This phase is for the central portion of the overall site and completes the interior facing portion of the mall as well as the 9-acre park above it, and an area called The Commons, which is intended as a hub of outdoor activity adjacent to a wide variety of restaurants and eating places around it.
This phase also includes a single storey of retail use, 1 storey of mixed retail and office use, 3-storey office podium, and a 27-storey condo tower (‘Tower 12’), over three storeys of underground parking.
The rooftops over the retail and office spaces are fully landscaped and include a public park with a variety of spaces for events, recreation, a dog run, and an 800-metre running-walking loop.
A rezoning application has been submitted for the ‘Granville Loops’ lands that will be comprised of four development parcels following the removal of the circular ramps (the Loops) connecting Pacific St to the Granville Bridge. The removal of the Loops was approved by the City in 2017.
The ramps will be replaced with extensions of Continental and Rolston streets south to Pacific St and a new level connection of Neon St to Granville St with a signalized intersection. Four new development parcels will be created in the area bounded by Pacific St, Neon St and the Howe and Seymour ramps (which will be retained). The rezoning would allow for development on those four parcels once the new streets are constructed.
The Granville Loops Policy Plan anticpated the development of the sites to provide for the following public benefits:
the replacement of non-market housing units – 50,000 sq. ft. (demolished Continental Hotel) as self contained units
the costs and delivery of the removal of the two on/off ramps and the reconfiguration of the new roads, Neon Street, Continental Street and Rolston Street.
This rezoning proposes the following additional public benefits:
increase the non-market building from 50,000 sq. ft. to 161,600 sq. ft. with a variety of unit mix within sub-area C
a 37 space child daycare within sub-area C
mix of market rental residential approx. 126,000 sq. ft. with the balance as strata residential with sub-area B
the cost and delivery of replacing a portion of the Granville Street bridge (between Pacific Street and Drake Street)
wider road layouts along Rolston and Pacific to accommodate bike lanes
new building setbacks along Continental and Rolston Street for ground oriented residential
expanded public realm as public open spaces at the south end of sub-areas A and D.
The proposal includes four sub-areas:
Sub-area A (between Continental St and the Howe On-Ramp)
40-storey condo tower (395 feet)
Total floor area of 263,328 sq. ft.
Sub-area B (between Continental St and Granville St)
Residential building at 27 storeys adjacent Pacific St and 12 storeys adjacent Neon St with a 70-foot podium and street-level commercial-retail
Building height of 250 feet as measured from the Granville Bridge deck or 275 feet as measured from Pacific St
Total floor area of 219,131 sq. ft. comprising 126,524 sq. ft. of secured market rental housing with the balance of floor space as strata residential and commercial-retail
Sub-area C (between Rolston St and Granville St)
Residential building at 27 storeys adjacent Pacific St and 12 storeys adjacent Neon St with a 70-foot podium containing street-level commercial-retail and a 37-space childcare facility
Building height of 250 feet as measured from the Granville Bridge deck or 275 feet as measured from Pacific St
Total floor area of 174,892 sq. ft. comprising 161,649 sq. ft. of social housing (50,000 sq. ft. of which is replacement of SRO housing that was in the Old Continental Residence), 13,243 sq. ft. of commercial-retail and a 5,000 sq. ft. City childcare facility
Sub-area D (between Rolston St and the Seymour Off-Ramp)
The table below compares the proposal, submitted in January 2021, with the floor area, building heights and public benefits indicated in the Granville Loops Policy Plan which was approved in 2010.
Intracorp has submitted a revised rezoning application to the City of Burnaby to add more height and units to an already appproved project called “Telford on the Walk” at 6537 & 6521 Telford Avenue.
In January 2021, the subject site received final adoption for a rezoning application for a 37 storey condo building and a 6-storey market and affordable rental building based on RM5s and RM5r guidelines.
The revised application seeks the following changes:
addition of 4 typical floors;
removal of one penthouse level floor, a reduction from seven penthouse levels to six;
increase in overall density from 6.33 FAR to 6.83 FAR;
total of 366 condos, 59 affordable rental units & 7 market rental units;
net addition of 34 condo units;
increased building height from 380 ft. to 411 ft.;
conversion of 3 market rental units to affordable rental;
reduction in two parking stalls and additional of one accessible stall.
A rezoning application has been submitted by Bucci Development for a 4 lot land assembly in the Grandview Woodland area of East Vancouver. The proposal for the 16,128 SF site at 2037-2061 East Broadway is to allow for the development of a 6-storey condo building that includes:
Westland Homes’ proposal for a 52,532 SF Metrotown land assembly at 6450-6508 Telford Avenue will head to public hearing next week.
The subject site is within the Maywood neighbourhood of the Metrotown Downtown Plan area and is comprised of four properties: two strata buildings, a rental building and a vacant lot.
The Metrotown Downtown Plan designates the subject site for high-density multiple family residential development under the RM5s Multiple Family Residential District as a guideline.
The site will be subdivided into two legal parcels. The proposal on the northern parcel is for a 51-storey high rise building comprised of 44 levels of market strata residential uses atop a commercial podium with 6 levels of offices and one level of street fronting retail. The southern parcel is proposed to be developed with a 22-storey market and non-market rental apartment building.
