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The architectural firm Perkins and Will has submitted a rezoning application to the city of Vancouver to build three towers on the Safeway site next to the Broadway-Skytrain station.

Perkins and Will, acting on behalf of developer Westbank and landowner Crombie REIT, is proposing to construct a massive development at 1780 East Broadway that would include commercial retail space with a 50,000 square foot Safeway grocery store, three residential towers, a childcare facility and a public plaza running parallel to the Broadway station, which is Metro Vancouver’s busiest transit hub.

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The towers, which will range in height from 24 to 30 storeys, will include residential space for market condos, rental units and social housing.

A garden courtyard would be built on top of the Safeway that could be accessed from all three towers.

Total floor area for the project would exceed 620,000 square feet.

The application is being considered under the city’s Grandview-Woodland Community Plan, which calls for mixed commercial-residential buildings in the range of 12 to 24 storeys at the Safeway site.

The city has set up a website to receive feedback on the application with a public open house expected to be scheduled for later this year.

B.C. Assessment valued the Safeway site, which was included in Crombie REIT’s 2013 acquisition of 70 free-standing retail stores, at $67.459 million.

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