A prominent site in Port Moody has sold to Marcon Homes for $18,800,000. The 2.0 acre vacant lot at the corner of St. Johns Street and Barnett Highway is located at the Western edge of the City’s Moody Centre rezoning area, which allows for rezoning up to 6-storeys in height.

2021-2025 St. Johns Street was previously listed with an asking price of $26,000,000.

There is no word yet on a rezoning application.

Marcon has submitted a development application for 2030 Barclay Street, the site of the 27-unit Rosellen Suites Hotel. The existing building on the site has been operated as a hotel, which means that the zero rate of change provisions in the area for rental accommodation does not apply. Therefore, the site can be developed as a market condominium project.The 99 x 131 foot site is located just half a block from Stanley Park.

The proposal for the redevelopment of the site is a new 10-storey concrete building that includes the following:

• 19 condo units;
• 14 two-bedrooms and 5 three-bedrooms;
• A building height of 190 ft.;
• A total density of 3.03 FSR;
• Three levels of underground parking accessed from the lane with a total 40 parking spaces.

The application describes the design rationale: “The concept is to develop a project that caters to families with all of the units in the 2,000 sf range and having 2 bedrooms and a den typically, with private outdoor spaces.

The project contains 19 residential units broken down into a number of discreet elements in order to give a more human scale and better relate to the surrounding buildings. Inspired by most of the buildings in the West End, the proposed architecture is unabashedly modern, but residential scaled windows and warm textured materials, including masonry, gives the appropriate character for this area of the city.”

Under the site’s existing RM-5B zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted; however, it requires the decision of the Development Permit Board.

The architect for the project is SHIFT Architecture.

Marcon has submitted an OCP amendment and rezoning application to the City of Port Moody three separate parcels of land located along St. George Street in the Moody Centre area. The lots in question are 22 single family lots located between 3010-3042, 3009-3029, and 3037-3113 St. George Street, and combine for a total land area of 191,462 SF. Dallas Creek bisects the townhouse portion of the site.

Details of the project include:

• 252 total units;
• 179 units within two six-storey buildings on Parcel 1 on the north side of St. George Street; (104 one-beds, 55 two-beds and 20 three-beds)
• 73 townhouses respectively on Parcels 2 and 3 on the south side of St. George Street in a total of 11 buildings; (50 three-beds and 23 four-bed units);
• an overall density of 1.42 FAR;
• 402 underground parking spaces;
• significant enhancements to Dallas Creek watershed, including daylighting; re-establishment of water flows; channel widening; in-stream habitat creation; removal of buildings and structures within the Streamside Protection and Enhancement Area (SPEA); and creation and restoration of the riparian habitat;
• the dedication to the City of the SPEA and neighbouring park/open space totalling 36,166 SF;
• the provision of six affordable housing units for Kinsight.

An OCP amendment is required to increase the maximum permitted height of the properties on the north side of St. George Street from three storeys to six storeys; re-designate portions of the property as Parks and Open Space; and allow for flexibility in relation to SPEA setbacks from Dallas Creek in line with other OCP policies.

The architect for the project is SHIFT Architecture.