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Westbank Projects Corp. has applied to the City of Vancouver to rezone 601-627 Main Street from Historic Area (HA-1A) District to Comprehensive Development (CD-1) District. The proposal is for a 17-storey mixed-use commercial and residential development with an underground parking garage. The proposed development is comprised of 9,225.9 square feet (875.1 square metres) of ground floor retail, 16 floors of residential with 26 units of senior housing and 145 units of market housing, and 1,828.9 square feet (169.9 square metres) of amenity space. The proposal will include 76 parking stalls, two loading spaces (Class B), and 215 bicycle stalls. The proposed floor space ratio (FSR) is 7.88 and height is 150 feet (45.7 metres).