Here is an overview of the rezoning applications that will be considered by Vancouver City council next week:

(click on addresses for greater detail regarding the projects)

3063-3091 West Broadway

The plan for this site at Broadway and Balaclava includes 78 market rental units under the Rental 100 program. Currently on the site is a two-storey building with commercial uses at grade and two residential rental suites on the second floor. The rezoning was originally filed back in April 2015.

4162-4188 Cambie Street

This rezoning application was brought forward in March 2015 by Pennyfarthing Homes. The plan for the 22,166 SF site at Cambie and 26th Ave calls for a 6-storey condo building with 56 units. The site is directly across the street from Parc 26, a similar development now in pre-sales. 68% of the units will be 2 or 3 bedroom units.

2312-2328 Galt Street

The plan for this Norquay Village rezoning is a 28-unit, 4-storey apartment building under the Rental 100 program. The site is currently zoned RS-1, but was redesignated in the Norquay Village area plan for apartments.

26 East 1st Avenue

This is a rezoning amendment for a sitea at 1st and Ontario Street in the Olympic Village area owned by Pinnacle International and originally rezoned in 2006. The new plan calls for an 18-storey condo tower with 137-units and a density of 6.98 FSR.

201 West 2nd Avenue

Concord Pacific has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop their 57,365 SF site, which is comprised of a full city block at West 1st Ave and Columbia Street. The site is one of the larger remaining undeveloped parcels in the SEFC area and was originally proposed by Concord back in 2012; having been rezoned previously in 2008. It will include 247 condo units. The architect for the project is GBL.

Pennyfarthing Homes has applied to the the City of Vancouver to rezone a 23,625 SF site at 4976-5010 Cambie Street from RS-1 to CD-1 to allow a 7-storey residential building, the retention and heritage designation of the Wong Residence at 5010 Cambie Street, and a laneway house at the rear of the site. The proposal includes:

• 49 residential units;
• retention and heritage designation of the Wong Residence at 5010 Cambie Street;
• a maximum building height of 90 ft.;
• a density of 2.46 FSR; and
• 54 underground parking spaces and 63 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Cambie Corridor Plan. Pennyfarthing has already experienced success in the Cambie area with Bennington House, which is now selling.

Rendering: Shift Architecture

The retention of the Wong residence is described by the architect for the project Shift Architecture:

Ledingham McAllister is moving forward with a rezoning application to develop a 59,244 SF site at 5415 Lougheed Highway in the Brentwood area of Burnaby with a four-storey apartment building with three-storey townhouses fronting Broadway and Lougheed Highway. Plans include:

• 101 condo units
• a total density of 1.50 FAR
• 32 one-bedroom units and 69 two-bedroom units
• 123 underground parking spaces
• $3,022,760 CAC ($130 per buildable SF x 0.4 FAR town centre bonus)