The neighbourhoods around VGH could be rezoned for buildings up to 24 storeys
Avenue — but is surprisingly quiet, an oasis of tranquillity in the hubbub of the city.
Sean Nardi is a member of the Fairview/ South Granville Action Committee, and is worried that if the city rezones his neighbourhood affordable housing will be eliminated. Nardi is standing in front of The Pasadena, three-story walk-up at 1385 W. 11th Saturday, April 2, 2022.
“The preference seems to be for wholesale redevelopment, as opposed to incremental redevelopment. It seems to me that some pacing needs to be put in place, or we will have a real loss of affordable housing. The plan covers an area from Clark Drive in east Vancouver to Vine Street on the west side, and runs north up to 1The highest densities will be around the five new subway stations along Broadway — Main, Cambie, Oak, Granville and Arbutus.
There is no part of the neighbourhood designated for low-rise, but in an email a city representative said “property owners would need to apply to the City for a rezoning on a lot-by-lot basis. Otherwise, the zoning would remain the same as it is today.”on the wealthy west side of Vancouver. But Gharibnavaz points out the area around VGH is not a neighbourhood of single-family homes — it’s already multi-unit buildings.
They’re cheaper, the apartments are bigger than the units that replace them, and many renters now living in small apartment buildings would be priced out of the city. “It’s market rental that’s well-sized, and fills the local labour pool for the area,” said Yan, the director of the city program at Simon Fraser University.
“That significantly differs depending on size. When it comes to studios and one-bedrooms it’s about 15 per cent. But for two- and three-bedrooms, you’re talking about 40 per cent.” Esthetically there’s all manner of interesting features, from a turret on a 1912 house at 1004 West 10.
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