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Apartment, Development

77-Unit Rental Building Planned for East Van Site

Another rezoning application has been filed under the increasingly well-known Affordable Housing Choices Interim Policy. This one is for a seven-lot, full block land assembly on the East side of Renfrew Street, between East Georgia Street and Adanac Street. The full land assembly totals 25,816 SF.

The proposal is for a five-storey mixed-use building, consisting of:

    • 77 rental apartment units;
    • 56 one-bedrooms, 9 two-bedrooms & 12 3-bedrooms;
    • 7,868 SF of retail space along Renfrew;
    • a total density of 2.96 FSR;
    • a five-storey building height of 58 ft.; and
    • 81 underground parking spaces over two levels.

The application describes the design rationale: “Our concept proposes typical setbacks for Mixed-Use buildings in the City of Vancouver, with approporiate stepping from the lane in consideration of existing dwellings. The commercial uses are setback 2’0” from Renfrew Street, and the townhouses are setback 7-0” from Georgia Street. We designed a 12’-0” setback from the lane to the townhouses comprised entirely of landscaped terraces which will significantly improve the current condition of the lane.

At the third and fourth storeys, the building maintains a 25’-0” setback from the lane, which increases to 40’0” at L5-6. Above L4, we have setback the residential uses 2.5m from the property line, and created street facing patios for residents.

On Level 5, a common rooftop patio amenity has been proposed for residents of the building. We have taken steps to address privacy and overlook issues at the shared amenity, while providing a welcoming and pleasant space for residents. The rooftop is partially occupied with urban agriculture, taking advantage of the solar exposure to provide a practical and sustainable amenity for residents.”

This application is being considered under the Affordable Housing Choices Interim Rezoning Policy.

The site sold in June 2017 for $15,970,000, or $209 per buildable SF based on the application.

The architect for the project is GBL Architects.

March 1, 2018by david.taylor@colliers.com
Development

21-Unit Townhouse Development Proposed for Shaughnessy

A rezoning application has been submitted under the infrequently used Affordable Housing Choices Interim Rezoning Policy that would see a 17,502 SF single family lot in Shaughnessy redeveloped for stacked townhouse units.

The lot at 4575 Granville Street, just South of West 29th Avenue, is currently zoned RS-5 which generally limits development to single family houses up to a density of 0.70 FSR. The rezoning would potentially allow a 3.5-storey development that includes:

  • 21 residential stacked townhouse units;
  • 13 three-bedrooms and 8 one-bedrooms;
  • a total density of 1.30 FSR;
  • a height of 41 ft.; and
  • 32 vehicle parking spaces and 32 bicycle spaces.


The City of Vancouver initiated the Affordable Housing Choices Interim Rezoning Policy
in 2012 to “encourage innovation and enabling real examples of affordable housing types to be tested for potential wider application that will provide ongoing housing opportunities.” It allows for 20 rezoning applications to be considered by council before others are placed on a wait-list.

One of the criteria under this policy is that a site must be within 1.5 blocks of an arterial street. There are also affordability requirements such as the requirement for 100% rental, or condo where a 20% portion are sold below-market. Other options include co-housing or community land trusts.

Other recent rezoning applications under this policy include:

  • A 12-unit rental townhouse project at Arbutus & 35th
  • A 15-unit rental townhouse project on West 12th in Kits
  • A 70-unit rental project in East Vancouver
  • A 55-unit, 6-storey rental project on Rupert Street in East Van
  • Westbank’s 6-storey rental project at Broadway & Alma

The architect for the project is Stuart Howard Architects. 

February 28, 2018by david.taylor@colliers.com
Apartment, Development

53-Unit Rental Building Planned for Kingsway Near Fraser

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

February 27, 2018by david.taylor@colliers.com
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