Strand Development has submitted an application to rezone a 44,372 SF triangular site at the corner of Victoria Drive and Stainsbury Avenue for a new rental apartment project.  The site is two former light industrial lots that are zoned MC-1. The proposal includes:

• A 6-storey rental apartment building
• A total of 155 market rental apartment units, including six live-work units;
• 43 studios, 44 one-bedrooms, 41 two-bedrooms and 21 three-bedrooms
• A floor area of 108,912 SF;
• A density of 2.46 FSR;
• A building height of 61 ft;
• 101 residential parking spaces and one Class B loading space; and
• 194 Class A and six Class B bicycle parking spaces.

The application also involves the reconfiguration of lots by relocating a lane and consolidating two lots previously separated by a lane.

The application is being considered under the Secured Market Rental Housing (Rental 100) Program.

Decorus Developments has filed a rezoning application for a C-1 zoned strip retail property at the corner of Broadway and Renfrew in East Vancouver. The plan for the site at 2894 East Broadway calls for rezoning from the existing C-1 to allow a new rental apartment buildings that includes:

• A new 4-storey building
• Commercial use at ground level;
• Total of 37 secured market rental units on the 3 upper storeys;
• A height of 46.4 ft.;
• A density of 2.65 FSR.

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

PCI Group has filed an application to rezone a property they own at 2805 East Hastings Street, most commonly known as a Burger King for many years. The plan for the 24,902 SF, C-2C1 zoned site is to develop a six-storey rental building with retail on the ground floor. The proposal includes:

• 92 rental apartment units;
• 18,300 SF of CRU retail on the ground floor;
• a density of 3.84 FSR
• a building height of 70.2 ft. ; and
• 97 underground parking spaces.

This application is being considered under the Rental 100 Program and is possible due to the site’s location on a main arterial street. The site has 204 feet of frontage on Hastings.

The application describes the development as follows:

A rezoning application has been filed for a 46,563 SF site at 445 Kingsway in the Mount Pleasant area which would allow rezoning from the existing C-2 zoning to allow a 6-storey mixed-use building that includes:

• 109 secured market rental apartment units;
• Commercial use (car dealership) at grade;
• A density of 3.69 FSR;
• A building height of 75.5 ft.; and
• 90 residential parking stalls, 209 dealership parking stalls, 4 loading spaces and 156 bike parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Secured Market Rental Housing (Rental 100) Program.

The site is currently improved with Desination Hyundai, a single-storey auto dealership. The renderings appear to show that Destination Honda will be the new tenant. The architect for this proposal is FNDA Architecture.

Orr Development has applied to rezone a site at the Southwest corner of 49th and Main Street from C-2 to CD-1. The plan is calls for a rezoning of the site under the Rental 100 program to allow a 6-storey apartment building building that includes:

• 75 secured market rental units;
• retail space at grade
• a building height of 70.2 ft. from grade;
• a density of 3.60 FSR, and
• 80 underground parking spaces and 97 bicycle parking spaces