Another week, another highrise proposal for Brentwood. This one is from Polygon Homes for an 81,414 SF site at the foot of Madison Avenue. The rezoning application is based on the RM4s designation under the City of Burnaby’s Brentwood Town Centre Plan, with a total density of 3.6 FAR, or 280 units.

Interestingly, due to high groundwater and challenging geotechnical buildings, the parking is above-grade and is proposed to be located behind street-oriented residential units.

Thind Developments has applied to the City of Burnaby for rezoning of 6205-6255 Kingsway to allow a 4-storey mixed-use development with full underground parking. The site is currently occupied by a strip retail centre and the Intercity Motel. The total site area is 45,307 SF, and the zoning designation is C-9. The project includes:

• Total density of 2.2 FAR
• 101 units
• 187 parking spaces

The property was assembled in 2012-2013 for a total of $5,730,000, or $57 per buildable SF.

By Frances Bula

Interesting for me to see the new Burnaby First party trying to ride the anti-development horse there. Burnaby has been building towers for quite a while now, apparently with no backlash from anyone. But I have heard more grumbling about the Brentwood development in the last year than I’d heard the previous decade, so maybe there’s something there.

This is the news release that Burnaby First sent out today

Burnaby First Mayor candidate Daren Hancott & Council candidate Helen Ward plan to speak tonight at the public hearing for the controversial 56-story Brentwood Tower II. It will be held at 7:00 pm in the City Council chambers at 4949 Canada Way.

This hearing will be the one opportunity for the general public to have their say on this project before Burnaby’s current BCA monopoly council votes on whether or not to send this project forward.

The previously-approved Brentwood Tower I has already resulted in the closure of vital public transit infrastructure (the bus loop and related access ramp) making it extremely difficult for mobility-challenged transit riders to access Brentwood Mall shops and SkyTrain ground transit connections.

It has further resulted in significant slow-downs of rush hour traffic along Lougheed Highway at …read moreSource:: Frances Bula