The formal rezoning application for a 43-storey residential tower on Alberni Street designed by SOM and IBI Group has officially been filed and reveals new details about the luxury project.
The upcoming tower on a mid-block site at 1640-1650 Alberni St. includes:
- 66 secured market rental units replacing the 66 rental units currently on the site
- 198 market condominiums
- 268 underground parking stalls and 535 bicycle parking spaces
The tower will sit atop a five-storey podium containing the building lobby, amenity spaces and live/work townhomes.
The application is being considered under the West End Community Plan, and sits within the Georgia Corridor (Sub-Area A) area, which allows for towers up to 385 feet high.
Renderings: 1640-1650 Alberni Street
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Since the West End Community Plan was enacted, there has been a flurry of land acquisitions and luxury condo tower proposals in the surrounding blocks.
Next door to this project, to the west, a 385 ft. tower at Alberni and Bidwell has already been approved, and construction is underway on a Kengo Kuma-designed tower half-a-block away at Alberni and Cardero.
Directly north of the site, the White Spot restaurant property will be redeveloped with two, 38-storey towers.
![Towers at White Spot site](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/White-Spot-tower-models-towers-light-960x720.jpg)
Adjacent to the White Spot site, Anthem Properties is planning a 33-storey tower on the former Chevron service station site.
The architects are Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates of New York City and Chris Dikeakos Architects of Vancouver.
![Anthem West Georgia open house building model](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Anthem-West-Georgia-open-house-building-model-1-960x720.jpg)
To the east on Alberni Street, construction on Kengo Kuma’s 43-storey tower is well underway.
The sloping façade of the ultra-luxury tower will be clad in aluminum panels and include extensive use of timber. The developer is Westbank.
![Model of Alberni by Kuma](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Alberni-by-Kengo-Kuma-Vancouver-tower-model-768x1024.jpg)
Another block away, Landa Global and Asia Standard Americas are planning two residential towers (48-storey and 43-storey) at 1444 Alberni Street.
The buildings will have a dramatic, New York-inspired design.
![1444 Alberni Street wood](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1444-Alberni-Street-wood-960x1280.jpg)
Bosa Properties and Kingswood Properties are also planning to launch Fifteen Fifteen — commonly referred to as the “jenga tower.”
The 42-storey luxury condominium tower at 1500 West Georgia Street was designed by German architect Büro Ole Scheeren, in collaboration with Vancouver-based Francl Architecture.
And if all those proposals weren’t impressive enough, there more changes on the way to the neighbourhood, including a spectacular design for a flatiron tower designed by James KM Cheng Architects.
![Flat Iron Tower Vancouver rendering](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Flat-Iron-Tower-Vancouver-rendering.png)
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