After holding preliminary open houses late last year to unveil the First Baptist Church redevelopment to the public and the media, Westbank has now submitted their formal rezoning application for the Bing Thom designed project at 969 Burrard St. & 1019-1045 Nelson Street. The specific details of the project have now been finalized for rezoning application purposes.

Major details of the proposal includes:

• • restoration of First Baptist Church;
  • new church ancillary spaces, including a 37-space child daycare, a gymnasium, a counselling centre and offices;
  • a new 8-storey building containing 66 social housing units, owned by the church;
  • a new 56-storey tower containing 294 market strata residential units;
  • a combined total new floor area of 559,925 SF.
  •  a total density of 10.79 FSR;
  • 497 underground vehicle parking spaces.

This rezoning application is being considered under the Rezoning Policy for the West End and the West End Community Plan.

As the building sits at an elevation of 167 ft above sea level, it will appear as one of the tallest buildings on the Downtown skyline, only slightly shorter than Shangri-la and Trump Tower.

Further detail on the rezoning application can be found here: http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/rezoning/applications/969burrard/index.htm

I am pleased to announce the sale of 1070 & 1080 Barclay Street. The site represents one of the last remaining opportunities to build a tall residential tower in Downtown Vancouver. Please contact me for further details.

After recent media coverage and speculation regarding Westbank’s new Coal Harbour project at 1550 Alberni, a formal rezoning applicaiton has now been filed with the City, providing some more details on the project. The 20,698 SF site, currently zoned DD and improved with a lowrise office building, is being redeveloped with a 43-storey condo building with commercial uses at street level, including:

• a building height of 436 ft.;
• a total of 188 residential units;
• a density of 14.0 FSR;
• 272,262 SF;
• 271 underground parking spaces on six levels

The application is being considered under the Rezoning Policy for the West End and the  West End Community Plan. The site is located at Cardero and Alberni.

The unique design is a partnership between Japanese architect Kengo Kuma for the design and Associates, and local architects James Cheng and Merrick Architecture for the rezoning.

The rezoning package describes the design: