Bright rainbow-coloured glass fins for the facade of the tower’s lower floors at 1190 Burrard Street will demarcate the site as the gateway into the Davie Village from its eastern end. This architectural feature wraps around a two-level, 13,400 sq ft space for QMUNITY a community and social service for the LGBTQ community, which is frequented by youth.
QMUNITY is currently located in a small, outdated space two blocks west on Bute Street. Plans for a new expanded home for the not-for-profit organization have been in the works for the past two decades, with this particular location confirmed by the municipal government in 2014.
While the Sunshine Coast Affordable Housing Society is nearing completion of a three-unit building on Franklin Road, its far more ambitious Shaw Road project has been stalled after it was denied . . .
The application was submitted by New Commons Development, on behalf of the City of Vancouver’s Affordable Housing Agency and Community Land Trust. The proposal’s rezoning was approved by the city council in October 2019, and construction will be partially funded by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Site of 3279-3297 Vanness Avenue, Vancouver. (Google Maps)
Site of 3279-3297 Vanness Avenue, Vancouver. (Google Maps)
There will be a total of 102 social housing units, with a unit mix of 52 studios, 13 one-bedroom units, 26 two-bedroom units, and 11 three-bedroom units.
Residents will have 1,300 sq ft of indoor amenity space on the main level and fourth level, which is one of the entry points onto the outdoor amenity space on the rooftop.