General Vancouver Development Updates II

[Feathered Friend]

Application Date: Jun, 16, 2026
Work Description: Application recently submitted. Staff preparing notification. To rezone from C-2 to CD-1 under the Marpole Community Plan to enable a 12-storey mixed-use development containing ground-level commercial space, two levels of office, three levels of hotel, and market rental units. An FSR of 6.1 and building height of 46 m (151 ft.) are proposed.
Type of Work: New CD-1

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Default.aspx?PossePresentation=Guest&PosseObjectId=299499490

[jollyburger]

Nothing interesting/new. Just pray they aren't talking about solving the problem in 2046.

Railtown: Rethinking Vancouver's industrial-creative enclave, without creating 'another Yaletown'

“The city was taxing me as though I’d already built a six-storey building, so I thought I either had to sell it or I had to build it. So I built it,” Bendsten said.

The new 411 Railway building, completed in 2023, is now fully leased with six floors of offices for what the city calls “creative manufacturing.”

The old industrial zoning is holding the area back, Bendsten said: “It’s a joke. There’s no industry down here. Nothing … It used to be an industrial area, but it’s not anymore.”

He believes Railtown is still “an amazing area,” but the zoning should be changed to allow mixed-use development, including residential, and “get some more life in the street.”

Bendsten and other Railtown business and property owners say adding more residents to the area would help revitalize it, and Bligh’s motion specifically directed staff to look at introducing more housing options in the district, as did Mayor Ken Sim’s subsequent motion, which included Railtown and four other industrial areas.

But, as Vancouver’s planning department outlined last month in a memo to council, adding housing to an area like this is tricky.

Planners must consider the compatibility of “locating housing alongside industrial and employment space, the livability of the residential and the continued operation of the job space,” the memo said. Railtown’s proximity to the rail yard means planners must consider “noise and vibration impacts,” which could increase the cost and complexity of construction.

The city hired consultants from local firm TKA + D Architecture to examine case studies of similar urban neighbourhoods: Toronto’s Liberty Village, Copenhagen’s Nordhavn, Zurich’s Kalkbreite Complex, and Hamburg’s HafenCity.

https://vancouversun.com/news/railtown-vancouvers-industrial-creative-enclave-yaletown

[jollyburger]

803 Commercial Drive got their development permit issued on Sept 1st

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Default.aspx?PossePresentation=Guest&PosseObjectId=275125091

https://enfhs.ca/building/commercial-drive-project/

[jollyburger]

MCM & Suncor again

8072 Granville St rezoning application

The City of Vancouver has received an application to rezone the subject site from C-2A (Commercial) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District. The proposal is to allow for the development of an 11-storey mixed-use residential building with additional height for a rooftop amenity space over three levels of underground parking. The proposal includes:

65 residential strata units on levels seven to eleven;
Hotel use (65 hotel rooms) on levels four to six;
3,236.8 sq. m. (34,841 sq. ft.) of office space on levels two to three;
813.4 sq. m (8,755 sq. ft.) of commercial retail space on the ground floor;
A floor space ratio (FSR) of 6.11; and
A building height of 46.2 m (152 ft.).

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/8072-granville-st

[jollyburger]

Kasian & Marcon

Across the street from the church/school on Brunswick

396 E 2nd Ave (DP-2026-00568) development application



Marcon Developments Ltd. has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop this site, consisting of:

A 22-storey residential rental building with a six-storey podium
Containing 273 rental units (of which 20% of residential floor area will be secured as below-market rental units)
A Floor Space Ratio (FSR) of 6.41
A building height of 66 m (216.54 ft.) with additional height for rooftop amenity space
Two levels of underground parking with access from the rear lane

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/396-e-2-ave-2

[whatnext]

That's kind of ugly.

Originally Posted by jollyburger

MCM & Suncor again





https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/8072-granville-st

[RedArbutus]

Kinda looks like some type of kanji. I like the unit mix but the rendering is weird. The apparent hotel floors don't look anything like hotel rooms.

[teriyaki]

Originally Posted by RedArbutus

Kinda looks like some type of kanji. I like the unit mix but the rendering is weird. The apparent hotel floors don't look anything like hotel rooms.

Yea, the rendering for the interior of the hotel room floors look like copy and paste from the commercial floors with the open floor plan and long ceiling lights.

I kind of like that they're going with something a little different design-wise, but it somehow comes off a little unsightly?

Also, interesting that they're doing a boutique hotel on Granville, with little access to transit lines and major points of interest.

[RedArbutus]

Originally Posted by teriyaki

Yea, the rendering for the interior of the hotel room floors look like copy and paste from the commercial floors with the open floor plan and long ceiling lights.

I kind of like that they're going with something a little different design-wise, but it somehow comes off a little unsightly?

Also, interesting that they're doing a boutique hotel on Granville, with little access to transit lines and major points of interest.

Maybe it will be marketed & operated as an airport hotel, albeit one that will shuttle passengers back and forth mostly by taxi. It's a little awkward to get to Marine Drive station from there by transit and at that point you might as well just take an Uber.

[jollyburger]

I mean it might look strange with all the boxes breaking up the massing but I mean it could be a lot worse.

[csbvan]

Bulky, but relatively stout infill on wide streets like Granville in Marpole could work. I don't mind it, and I like the mix of uses. Definitely an airport-oriented hotel, but far better than being stuck in Richmond's airport hotel no-man's land.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

I mean it might look strange with all the boxes breaking up the massing but I mean it could be a lot worse.

It does have a bit of a wedding cake look to it, and its symmetrical without protruding boxes or frames.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by RedArbutus

Maybe it will be marketed & operated as an airport hotel, albeit one that will shuttle passengers back and forth mostly by taxi. It's a little awkward to get to Marine Drive station from there by transit and at that point you might as well just take an Uber.

Great, just what the Arthur Laing needs, more traffic!

[jollyburger]

New rezoning coming for 445 Kingsway. Maybe ~25 stories?

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Default.aspx?PossePresentation=Guest&PosseObjectId=303495758

[seamusmcduff]

I wonder what the next project to actually get under way along this section will be. Basically the entire stretch of Kingsway between Prince Edward st and Fraser is under application at this point, but only 701 Kingsway has gone anywhere

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by madog222

Another Safeway redevelopment. This time it’s the W Broadway & Macdonald location being done by Wesgroup. No details yet.

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Default.aspx?PossePresentation=Guest&PosseObjectId=290891456

DP

*Intake expedited to meet the ACC deadline of September 30, 2026 / Reviews and distribution will start after October 27, 2026 following enactment of new apartment living regs

To develop a 🞵🞵🞵(7?)-storey mixed-use residential building, containing 🞵🞵🞵 dwelling units and grocery store and retail store at grade, all over X levels of underground parking, having vehicular access from XXXX.

https://plposweb.vancouver.ca/Public/Default.aspx?PossePresentation=Guest&PosseObjectId=306047470

[csbvan]

Wow - both Kits Safeway sites under construction at the same time then? Once again, going the route of straight to DP under existing zoning.

[jollyburger]

Crombie still has it listed as a long-term project in their development pipeline FWIW.

https://dev-crombie-wp.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Q2-2026-Quarterly-Report.pdf

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by csbvan

Wow - both Kits Safeway sites under construction at the same time then? Once again, going the route of straight to DP under existing zoning.

I drove by MacDonald and 4th the other day. Weird to think there was 1 moderate size apartment building on the SE corner for what, 40+ years? Now suddenly there are two brand new ones on the NW and NE corners and now the final corner under construction. All in under 10 years from demo to move-in.

[seamusmcduff]

Turns out when you make it easier to build housing, more housing gets built