29-storey hotel tower proposed next to Stanley Park [Video]

A 29-storey hotel tower with a rooftop pool is being pitched for the site of an existing lowrise extended-stay hotel on the edge of Stanley Park in Vancouver’s West End.

Submitted by Henriquez Partners Architects on behalf of developer Marcon, the proposal calls for 65 short-term stay rooms and 227 “serviced apartment rooms” at the current site of Rosellen Suites at Stanley Park, 2030-2038 Barclay St. 

According to the City of Vancouver’s Shape Your City website, the rezoning application for the project was received on July 31. The application booklet was made public Monday. 

“This application is not consistent with council-adopted policies,” the Shape Your City page reads.

“The city is required to process all rezoning applications submitted and staff position on the proposal will be summarized in the referral report later in the application process timeline.”

While the developer’s application acknowledges that the proposal doesn’t necessarily align with the area’s existing zoning or the West End Plan, it also notes that the West …