16-Unit Building Planned for West 17th & Heather

GBL Architects Inc. has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop an 11,484 SF, C-2 zoned site at the corner of West 17th Avenue and Heather Street. The site is currently improved with a 3-storey walkup apartment building with ground floor retail.

Basic plan details consist of a 4-storey mixed use building with:

• one level of Retail and four levels of Residential
• 16 units
• 10 two-bedrooms and 6 three-bedrooms
• total density of 2.44 FSR
• 2 levels of underground parking, having vehicular access from the lane.

Under the site’s existing C-2 zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted; however, it requires the decision of the Director of Planning.

The site was listed for sale in early 2016 and sold to a numbered company for $9,100,000, or $325 per buildable SF.