Another mixed-used condo tower application is winding its way thought the City of North Vancouver's planning process.
Council gave first reading Monday night to a proposed six-storey development at 117-135 West First St., triggering a yet-to-be scheduled public hearing.
Developer Fairborne Properties is hoping to build 65 one-and two-bedroom strata units above 7,200 square feet of commercial frontage. Included in the bid is community amenity space and heritage designation for the historic B.C. Telephone Commercial Building where the Bella Doni flower shop now operates. The developer is promising to restore the building as part of the rezoning agreement.
The Fairborne proposal joins several Lower Lonsdale mixed-used tower applications filed with the city.
On Jan. 20, council will hold a public hearing for the 100-block of Lonsdale avenue where Staburn Property Group has applied to build 64 stratified residential units, five nonmarket residential units, and office and retail space in another six-storey "low-rise" building. In exchange for the rezoning, the developer is offering heritage protection for the building where Moodyville Cafe now sits.
Two other applications from Polygon Development have been filed with the city but haven't yet come to council for first reading of a zoning bylaw, including an 18-storey (50 metre) tower for 119 -131 West Esplanade and 120 Carrie Cates Court, what's known as Site 8 by the city. The proposal contains 15 residential storeys on top of three levels of commercial and retail space.
Polygon is also looking to build a mixed-use development consisting of two seven-storey buildings (two storeys of commercial space and five storeys of residential) at 255 West First St. and 260 West Esplanade, currently home to Hollyburn Family Services and Family Services of North Shore.
