SVM Homes has applied to the City of Burnaby to develop a 24-
storey condo and rental tower at 4330 Maywood Street, currently the site of an older 27-unit rental complex.

The 19,000 SF site is located within the Maywood neighbourhood of the Metrotown, which designates the site RM4s and RM4r Multiple Family Residential Districts. C2 Community Commercial District is also included given the site’s proximity to Maywood Park. Rental replacement units are also required.

The project is a 24-storey tower that includes:

• 91 condo units;
• 28 non-market rental units;
• 1 market rental units;
• 13,229 SF of retail space at grade;
• 146 underground parking spaces;
• a total density of 6.27 FAR.

The architect for the project is GBL Architects.

The site sold for $13,500,000 in 2018, or $153 per buildable SF market condo density based on the application.

Qualex Landmark has applied to the City of Burnaby for permission to rezone the site they own at 4275 Grange to allow a 31-storey high-rise condo building, and a 5-storey non-market rental apartment building.

The site, currently a 53-unit strata building, was sold by Casey Weeks and Morgan Iannone of Colliers in January 2019, and the site area is 45,661 SF.

The Metro Downtown Plan designates the site RM4s and RM4r. In accordance with the City’s Rental Use Zoning Polic the project is required to provide rental units equivalent to 20% of the proposed strata units. The required rental units are to be set at 20% below CMHC median rents.

Details of the proposed development include:

• 274 condo units;
• 26 studios, 122 one-bedrooms, 97 two-bedroom & 2 three-bedrooms;
• 32 non-market rentals;
• 21 two-bedrooms & 11 three-bedrooms;
• 294 parking spaces;
• a total density of 5.13 FAR.

The architect for the project is RWA Architects.

Applications have been submitted to the City of New Westminster in order to rezone a site at 909-915 Twelfth Street, at the corner of Twelfth and London Streets at the edge of the Moody Park Neighbourhood. The 13,000 SF combined site is currently older single storey commercial buildings.

The proposal for the site is a 5-storey condo building that includes:

• 40 condo units;
• 2 studios, 14 one-bedrooms, 18 two-bedrooms & 6 three-bedrooms;
• a total density of 2.50 FAR;
• a building height of 64 ft.;
• 61 underground parking spaces.
• purchase of a portion of the City-owned lane.

The architect for the project is Vivid Green Architecture.

The site was assembled in 2017 for $4,460,000 or $136 per buildable SF based on the application.

Thind Properties has applied to the City of Richmond for permission to rezone a 3.9 acre site at 5740, 5760, and 5800 Minoru Boulevard, in the Lansdowne Village area of Richmond.

Thind acquired the site in 2018 for $60,000,000.

The proposed concept for the site was first unveiled in late 2019. The formal application now confirms a high-rise, high density, mixed use development to replace the existing older commercial/industrial buildings on site.

The project comprises a 12-storey office tower and three residential towers.

Details include:

• 429 residential units;
• 341 condos and 88 affordable housing units;
• 162,000 SF of office space;
• 25,000 SF of retail space;
• a total gross density of 3.20 FAR;
• 632 parking spaces.

Prior to rezoning adoption, legal agreements will be registered on title to limit subdivision by air space parcel or strata-title on a floor-by-floor basis (to ensure the development provides for flexible, large floorplate office spaces).

The architect for the project is IBI Group.

Polygon has submitted a rezoning application for a 2.8 acre site in the Burquitlam area of Coquitlam. The site is currently an assembly of 18 single family homes that are zoned RS-1 and RS-3.

The overall development would be divided into two sites that would be developed under two separate partnerships. The two sites are entitled ‘Cardinal’ and ‘Burquitlam East’. The two sites would include a total of three 6-storey buildings.

Details of the overall proposal include:

• 278 condo units;
• a total density of 2.3 FAR;
• 207 underground parking stalls in the first phase (Cardinal);
• $1,981,000 in DCC’s from Cardinal, $746,000 in CACs overall.

The architect for the project is Integra Architecture.