< img src=" https://storeys.com/media-library/the-proposal-for-259-293-e-11th-ave-and-216-kingsway-in-vancouver-diamond-schmitt-architects-coast-mental-health.jpg?id=66898863&width=1200&height=600&coordinates=0%2C62%2C0%2C62 "alt=""> A rezoning application has been submitted for a high-rise mixed-use tower in Vancouver that’s property area would consist entirely of social housing.The subject site of the proposal is 259-293 East 11th Avenue and 216 Kingsway, located on the western side of Sophia Street in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, and becomes part of the Broadway Strategy area.The site is special, as it consists of 259 E 11th
Avenue(251 E 11th Avenue, legally), 283 E 11th Opportunity, an unaddressed parcel, and 293 E 11th Avenue on the northern side of E 11th Opportunity– however likewise 216 Kingsway, which is separated from the other parcels by a rear lane that would be closed and obtained, along with a corner site east of 293 E 11th Avenue.The Kingsway parcel is presently a surface parking lot, while the E 11th Opportunity
parcels are occupied by some low-rise office complex, including the workplaces of Coast Mental Health, which owns all of the parcels under Coast Foundation Society (1974). BC Evaluation values the E 11th Opportunity parcels at$5,440,000,$2,128,000,$1,236,400, and $5,892,000, and the Kingsway parcel at $2,115,700, for a total examined value of $16,812,100 dated to July 1, 2025. The 259-293 East 11th Opportunity'and 216 Kingsway site'.(Diamond Schmitt Architects, Coast Mental Health)Coast Mental Health is looking for to rezone the trapezoid-shaped site from C-3A (Commercial)
District to CD-1(Comprehensive Advancement) and has proposed a 29-storey mixed-use tower that would reach an optimum height of 334 feet and a density of 10.09 FSR. The tower would have a structure podium increasing 7 floors along E 11th Avenue, and a podium increasing 11 floors along Kingsway.The 29-storey tower would consist of 364 social real estate units with a suite mix of 109 studio systems, 157 one-bedroom systems, 67 two-bedroom systems,
27 three-bedroom systems, and four four-bedroom units. Average system sizes are 420 sq. ft, 520 sq. ft., 737 sq. ft., 924 sq. feet, and 1,278 sq. ft, respectively.The residential component will likewise consist of 17 assisted living systems, with an average system size of 351 sq. ft.There will likewise be 2 levels of
non-residential area, including 13,035 sq. feet of retail space, a 8,581 sq. feet community health centre,
a 8,518 sq. ft community center, 11,133 sq. ft of office acting as Coast Mental Health’s head workplace, and 12,032 sq. ft for a recovery and support centre.
Makings of the proposition for 259-293 E 11th Ave and 216 Kingsway in Vancouver. (Diamond Schmitt Architects, Coast Mental Health)
There are no longer minimum parking requirements in the City of Vancouver, but the proposition consists of 123 automobile parking stalls and 666 bike parking stalls that would be offered in a three-level underground parkade.There are no other details about the proposition in the rezoning application, however Vancouver-based Cornerstore Preparation Group was retained as a consultant and their site describes the task as an “integrated mental-wellness school.”
“The study produced a design and program for a mental wellness campus, consisting of phased operations across healing, neighborhood, scientific, housing, research study, industrial, and administrative elements,” stated Cornerstone.
“Threat assessment recognized major capital and operational threats and proposed a mitigation technique fixated phased advancement, collaboration financing, and right-sized functional programs.”
The City of Vancouver is holding the Q&A period for the rezoning application from Wednesday, June 17 to Thursday, July 2.
Renderings of the proposal for 259-293 E 11th Ave and 216 Kingsway in Vancouver. (Diamond Schmitt Architects, Coast Mental Health)
Coast Mental Health
Established in 1972, Coast Mental Health explains itself as “a relied on non-profit helping individuals coping with mental disorder recuperate and thrive” by supplying real estate, encouraging services, and job opportunity with a “client-focused, recovery-oriented method guarantees that people lead their own journey.”
Coast Mental Health opened their first inexpensive rental real estate task in 1974, the idea for which was brought to the organization by Jackie Hooper, a previous patient of a psychiatric medical facility in the early-1970s. Hooper then assisted see the job through to completion.
“As a tribute to Jackie Hooper’s commitment and determination in developing Coast Mental Health’s very first real estate advancement, the structure was remodelled and relabelled Hooper Apartments in 1997,” said Coast Mental Health on its site. “This real estate design became a main pillar of services for Coast Mental Health when it was re-incorporated in 1974.”
According to its site, Coast Mental Health now runs over two lots housing websites across City Vancouver, divided in between community homes, encouraging real estate, helped living and seniors supportive real estate, healing and reintegration homes, and more.