Condo tower proposed to replace Burrard Street gas station in Kitsilano | Daily Hive

Concept of 1743 Burrard St., Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership/JTA Development Consultants)

Another gas station on Burrard Street outside of downtown Vancouver is now eyed for a high-rise, mixed-use redevelopment.

Working with architectural design firm Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership, JTA Development Consultants has submitted a rezoning application to redevelop the Petro-Canada gas station at 1743 Burrard St. — situated at the northwest corner of the intersection of West 2nd Avenue and Burrard Street on the easternmost border of the Kitsilano neighbourhood.

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There are a few other gas stations near this Kitsilano/Burrard Slopes location, but this Petro-Canada facility is currently one of the closest to the downtown Vancouver peninsula, where only one gas station remains after closures and redevelopments.

Site of 1743 Burrard St., Vancouver. (Google Maps)

Site of 1743 Burrard St., Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership/JTA Development Consultants)

Existing condition:

Site of 1743 Burrard St., Vancouver. (Google Maps)

Future condition:

Concept of 1743 Burrard St., Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership/JTA Development Consultants)

The proposal calls for a 175-ft-tall, 17-storey tower containing 107 strata market ownership condominium homes, with a unit size mix of 54 one-bedroom units, 40 two-bedroom units, and 13 three-bedroom units.

This is one of the relatively few strata condominium proposals to emerge under the City’s Broadway Plan to date, reflecting the prolonged period of poor market conditions for such developments. So far, residential projects proposed within the area plan have overwhelmingly been secured purpose-built rental housing. Presumably, this strata project is intended to respond to future cyclical changes in demand, given that it would still be several years away from the pre-sales and construction stage.

According to City of Vancouver staff, as of the end of October 2025, there are 126 residential projects in varying stages of the development pipeline within the Broadway Plan area, which collectively represent 17,920 market rental homes, 4,148 below-market rental homes, 2,302 strata market ownership condominium homes, and 408 social housing units.

Concept of 1743 Burrard St., Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership/JTA Development Consultants)

Residents will have access to shared indoor and outdoor amenity spaces on the third level and partial 17th level.

The building’s partial second level — a mezzanine level — will be dedicated for the majority of the secured bike parking provided. This enables greater retail/restaurant space on the ground level (roughly 3,700 sq. ft. across two commercial units), and the provision of more vehicle parking in the four underground levels. The project will provide over 200 secured bike parking spaces — with the bike room accessible by both a dedicated bike elevator from the street level and an internal elevator — and 94 vehicle parking stalls.

The tower has one particularly defining architectural design feature. The tower rooftop structure that encloses the elevator machine room and other building utilities — directly above the 17th level’s indoor amenity room — has a sloped shape. This is stated to be inspired by False Creek’s heritage Salt Building — home to CRAFT Beer Market — and the functional shapes of old grain elevators.

Concept of 1743 Burrard St., Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership/JTA Development Consultants)

The total building floor area will reach about 88,000 sq. ft., establishing a floor area ratio density of a floor area that is 6.8 times larger than the size of the 12,900 sq. ft. lot.

The site is roughly a 15-minute walk southwest to SkyTrain’s future Arbutus Station or southeast to the future South Granville Station. Bus stops for various major bus routes are also a close walking distance away.

This specific project should also not be confused for Concord Pacific’s separate nearby project of redeveloping the Esso gas station a few blocks to the south at the northeast corner of the intersection of Burrard Street and West Broadway. As well, Concord Pacific also intends to redevelop the recently closed Esso gas station at the southeast corner of the intersection of West Broadway and Hemlock Street.

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