Cassis (Kitsilano) | 11fl | Proposed

GilmoreStation · #1 Posted **Apr 28, 2018, 6:20 PM**

DEVELOPER: Bastion Development
ARCHITECT: Francl Architecture

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Condos could replace Kitsilano gas station

The number of places to fuel up in Vancouver could dwindle further as a developer eyes building condos where a Kitsilano gas station exists.
Bastion Development posted renderings of an 11-storey mixed-use concrete condo building on its website, calling it the Cassis.

"Cassis is one of the few potential development sites ideally located in the heart of Kitsilano surrounded by superb shopping, dining, cultural destinations, popular beaches, the new Arbutus Greenway and more," the website reads.
The renderings place the possible building in the space occupied by a Shell on the northwest corner of Broadway and Arbutus Street intersection.

An attendant at the station told CTV News the property was sold almost a decade ago, and the station operates on a lease. He said there's at least another year left on the current lease.

The renderings on Bastion's website are a clue the company is moving forward with redeveloping the site, but they were later removed after being posted.
Daniel Dirscherl, the project architect with Francl Architecture, told CTV News he's been working on building for a little over a year. He said he could not confirm anything more, and deferred questions to Bastion Development.

Bastion Development declined to comment for this story.

This potential redevelopment follows the sale of Vancouver's second-last gas station in the downtown peninsula in spring 2017. Anthem Properties bought the 16,400-square-foot Chevron station on West Georgia Street for a staggering $72 million.

In April 2017, the very last gas station in the downtown peninsula was also put up for sale.

It's not known when Bastion will submit a redevelopment application to the city for the property at Broadway and Arbutus Street, but when it does, some Vancouverites may need to find an alternate station to fuel up at.

CTV News

osirisboy · #2 Posted **Apr 28, 2018, 7:46 PM**

So what's going on with the bast station downtown?? It was pu on sale last April but it's not listed anywhere. They take it off the market?

whatnext · #3 Posted **Apr 28, 2018, 11:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by osirisboy

So what's going on with the bast station downtown?? It was pu on sale last April but it's not listed anywhere. They take it off the market?

IMHO smart money would see the market is heading down. There’s been a big increase in condo inventory piling up since B20 regs really took effect.

LeftCoaster · #4 Posted **May 1, 2018, 10:19 PM**

There has? Everything I've been seeing is showing multi-family selling as fast as ever.

SFH on the other hand...

CondoInvestor · #5 Posted **Mar 21, 2021, 1:10 PM**

Anyone knows if this has started selling or not?

Changing City · #6 Posted **Mar 21, 2021, 2:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by CondoInvestor

Anyone knows if this has started selling or not?

It was discussed in the General Vancouver thread. The Development Permit was refused.

LeftCoaster · #7 Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 5:49 PM**

This one is a real head scratcher, I really don't understand the City's rationale here.

I do hope they are pushing for more density on the corner and have had discussions with the developer to that effect. This also was lacking the commercial density they are floating for the Arbutus corner so that may have also been one of the big knocks.

Either way yet again a poor process from the City results in confusion as to the direction of not only this site but the Broadway corridor in general.