More highrises for Metrotown.

Three three-story apartment buildings in the Metrotown area could be demolished to make way for two highrises.

The first is an application from Concord Pacific for a multi-family highrise with a townhouse component at 6550 Nelson Ave.

A few blocks west of Metropolis at Metrotown and Station Square, another developer is proposing a replacement of two older three-storey rental apartment buildings at 6225 and 6255 Cassie Ave. with a highrise tower.

Burnaby NewsLeader – Plan to create ‘new heart in Edmonds’ launched.

A development “to create a new heart to Edmonds Town Centre” is being proposed for the Value Village property at Kingsway and Edmonds.

Cressey Developments has applied to the City of Burnaby to have the large, triangular property rezoned so it can build a project that contains office, residential and commercial space.

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Richmond Review – Another trio of high-rises proposed for oval village.

City staff are recommending approval of another set of high-rises in the oval village, but the latest proposal will force some civic bureaucrats out of the neighbourhood.

Hollybridge Limited Partnership is seeking to rezone 5440 Hollybridge Way, a site across the street from the Richmond Olympic Oval whose current tenants include city staff.

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