News & Updates
Milestones in the redevelopment of Southwynd Place, with links to the City of Vancouver public record where available.
Vancouver City Council enacted the by-laws rezoning 8080 Yukon Street, completing the rezoning process. The project now advances through the development permit, building permit and financing stages toward construction.
As a final step before enactment, Council approved a revision to the rezoning that accommodates new building technology and helps avoid construction delays, and enacted the Housing Agreement By-law for 8080 Yukon Street, which formalizes the project's long-term housing commitments with the City.
City of Vancouver: rezoning application (opens in a new tab)
An application for a development permit was filed with the City for the first of two phases, covering two new buildings of social housing, including a dedicated building for seniors. The application follows the rezoning approval and begins the next stage of City review.
Daily Hive reports that Council unanimously approved the rezoning following the public hearing and describes the project as the largest social housing development spearheaded by a non-profit in the city's history.
Source: Daily Hive
Following a public hearing, Vancouver City Council approved the rezoning of 8080 Yukon Street in principle, a decision reported as clearing the way for what the project team and press describe as the largest non-profit-led social housing development in the city's history. The approval builds on more than fifty years of affordable seniors housing at the site, provided by the Society and its two founding organizations, the Kiwanis Club of Vancouver and Soroptimist International of Vancouver.
City of Vancouver: Public Hearing record (opens in a new tab)
Daily Hive reports on the rezoning application for 8080 Yukon Street, describing the Society's plan to replace the long-standing seniors residence with new social housing next to Marine Drive SkyTrain Station.
Source: Daily Hive
STOREYS reports on the Society's proposal to redevelop Southwynd Place at 8080 Yukon Street into a multi-building, non-profit-owned social housing community next to Marine Drive SkyTrain Station, replacing the existing seniors residence with new affordable homes for seniors, families and workforce households.
Source: STOREYS
The Kiwanis-Soroptimist (1974) Senior Citizens Housing Society and its development lead, Purpose Driven Development, submitted a rezoning application to redevelop Southwynd Place at 8080 Yukon Street. The proposal expands a long-standing seniors residence into a non-profit-owned community of affordable homes for seniors, families and workforce households next to Marine Drive SkyTrain Station.
City of Vancouver: rezoning application (opens in a new tab)
Society updates link to the City of Vancouver public record where available. External coverage reflects each outlet's own reporting.