A rezoning application has been submitted for 5168, 5180 and 5192 Sidley Street, a 24,000 SF three lot land assembly in the Royal Oak area of Burnaby.

The properties are currently zoned R5 Residential, and are proposed for
rezoning based upon the RM2 guidelines. Two of the three lots are owned by the City of Burnaby and their purchase is a prerequisite of the rezoning.

Details of the proposal, entitled ‘Ava Living’ include:

• 22 two-bedrooms stacked townhouses;
• a total density of 0.9 FAR;
• 40 underground parking spaces on one level.

The architect for the project is Wilson Chang Architect.

Electronic Arts is proposing a major expansion to it’s Burnaby campus at 3700 Gilmore Way, across Sanderson Way from their existing campus.

The project consists of two new office buildings for EA on a 12.57 acre site with M5 and M8 zoning. An existing 110,000 SF office building occupied by Schnieder Electric on the site will be retained.

The plan calls for two 3/5-storey (due to slope) buildings, that include:

• 297,000 SF of office space;
• a total density of 0.75 FAR inclusive of the existing building;
• 3 levels of underground parking;
• 624 parking spaces;
• a new urban plaza connecting the two buildings.

The architect for the project is Dialog.

A rezoning application is going to public hearing at the City of Burnaby next week for Phase One of Aoyuan‘s “The Grove” project in the Brentwood Town Centre area. Phase One is located at the corner of Willingdon and Dawson and extends along the North portion of the site to the corner of Alpha Avenue.

The 8-acre master plan project is located at the Southeast corner of Willingdon Avenue and Dawson Street. Aoyuan acquired the site, which consists of seven parcels currently improved with older industrial buildings. The master plan was approved in 2019.

Details of Phase one include:

• Two condo towers, 36 & 43-storeys;
• One 6-storey non-market rental building;
• 868 condos;
• 453 Studios, 95 One-bedrooms, 256 Two-Bedrooms & 69 Three-bedrooms;
• 80 non-market rental units;
• 55,000 SF of office and retail space;
• a total density of 8.62 FAR;
• Tower heights of 387 ft and 456 ft.;
• 1,175 parking stalls.

The architect for the project is IBI Group.