Chard Development has applied for a development permit to construct an addition to a heritage building at West Pender Street and Homer Street in downtown Vancouver.
urbanYVR first reported on the development just before the New Year after a development application sign appeared on the property, and there are now official renderings and additional details available.
![Outline of project at 343 West Pender Street](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Strand-West-Pender-heritage-4-960x720.jpg)
The development permit outlines a seven-storey, mixed-use building that will replace a smaller, existing building on the Homer Street frontage which formerly housed a gentleman’s club and waxing shop.
Atop the Hartney Chambers building, home to Finch’s Cafe and listed on the Vancouver Heritage Registrar, two new storeys will be added. The Edwardian-style heritage building, constructed in 1909, will be restored as part of the redevelopment.
Renderings: Heritage restoration and addition at 343 West Pender Street
![Corner view of Homer Street and West Pender](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORNER-VIEW-OF-HOMER-AND-WEST-PENDER-ST.-960x602.jpg)
![Heritage building](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Strand-West-Pender-heritage-2-960x720.jpg)
![Corner view of lane and Homer Street](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CORNER-VIEW-OF-LANE-AND-HOMER-ST.-960x797.jpg)
![A waxing shop occupies the building on the Homer Street frontage](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Strand-West-Pender-heritage-3-960x720.jpg)
![Homer Street elevation](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/HOMER-STREET-ELEVATION-960x530.jpg)
![West Pender Street elevation](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WEST-PENDER-STREET-ELEVATION-960x922.jpg)
The ground-floor of the new development will include retail, restaurant and office use, and office use on storeys two through six.
![Finch's Tea and Coffee House is located in the ground-floor corner retail unit](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Strand-West-Pender-heritage-1-960x720.jpg)
![Please don't trash my windows sign](https://www.urbanyvr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Strand-West-Pender-heritage-5-960x720.jpg)
Parking will be minimal, with two accessible stalls accessed from the laneway.