Marcon has submitted a preliminary rezoning application for the site of the former Barnet Hotel at 2025 St. Johns Street in Port Moody.

Marcon acquired the site in 2019 for $18,800,000, or $97 per buildable SF.

The 97,059 SF site is now vacant and zoned C5. The OCP designates the site as ‘Mixed Use – Moody Centre’, which permits commercial and residential development ranging up to six storeys in height.

The proposal for the site is two 6-storey condo buildings, and includes:

• 242 units;
• 119 studios, 49 one-bedrooms, 70 two-bedrooms, 4 three-bedrooms;
• 7,900 SF of commercial space at the Northeast corner of the site;
• a total density of 2.23 FAR;
• 322 parking spaces;
• 9,000 SF of common amenity space.

The project describes the design rationale: “Given the gateway location of the site, the project seeks to elevate the architectural expression of the development in order create a memorable western entry into Port Moody center. This memory is firmly established by the interplay of multiple colourful glazed guards that populate the north and east facades of the project. These colourful panels, change with the day as the capture, reflect or cast coloured light onto the immediate surroundings.

Upper residential levels of the development sit upon a well-defined commercial base which is located at the intersection of Albert and St. John’s Streets. The commercial base is rendered in masonry which contrasts the corrugated metal cladding of the upper residential levels. The extent of this commercial occupancy is limited by the slope of the site in both the north/south and east/west directions. A glazed canopy wraps the commercial frontage, serving to further define the base while providing cover for those accessing the three commercial units. The masonry base is extended the full length of the development on both the east and north elevations by utilizing brick for the landscape walls. The expression of a strong base for the development is further accentuated by recessing and darkening the lowest level of the northern building.”

The architect for the project is Shift Architecture.

A preliminary development proposal has been submitted by Delta Land Development for an 8,000 SF site at the Southwest corner of Bellevue and 22nd Street in the Ambleside area of West Vancouver. The site is currently improved with an older duplex and is zoned for Duplex use.

The West Vancouver OCP supports consideration of rezoning proposals which promote low-carbon construction prior to Ambleside Municipal Town Centre Local Area Plan adoption

The Delta proposal for the site is an 8-storey mass timber, passive house building. Key features include:

• 7 condo units
• all full-floor, 2,700 SF, 2-bed/3-bath units with south facing balconies;
• a total density of 2.40 FAR;
• Communal ground floor features including lobby, bicycle storage, powder room, & multi-purpose amenity area;
• a building height of 103 ft.
• 18 underground parking stalls on two levels.

The application describes the environmental performance of the building: “In terms of proposed environmental performance, the project aims for passive certification and zero emissions, both operational and embodied through sequestered carbon storage in the mass-timber structure. In order to achieve this, the building would generate energy through solar photo-voltaic panels and employ a geoexchange heat transfer system to provide efficient heating and cooling throughout the building. Heat recovery ventilators, passive house certified windows, thermal insulation and attentive building design, including unit layout and window to wall ratio also contribute to the building energy performance. Additional features include green roofs and associated water collection reducing demand for grid-supply, solar hot water production and compliance with the bicycle storage and electric vehicle requirements.”

City staff are recommending that the development proposal proceed to public consultation prior to the adoption of the Ambleside Municipal Town Centre Local Area Plan.

The architect for the project is Perkins + Will.

A rezoning application has been submitted by Mosaic Homes for a new development at 3015-3093 Murray Street in the Moody Centre area of Port Moody. The site is located on lands with the relatively new “Mixed Employment” OCP land use designation.

The 100,000 SF site currently vacant and being used for construction storage. This area has traditionally been an industrial area in transition. The site is in close proximity to the Moody Centre SkyTrain and West Coast Express station, though access is currently only possible via two circuitous routes, the pedestrian overpass accessed off Klahanie Drive or the Murray Street overpass, both of which are approximately one kilometre. If and when on overpass is constructed over the CPR line from the station area, the site will be between 200-300 metres from the station.

Mosaic is proposing to rezone the site from Light Industrial (M1) to allow three 6-storey mixed-use buildings located on a two-storey parkade that acts as a podium to the south abutting the CPR rail line and is wrapped with commercial retail units on the Murray Street and Electronic Avenue

Details include:

• 204 condo units;
• 102 one-bedrooms & 102 two-bedrooms;
• 17,900 SF of ground floor retail;
• a total density of 2.02 FAR;
• 301 parking spaces;
• 43,000 SF of outdoor amenity space on the parkade podium.

The application may require an OCP amendment as the intent of the Mixed-Employment designation was to include light industrial uses or second floor office space.

The architect for the project is Michael Green Architecture.

Mosaic acquired the site in 2017 for $18,300,000 or $88 per buildable SF based on the application.