New Rental Apartment Tower Planned For Davie Street
Reliance Properties has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop the Northeast corner of Bidwell and Davie with a 22-storey secured market rental building with commercial retail units at grade. The site is 12,970 SF and is zoned C5-A, therefore it does not require rezoning but is a conditional approval that requires the decision of the Development Permit Board. The West End Community Plan includes design guidelines that facilitated this proposal, which includes:
- 108 residential units (all secured market rental);
- total gross floor area of 102,927 SF, including 5,000 SF of commercial retail;
- Total density of 7.4 FSR
- 77 underground parking spaces on 4 levels
- Replacement of 12 existing rental units and older commercial space
More information on the development application can be found here.
I am wondering why, in the proposed aerial view above, that two existing towers have been deleted from the picture. On Cardero, between Davie and Burnaby there are 2 tall towers that have been deleted. It makes it so that this picture isn’t really showing the true existing already high density in this area, nor the true effect that this (and the other 3 new buildings planned for this block) will have on the density.