A 64-unit rental building on Mount Seymour Parkway goes before a design panel this week

A developer is seeking approval to build 64 purpose-built rental apartments on Mount Seymour Parkway in North Vancouver District, and the proposal gets its first public review this Thursday.

The District's Advisory Design Panel is scheduled to examine the application at its November 12 meeting. The panel, which advises District staff and the elected Council on the design quality of significant projects, will hear from the applicant team at 6:00 pm at District Hall, 355 West Queens Road.

What is proposed

LPI Management Ltd., the property management arm of Ledcor, is proposing to build a 64-unit, 6-storey rental apartment building at 3535 Mount Seymour Parkway. The design team includes Integra Architecture and ETA Landscape Architecture.

The proposal needs three approvals: a rezoning of the land, an amendment to the District's Official Community Plan, and a development permit. All three are listed on the Advisory Design Panel agenda, which the District published on November 3, 2026.

A rezoning changes what may be built on a parcel. An OCP amendment changes the broader land use designation that guides those individual decisions. Both require a vote of the elected Council. Under section 477(3)(c) of the Local Government Act, an OCP amendment requires a public hearing where residents can speak before Council votes on it. The development permit governs the specific design, landscaping and site layout once the rezoning and OCP amendment are in place.

What the design panel does

The Advisory Design Panel is a group that includes architects, landscape architects, engineers, an RCMP crime prevention representative, an accessibility specialist and other professionals. The District appoints them to review the design quality of development proposals.

The panel gives advice on design. After Thursday's meeting, the panel's comments and any recommendations go to District planners, who then bring the rezoning and OCP amendment to the elected Council. The Council makes the final call.

The panel meets in the Committee Room at District Hall, and meetings are open to the public. The District's agenda page at DNV.org/agenda carries a virtual attendance link for each meeting. The November 12 meeting starts at 6:00 pm, with the project review scheduled for 6:10 pm.

A corridor that is seeing more proposals

Mount Seymour Parkway runs through the eastern part of the District, linking the Deep Cove and Seymour areas to the rest of the municipality. The area around Parkgate, near the Parkgate Community Centre and shopping centre, has been a focus of residential development proposals in recent years.

In May 2025, The North Shore Local reported that Trillium Projects proposed a 46-unit townhouse complex on Mount Seymour Parkway near Gaspe Place, close to Parkgate. That proposal required a rezoning and included ten lock-off rental suites among the strata units. In December 2025, the same outlet reported that Council was set to vote on a development permit for an eight-unit townhouse project at 3568 and 3572 Mount Seymour Parkway, two buildings away from the current proposal at 3535.

The 3535 proposal is different from those in one important way: it is entirely purpose-built rental. That means every unit would be rented from one owner, rather than sold as strata. Because individual strata units can be resold and removed from the rental market, purpose-built rental buildings are considered a more reliable form of rental housing supply over the long term.

Housing promises the new Council made

Several members of the new Council, sworn in on November 2, made specific commitments to rental and affordable housing during the October 17 election.

Mayor Mike Little committed to supporting housing development in the town centres, naming Lynn Valley, Lions Gate, Lynn Creek, Maplewood and Edgemont as the District's main centres. Councillor Jordan Back committed to more rental, below-market, family-sized, accessible and student housing, and to faster, more predictable development approvals. Councillor Jim Hanson committed to supporting social, supportive, seniors and rental housing near transit. Councillor Mathew Bond committed to clearer, faster approvals and more housing choice.

All four of those commitments are listed as not started on the promise tracker at /bc/north-vancouver-district-2026/tracker. The 3535 Mount Seymour Parkway proposal will be one of the early applications the new Council sees as the planning process moves forward.

What comes next

After the Advisory Design Panel reviews the proposal on November 12, the application moves through the District's planning process. The next step is typically a staff report to Council that summarizes the proposal, the ADP's comments, and a recommendation. After that report, Council gives the application first reading.

The Local Government Act requires a public hearing before Council votes on an OCP amendment. At a public hearing, residents can speak directly to the elected Council before Council votes. Public hearings are scheduled with advance public notice, and residents can register to speak once a date is set.

The next regular Council meeting after the ADP review is Monday, November 16 at 7 pm at District Hall. The Council's 2026 schedule lists regular meetings every second Monday at 7 pm at District Hall, 355 West Queens Road.

Residents who want to follow this proposal can monitor the District's planning pages at DNV.org and watch for a public notice when a public hearing is scheduled.

The Advisory Design Panel meeting on November 12 starts at 6:00 pm in the Committee Room at District Hall, 355 West Queens Road. The meeting is open to the public, and a virtual link is available through DNV.org/agenda.