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.

A co-op located on a 17,292 SF site in the West End of Vancouver has sold to a developer for $40,500,000.

Harcrest Apartments, located at 1055 Harwood Street, is a 3-storey 28-unit walkup building built in 1947. The property was listed for sale earlier in the year. The site was designated under the West End Community Plan to allow a new tower up to 300 feet in height, provided that some of the new building is provided as social housing.

Here is a brief update on a project in the West End that was originally envisioned prior to the West End Community Plan having been adopted in 2014.

The project is a partnership between Bosa Properties and Central Presbyterian Church, which used to worship on this property for many years. The property was rezoned in 2014 to allow a new 22-storey building that includes 168 units of market rental apartments and 45 units of non-market rental apartments, as well as retail space, a new church and a preschool.

Excavation was recently completed and a crane is scheduled for installation on June 25th. Completion of the project is scheduled for April 2018.

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