Summary:
- Vancouver’s Goh Ballet Academy, in partnership with developer Westbank, has proposed a 25-storey mixed-use tower at 2345-2349 Main Street, featuring up to 344 dormitory-style student housing units and expanded academy facilities to double enrolment capacity to nearly 900 students annually.
- The redevelopment preserves the heritage-listed 1912 former bank building’s facade with seismic upgrades, incorporates a culturally significant moongate entrance, and includes two large-scale ballet murals, enhancing Mount Pleasant’s public art landscape while delivering 132,000 sq. ft. of total floor area on a prime transit-oriented site near the future Mount Pleasant SkyTrain station.
- The project excludes vehicle parking but provides 124 secured bike spaces and dedicates two underground levels to new dance studios and administrative spaces, supporting Goh Ballet’s growth and addressing local student housing demand by offering affordable, compact rental units tailored to the academy’s community and broader Metro Vancouver students.
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