A rezoning application has been submitted for a 12,516 sq ft midblock site at 855-865 West 10th Avenue, directly across from Vancouver General Hospital. The site is currently improved with two older 3-storey commercial buildings between the Mary Pack Arthritis Centre and the VGH Skin Care Centre.

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 12-storey office building that includes:

• 76,600 sq ft of office space;
• A density of 6.12 FSR;
• A building height of 156 ft;
• Retail space at grade;
• 82 underground vehicle parking spaces and 60 bicycle spaces.

The application is being considered under the Metro Core Jobs and Economy Land Use Plan(External link).

The architect for the project is WT Leung Architects.

PCI Group have submitted their formal proposal to the City of Vancouver for their site at the Northeast corner of Broadway and Granville.

The proposal calls for the development of a 39-storey, mixed-use building above the South Granville SkyTrain Station. The zoning would change from C-3A (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District. The proposal includes:

• 223 rental units, with 20% at below market rates
• 31,000 sq ft retail space on the first and second storeys, including a grocery store;
• 100,000 sq ft of office space within the 5-storey podium;
• Rooftop amenity space for residential and office access;
• A total density of 12.16 FSR;
• A building height of 410 ft.;
• 285 vehicle parking spaces and 507 bicycle spaces.

The application is being considered under the Metro Core Jobs and Economy Land Use Plan.

The architect for the project is Musson Cattel Mackey.

A rezoning application has been submitted by Strand and Locarno for a 6-lot assembly comprising a full city block on Fraser Street between East 28th and East 29th Avenues in East Vancouver.

The full city block comprises 24,009 sq ft.

The proposal follows Strand’s current 121-unit rental development of ‘The Fraser‘ just five blocks North on the other side of Fraser Street.

The proposal for the 28th and Fraser site is to allow for the development of a 6-storey mixed-use rental building that includes:

• 100 market rental units;
• 16 studios, 36 one-bedrooms, 42 two-bedrooms & 4 three-bedrooms;
• 3,600 sq ft of restaurant space;
• 5,500 sq ft of retail space;
• A total density of 3.65 FSR;
• rooftop amenity space;
• A building height of 79 ft.;
• 97 underground vehicle parking spaces and 200 bicycle parking spaces.

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

The architect for the project is Integra Architecture.