Starlight has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop two infill rental buildings on an existing apartment property they own at 1755 Haro Street in the West End.

The 138-unit, 19-storey concrete highrise known as Peter Manor, was originally built in 1970, and acquired by Starlight in 2018 as part of a four property portfolio sale for $247 Million.

The infill proposal for the property includes a new 6-storey apartment building fronting Haro Street, and a 3-storey townhouse building fronting the lane.

Details include:

• 61 market rental units;
  • 28 one-bedrooms, 24-two-bedrooms & 9 three-bedrooms;
• A building height of 61 ft.;
• New density of 1.69 FSR.

Under the site’s existing RM-5A zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted. However, it requires the decision of the Director of Planning.

The architect for the project is BHA Architecture.

A development application has been filed for a 66 ft. lot located in the West End; one of the last remaining surface parking lots in the West End. The site at 1021 Burnaby Street is located directly behind Celebrities Nightclub on Davie Street and serves as pay parking.

The plan for the RM-5A zoned, 8,646 SF site is a new 5-storey building that includes:

• 21 market residential units (rental or condo not specified);
• 12 junior one bedrooms, 4 one-bedrooms and five two-bedrooms;
• a total density of 1.65 FSR;
• a total building height of 50 ft.;
• 20 underground parking spaces on one level underground.

The site is located in an area of the West End Plan that allows rezoning for towers potentially as high as 30-storeys; however, a site frontage of at least 130 feet is required. This particular site would also face additional restrictions including tower separation and shadowing onto Davie Street.

The architect for the project is Francl Architecture.

A partnership between Strand Development and Intracorp has submitted an application to rezone a site located at 1055 Harwood Street, between Thurlow and Burrard in the West End area of Downtown Vancouver.

The proposal is for a 32-storey residential building with:

• 82 market residential units;
• 68 two-bedrooms, 8 three-bedrooms and 6 four-bedrooms;
• 44 social housing units;
• a density of 10.35 FSR;
• four levels of underground parking with 156 vehicle parking stalls;
• 158 bicycle parking spaces; and
• a building height of 300 ft.

The RM-5A zoned site was redesignated under the West End Community Plan, adopted in 2014. Currently occupied by a lowrise coop, the site was acquired in August 2016 for $40.5 Million.

The application describes the design rationale:

A development application has been filed for a new laneway infill apartment building on a 66′ lot in the West End. 1176 Burnaby Street, owned by Lantern Properties, has an existing 11-storey, 41-unit apartment building known as Newport Apartments.

The laneway apartment application is for the rear of the property, currently a surface parking area. Details include:

• 9 rental apartments
• building height of 47 ft
• Total area of 6,852 SF
• 7 underground parking stalls accessed off the lane

The site is zoned RM-5A and the West End Community Plan, adopted in 2014, amended the RM zones to allow infill apartments on laneways where there is sufficient room for them.