A rezoning proposal has been put forward to develop a phased commercial development at 2020 Boundary Road, a site the Northeast corner of Lougheed and Boundary Road in Burnaby. Translink sold the site last year to the Open Road Auto Group for $19.2 Million.

The development will consist of:

• two or three high-end auto dealerships
• a 4-storey fully enclosed glass structured car parkade
• an 8-storey, 85,000 SF office building with underground parking and grade level retail uses
• a total density of 0.77 FAR

The auto dealerships are proposed to be the first phase of the development, with the commercial uses later.

‘Modello’

Boffo Developments‘ project at 6225-6255 Cassie Avenue has now gone through the first reading stage of rezoning, and has been referred to a rezoning scheduled for May 28, 2013. The plan is for a 170-unit, 37-storey residential tower above a commercial podium with frontages on Beresford and Willingdon Avenue. The commercial component will include retail, office and a liquor primary establishment.

The project is being rezoned under the Metrotown Centre Development Plan, which allows higher density for existing RM-3 and RM-5 zoned properties.

Project stats:

• Site area: 46,166 SF
• Total density: 6.28 FAR
• Total floor area: Residential: 224,323 SF; Retail/Rest: 24,959 SF; Office: 33,600 SF
• Unit Mix: 170 units              (36 one-bedrooms, 87 two-bedrooms, 47 3-bedrooms)

Source: City of Burnaby, Boffo Developments