A rezoning application has been submitted by Sightline Properties for a four lot land assembly at the Northeast corner of West 41st and Collingwood Street, just East of Dunbar and immediately East of the IGA.

The combined site at 3449-3479 W 41st Ave and 5664 Collingwood Street is 28,683 SF in size. The lots are currently single family and zoned RS-5.

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 6-storey market rental building that includes:

• 114 secured market rental units;
• 58 studios, 17 one-bedrooms, 28 two-bedrooms & 11 three-bedrooms;
• A total density of 2.71 FSR;
• A building height of 72 ft.;
• 90 vehicle parking spaces and 216 bicycle parking spaces on two levels of underground parking.

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

The architect for the project is Ciccozzi Architecture.

A rezoning application has been submitted for 5168, 5180 and 5192 Sidley Street, a 24,000 SF three lot land assembly in the Royal Oak area of Burnaby.

The properties are currently zoned R5 Residential, and are proposed for
rezoning based upon the RM2 guidelines. Two of the three lots are owned by the City of Burnaby and their purchase is a prerequisite of the rezoning.

Details of the proposal, entitled ‘Ava Living’ include:

• 22 two-bedrooms stacked townhouses;
• a total density of 0.9 FAR;
• 40 underground parking spaces on one level.

The architect for the project is Wilson Chang Architect.

Westbank has submitted a revised rezoning application for the 2.5 acre East Broadway site, originally proposed in September 2019.

The main change to the proposal is a shift away from primarily condos, to primarily market rental units. The revision shows a decrease in the number of condos from 520 to 236, and an increase in the number of rental units, from 160 to 452 units. Details of the updated plan include:

• 452 secured rental units;
• 236 strata residential units;
• Revised tower heights from 24, 27, & 30-storeys to 25, 29, & 30 storeys;
• 63,000 SF of retail including 50,000 SF Safeway store;
• 48,000 SF of office space;
• Public plaza running parallel to the SkyTrain station;
• 486 vehicle parking spaces and 1360 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Grandview Woodland Community Plan(External link).

The architect for the project is Perkins + Will.