The much anticipated rezoning application has been formally submitted to the City of Vancouver for the Brickhouse site at the corner of Main and Union on the Southern edge of Chinatown. The rezoning had been displayed in late last year and into this year at public open houses.  

The plan for the site at 728-796 Main Street is to rezone from the existing HA-1A District to a CD-1 to allow for a 15-storey mixed-use development that includes:

• commercial space on the ground level and mezzanine;
• 19 social housing units, located on mezzanine and second levels, to replace existing Single Room Accommodation (SRA) units on site (social housing to be owned by the City);
• a building height of 150 ft.;
• a density of 8.12 FSR;
• 99 market residential units from levels 3 to 15; and
• four levels of underground parking

The application is made under the Rezoning Policy for Chinatown South (HA-1A).

The architect for the project is Studio One Architecture.

A second major rezoning application has been submitted in Grandview-Woodland, just weeks after 149 units were announced earlier this month at Victoria & 11th.

Jameson Development Corp. has submitted an application to rezone a 15,738 SF site on the North side of Broadway just West of commercial at 1619-1651 East Broadway. The rezoning will be from the existing RM-4N zone to CD-1 to permit the development of a 10-storey mixed-use building.

The proposal includes:

• 93 total units (47 market rental units and 46 market strata units);
• 5,245 SF of ground floor retail space;
• A total density of 4.00 FSR;
• A height of approximately 32.3 m (105.8 ft.);
• 75 underground parking spaces; and
• 117 bicycle parking spaces.

This application is being considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan. The rezoning policy allows for ‘mixed-tenure’ whereby 50% strata is allowed if the other 50% of the units are secured rental.

The architect for the project is IBI Group.

GBL Architects has applied to the City of Richmond for permission to rezone a 1.20 acre site at 8091 Capstan Way, from “Auto-Oriented Commercial (CA)” to “Residential/Limited Commercial (RCL5)”, to permit the construction of a two-tower, high-density, mixed use development in the City Centre’s Capstan Village area.

The site sits directly across the street to the South of the Wall Centre Richmond complex.

The proposed development includes:

• 136 residential units
• 59 one-bedrooms, 77 two & three bedrooms
• 75 hotel rooms
• 9,688 SF of ground floor retail
• a total density of 3.65 FAR
• a cash contribution of $1,141,402 and public dedication
• 193 underground parking spaces