Planning Underway for 40-Acre Willingdon Lands
Aquilini Development has submitted an initial rezoning application for a 40-acre site in Burnaby that they own jointly with the Musqueam Indian Band and the Tsleil-Watuth First Nation. The site has been used over the years by a variety of institutional uses and many of the existing facilities on the site are currently leased back by the Province. All of the remaining services on the site will be relocated off-site by 2019.
The site is currently zoned CD and allows for commercial and institutional uses. The current application seeks to establish a master plan for the entire site, and a development plan for the first phase to be located on the Northeast corner. While details are still vague at this point, general concepts include:
- commercial, residential and amenity uses including a child care facility
- 4-acre public open space or “commons” at the centre of the site
- potential street linkages at South and West sides of site
The existing CD zoning had been based upon the P6 and B2 Urban Office District guidelines and envisioned uses including: high tech and office uses, vocational and post secondary uses, health care and seniors care uses, emergency, transitional and supportive housing, as well as supporting accessory uses such as retail, residential and mixed-use.
Separate rezoning applications for the master plan and for phase 1 will be submitted as a next step.
The site was purchased from the Province in 2014 for $57.9 Million.