The latest Kingsway rental rezoning application to be submitted to the City of Vancouver is for a site at the Northeast corner of Kingsway and Clark Drive, one block West of Knight Street.

The 14,134 SF site is currently improved with single storey retail including the Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood Pub and Liquor Store. The site is zoned C-2. The rezoning proposal seeks approval for a new six-storey mixed-use building, consisting of:

• • 53 market rental units;
  • 10 studios, 24 one bedrooms, 13 two-bedrooms and 6 three-bedrooms;
  • 7,884 SF of retail space at grade;
  • a total density of 3.77 FSR;
  • a building height of 74.64 ft.; and
  • 43 underground parking spaces.

This application is being considered under the Secured Market Rental Housing (Rental 100) Policy.

The site was acquired in 2017 for $5,840,000, or $102 per buildable SF based on the application.

The architect for the project is GBL Architects.

A rezoning application has been submitted for a site at the corner of Rupert Street and East 29th Avenue in North Vancouver. The plan for the 18,671 SF site is to rezoned from the current C-1 and RS-1 zoning to allow a new 4-storey mixed-use building that includes:

• 42 market rental units;
• 5,400 SF of ground floor retail space;
• a total density of 2.14 FSR;
• a building height of 45 ft.; and
• 38 underground parking spaces.

This application is being considered under the Secured Market Rental Housing (Rental 100) Policy.

The architect for the project is Matthew Cheng Architect Inc.

In what seems like a weekly occurrence, another Rental 100 rezoning application has been made for a site on East Hastings Street in East Vancouver.

This rezoning application is for a 12,080 SF site at 2601-2619 East Hastings Street, at the corner of Hastings and Penticton Street. The site is currently improved with lowrise commercial and is zoned C-2C. The proposal is for a 6-storey mixed-use building, consisting of:

• • 47 secured market rental units;
  • 8 studios, 23 one-bedrooms, 12 two bedrooms & 4 three-bedrooms;
  • 6,281 SF of retail space at grade;
  • a total density of 3.75 FSR;
  • a building height of 71 ft.; and
  • 42 underground parking spaces.

This application is being considered under the Secured Market Rental Housing (Rental 100) Policy.

Another Rental 100 rezoning application has been submitted in East Vancouver on East Hastings. This is the second passive house multifamily rezoning application, just West of 8th Avenue Development Group’s “The Heights” project, an 85-unit project just completed at the corner of East Hastings and Skeena.

This application for 3435 East Hastings Street, between Cassiar and Skeena Street calls to rezone the 11,366 SF mid-block subject site from C-2C1 to permit the development of a 6-storey rental residential building. The proposal includes:

• • 45 secured market rental units;
  • 13 studios, 16 one-bedrooms, 10 two-bedrooms & 6 three-bedrooms;
  • 2,712 SF of retail space at grade;
  • a density of 3.14 FSR;
  • a building height of 68 ft.; and
  • 28 underground parking spaces.

This application is being considered under the Secured Market Rental Housing (Rental 100) Policy.

The architect for the project is Cornerstone Architecture.

The latest on a long list of Kingsway Rental 100 rezoning applications comes for a site at the corner of Kingsway and East 15th Avenue, just West of Fraser Street.

610-644 Kingsway is an assembly of several older lowrise commercial buildings on the South side of the street, zoned C-2C. The curved site totals 13,830 SF. 

Details include:

• 53 secured market rental units;
• 9 studios, 19 one-bedrooms, 19 two-bedrooms & 6 three-bedrooms;
• 7,151 SF of ground floor retail;
• a total density of 3.75 FSR;
• a building height of 69 ft.; and
• 2 levels of underground parking.

This application is being considered under the Secured Market Rental Housing (Rental 100) Policy.

The architect for the project is Studio One Architecture.

The full rezoning application can be viewed here: http://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/610kingsway/index.htm