Wall Financial has submitted a rezoning application for a site at 1065 Pacific Street in the West End area of Downtown Vancouver.

The 12,972 SF site is currently improved with an older, 3-storey walkup apartment building containing 30 units.

The proposal is to allow for the development of a 32-storey rental building over five levels of underground parking accessed from the lane. The proposal includes:

• 180 rental units;
• 144 secured market rental units and 36 below-market rental units;
  • 117 one-bedrooms, 62 two-bedrooms & 1 three-bedroom unit;
• A total density of 11.19 FSR;
• A building height of 300 ft.; and
• 100 vehicle parking spaces accessed via car elevator and 344 bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Criteria for 100% Secured Rental and Below-Market Housing as an Alternative to Inclusionary Social Housing in the Burrard Corridor of the West End Community Plan.

Bosa Properties has submitted new rezoning applications for two tower sites they own in the West End that had previously been envisioned for condos & social housing in 2017. With a slowdown in the condo market in 2018-2019, the projects were put on hold.

The sites are located at the Northeast and Southeast corners of Harwood Street and Thurlow Street.

The former development proposals sought 191 condos and 59 social housing units spread between the two sites, or 75% market condos with 25% social housing; however, a City of Vancouver policy change in November 2020 allowed a switch to rental housing with below-market rental in place of social housing.

The proposal for the two site is two 34-storey residential towers and includes:

• 575 rental units (with 462 market rental units and 113 below-market rental units)
• A gross density of 13.1 FSR for both sites;
• Building heights of 316 ft.;
• Seven levels of underground parking with 151 vehicle parking spaces, 11 accessible spaces, 534 Class A bicycle parking spaces and 15 Class B bicycle parking spaces.

The application is being considered under the Criteria for 100% Secured Rental and Below-Market Housing as an Alternative to Inclusionary Social Housing in the Burrard Corridor, Rezoning Policy for the West End,and the West End Community Plan.

The architect for the project is Henriquez Partners Architects.

Bosa Properties, in partnership with Kingswood Properties, has submitted their rezoning application for the site they own at the Southwest corner of Alberni Street and Bidwell; half a block East of Denman Street in the West End of Vancouver.

The site is an assembly of two existing strata residential properties. The smaller strata building at 735 Bidwell was acquired in 2015 for $43,680,000.

The proposal, entitled “1700 Alberni” is to allow for the development of two residential towers (30-storey east tower and 34-storey west tower) over a five-storey mixed-used podium. The zoning would change from RM-5C to CD-1 District. The proposal includes:

• 401 condo units;
• 12 studios, 160 one-bedrooms, 199 two-bedrooms & 30 three-bedrooms;
• 14,700 SF of ground floor retail;
• a 24-space childcare facility;
• A total density of 10.88 FSR;
• Building heights of 345 ft. for the east tower and 385 ft. for the west tower;
• 499 vehicle parking spaces, 20 visitor parking spaces, 3 commercial parking spaces, 2 childcare parking spaces, and 524 bicycle parking spaces

The application is being considered under the Rezoning Policy for the West End.

The architect for the project is Heatherwick Studio, in partnership with local team IBI Group.

The full rezoning application can be viewed here: https://shapeyourcity.ca/1728-alberni-st-and-735-bidwell-st