties’ 72-acre ‘City of Lougheed‘ / Lougheed Mall site, with its first phase now under construction. A master plan was created for both sites in 2016; however, the Gatineau Place site was subsequently sold to Pinnacle in February 2018 for $220,000,000. The site is currently improved with surface parking lots and a residential sales centre.
Preliminary details for the proposed project include:
Three residential towers (82-storeys, 67-storeys & 62-storeys);
up to 1.9 Million SF of market residential (11.91 FAR);
20% rental housing (2.16 FAR);
estimated 430,000 SF of office, retail & hotel uses;
relocation of Gatineau Place to align with the new north-south Grand Promenade road;
new covered transit plaza adjacent to the SkyTrain station and bus loop;
a new pedestrian bridge over Austin Road to connect the covered transit plaza and subject site with the Lougheed Mall site to the north.
The application describes the design rationale: “The ground level for each tower will be animated with retail uses that will activate the public realm and integrate with the transit plaza. The second level will include retail components in each building together with a hotel lobby in the “East Tower” and an office lobby in the “West Tower”. The tower podiums will share common thematic elements and will be interconnected with sky bridges allowing pedestrian movement between buildings and a connection to the Lougheed Mall Precinct.
The three towers will vary in height, with the largest (East Tower) reaching 82 levels comprised of retail, hotel and residential uses. The West Tower will feature retail, office and residential components within 67 levels, while the “South Tower” will be 62 levels in height and will include retail and residential uses. The design is inspired by nature with the three buildings metaphorically representing an ensemble of flowers expressed through appropriate massing and architectural articulation.”
No renderings have been released publicly yet, and there is no word yet on design architects.
Onni has submitted a rezoning application to the City of Burnaby for the office tower component of their 12.2 acre Gilmore Place development, now in site clearing for Phase 1 which includes three residential towers.
The office building component is located in Phase 2 of the project, on the Southern portion of the site adjacent the Gilmore Skytrain Station and along Dawson Street. In addition to the office tower, Phase 2 will include two residential highrises fronting Dawson Street (to be submitted as future rezoning applications).
Amacon is proposing a 22-storey condo tower in the Brentwood area of Burnaby. First proposed back in 2017, the project site is located at 4455 Alaska Street, currently improved with an older industrial building. The total site area is 40,786 SF.
The Brentwood Town Centre Development Plan designates the subject site for high-density multiple-family residential development based on the RM4s Multiple Family Residential High Rise Apartment Tower with Street-Oriented Townhouses as a guideline, up to a maximum of 3.60 FAR.
The proposed development concept is for a single 22-storey tower above
structured and underground parking, with ground oriented townhousing fronting Alaska
Street. Details include:
Brookfield has flipped the Shangri-La Vancouver (now Hyatt) retail podium to Aquilini Group for $55 million. Brookfield bought the property last summer.
