Ledingham McAllister has submitted a rezoning and development permit application to the City of Coquitlam for a 1.50 acre site at the southeast corner of Clarke
Road and Smith Avenue in the Burquitlam area of Coquitlam. The project is entitled “Highpoint“.

The site consists of three lots, two of which are vacant and a third which contains a 2-storey commercial building. The site is designated Transit Village Commercial in the Burquitlam-Lougheed Neighbourhood Plan (BLNP) and is located within the “Core” area in the Transit- Oriented Development Strategy (TDS). The proposed rezoning to CD is based on the C-7 Zone.

Details of the proposal include a 50-storey mixed use tower with a podium and includes:

• 415 residential units:
  • 295 market condo units;
    • 97 one-bedrooms, 168 two-bedrooms;  30 three-bedrooms;
  • 105 purpose built rental units;
  • 15 below / non-market rental units ;
• 7 commercial retail units (16,000 SF);
• a total density of 6.1 FAR;
• a building height of 406 ft.;
• 15,900 SF of market condo common amenity space;
• 8,900 SF of rental unit common amenity space; and
• 527 parking spaces.

The application describes the building program: “The podium fronting Clarke Road is ten storeys in height and is characterized by an eight storey podium atop a double height commercial podium. All CRUs provide abundant transparent windows to ensure views from the street. Levels three through ten of the podium contain all of the 120 proposed rental units. Much of the floor area at the fourth level and adjacent the SkyTrain guide way consists of a bike storage and amenity area. This area will be screened with perforated metal panels, and will have accent lighting.”

The architect for the project is Rositch Hemphill Architects.

A development permit application has been filed for the third phase and final tower at Seylynn Village, a 5.7 acre site that will total 790 units and commercial space when completed. The original rezoning for the site in the Lynn Creek area was approved in 2012 and the development has been ongoing since that time with the soon to be completed 28-storey Compass tower, and the already completed Beacon building as well as a 6-storey non-market rental building. The total density for Seylynn Village at rezoning is 3.2 FSR.

Our team acted in the sale of the site in 2011.

The final building, entitled “Apex” will be located at the intersection of Mountain Highway and Fern Street.

Details of the 32-storey tower include:

• 274 condo units;
• 113 one-bedrooms, 122 two-bedrooms, 38 three-bedrooms & 1 four-bedroom;
• 8,782 SF of retail space fronting Mountain Hwy;
• a total building height of 322 feet;
• 373 parking stalls on two underground levels.

Anthem Properties has submitted rezoning applications for two sites in the Metrotown area of Burnaby. If the applications are approved at Council, they will move forward to public hearing next month.

The proposals are:

6444 Willingdon Avenue & 4241 Maywood Street

The plan for this 65,486 SF site located at the comer of Willingdon Avenue and Maywood Street is a new 42-storey highrise, with townhouses fronting Maywood Street and Cassie Avenue, and a 3-storey non-market rental building. The site is in the Maywood neighbourhood and is utilizing the RM5s and RMS Multiple Family Residential Districts and Metrotown Downtown Plan as guidelines.

Details of this proposal include:

• 378 units;
  • 348 condo units;
  • 30 non-market rental units (New Vista Society);
• a total density of 5.32 FAR;
• a total tower height of 430 ft.;
• 470 underground parking spaces.

6075 Wilson Avenue

This site is located at the comer of Wilson Avenue and Central Boulevard and totals 62,641 SF. The Metrotown Downtown Plan identifies this neighbourhood as a high density neighbourhood with a garden-like setting that is defined by its relationships to Central Park, Kingsway, the BC Parkway and Patterson SkyTrain station. The rezoning policy for the site is based upon the RM5s and RM3 designations.

The proposed development plan is for a single 45-storey condo tower oriented towards the comer of Central Boulevard and Wilson Avenue with a 4-storey townhouse podium oriented towards Wilson Avenue and a 4-storey non-market rental housing component oriented towards Central Boulevard.

Details include:

• 379 units;
  • 347 condo units;
  • 32 non-market rental units;
• a total density of 5.37 FAR;
• a total tower height of 425 ft.;
• 419 underground parking spaces.

The architect for both projects is listed as GBL Architects.