4-Storey Industrial/Office Building Planned for Mt. Pleasant Site

A development application has been submitted by Rendition Developments to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a 99′ x 122′ site at 224 West 8th Avenue in the Mount Pleasant area. The site is currently improved with an old two-storey office building.

This area has seen a slew of applications since the I-1 zone was changed in 2013 to permit more general office use to a density of 3.0 FSR.

The plan for this site is for a 4-storey, mixed-use building consisting of:

• Manufacturing uses on the first storey and mezzanine above;
• General Office uses on the second through fourth storeys;
• a total density of 3.0 FSR;
• a total building size of 36,258 SF;
• two levels of underground parking, providing 51 parking spaces

Under the site’s existing I-1 zoning, the application is “conditional” so it may be permitted; however, it requires the decision of the Director of Planning.

The architect for the project is Mallen Gowing Berzins Architecture.

The site was acquired by Rendition in February 2017 for $9,500,000 or $262 per buildable SF.