Westview sits in the northwest corner of the City of North Vancouver, built around Westview Drive as it climbs from Marine Drive up to the Highway 1 interchange. It is a practical, mixed neighbourhood of detached houses, duplexes, townhouses, and small apartment buildings on modest urban lots, most of them comfortably over the 280 m² line that matters under the new zoning. The City's Ground-Oriented Zone, adopted December 8, 2025, lets most Westview lots hold four homes, and lots near the R2 Marine Drive RapidBus along the southern edge can reach six. Venture Pacific partners with Westview homeowners as a general partner: you contribute the land, and we carry design, permitting, construction financing, and the construction risk, so an aging house on a standard lot becomes several homes without you funding or running the build.
- Zone
- Ground-Oriented (CNV)
- Units
- Up to 4, 6 near Marine Dr
- Transit
- R2 RapidBus, Marine Dr
- In effect
- December 8, 2025 (Bylaw 9137)
In short, Westview is a northwest City of North Vancouver neighbourhood of modest lots between Marine Drive and Highway 1. Under the Ground-Oriented Zone adopted December 8, 2025 (Bylaw 9137), most Westview lots allow four homes, with up to six on the southern blocks near the R2 Marine Drive RapidBus. Venture Pacific partners with Westview homeowners through a GP/LP structure, the owner contributes the land; Venture Pacific carries design, permits, financing, and construction.
What changed for Westview lots
Under the City of North Vancouver's Ground-Oriented Zone, how many homes a lot can hold depends on its size and how close it is to frequent transit. Lots of 280 m² or smaller allow up to three homes; larger lots allow four; and lots within 400 metres of a frequent-transit stop can reach six. Westview's frequent-transit route is the R2 Marine Drive RapidBus, which runs along Marine Drive at the southern edge of the neighbourhood at roughly eight-to-ten-minute frequencies all day.
That geography splits Westview in a useful way. The blocks closer to Marine Drive fall within the transit band and can reach the six-home tier with a 1.0 floor-space ratio and no minimum parking; the blocks higher up toward the Westview Shopping Centre and the Highway 1 interchange are more likely limited to four homes at a 0.85 floor-space ratio. Buildings are capped at three storeys either way, and because the zone is by-right, a compliant design does not need a rezoning or a council hearing.
Westview lots tend to be modest in size but mostly above the 280 m² small-lot threshold, which keeps four homes on the table across much of the neighbourhood, a genuine step up from one house on a lot that has not been touched in decades.
What this means for a Westview homeowner
For a long-time Westview owner, the Ground-Oriented Zone quietly reset what the land can do. Whether a project makes sense comes down to your specific lot, its size, its distance to the Marine Drive transit band, and the pro forma, not to the zoning in the abstract.
Venture Pacific works that out before asking you to commit. A feasibility review confirms your unit count, flags any easements or setbacks that reduce buildable area, and models the numbers, so the decision to partner is made on facts rather than hope.
- Free feasibility review: site analysis, unit-count confirmation, and a preliminary pro forma
- Design to CNV Ground-Oriented standards, an envelope and layout tuned to Westview's modest lots
- Permit management through the roughly three-to-five-month CNV review
- Construction financing arranged and carried by Venture Pacific, you bring the land, not capital
- Construction and quality control end to end, with the construction risk on us
Where multiplex projects fit in Westview
Westview's daily anchors are close at hand: the Westview Shopping Centre at 2601 Westview Drive, with its Safeway and everyday services near the Highway 1 interchange, and Westview Elementary at 641 West 17th Street for families. Mosquito Creek Park runs along the eastern edge near Fell Avenue and Larson Road, giving the neighbourhood a green seam between Westview and Central Lonsdale.
The best multiplex sites are the older detached lots on the residential streets between Marine Drive and Highway 1, with the southern blocks near the Marine Drive RapidBus carrying the most potential because of the six-home transit tier. Westview is on the west side of the City, away from the Grand Boulevard, East 10th, and East 19th Street blocks the City held out for heritage review, so the neighbourhood sits in the by-right Ground-Oriented Zone. A feasibility review still confirms your lot's specifics before any design work begins.
Questions about Westview
How many homes can I build on my Westview lot?
Under the City of North Vancouver's Ground-Oriented Zone, lots of 280 m² or smaller allow up to three homes, larger lots allow four, and lots within 400 metres of a frequent-transit stop can reach six. Most Westview lots are above the 280 m² line, so four homes is on the table across much of the neighbourhood, with six possible on the blocks nearest the Marine Drive RapidBus. We confirm the exact number for your lot in a feasibility review.
Which Westview lots qualify for six homes?
The ones close enough to frequent transit. The six-home allowance applies to larger lots within 400 metres of a frequent-transit stop, and in Westview that means the R2 Marine Drive RapidBus along the southern edge. Lots on the blocks nearest Marine Drive may qualify; lots higher up toward the Westview Shopping Centre and Highway 1 are more likely limited to four. The measured distance is something we confirm during feasibility.
My Westview lot feels small. Is it still big enough for a multiplex?
Probably. Most Westview lots sit above the 280 m² threshold that separates the three-home tier from the four-home tier, so four homes is realistic on a typical lot even though the lots are modest by regional standards. The building is capped at three storeys, so a four-home project reads as a well-designed low-rise, not a tower. A feasibility review confirms your lot's exact dimensions and buildable area.
Is Westview affected by the City's heritage hold-outs?
No. The roughly 410 lots the City held out for further heritage study are on the east side of the City, parts of Grand Boulevard, East 10th Street, and East 19th Street, not in Westview. Westview sits in the by-right Ground-Oriented Zone, which keeps the approval path more predictable. We still confirm your specific address during feasibility.
What is the first step for a Westview homeowner?
A free feasibility review. We measure your lot, check whether it falls inside the Marine Drive transit band, look for easements or setbacks that reduce the buildable area, and run a preliminary pro forma, before you commit to anything. That review tells you whether a four- or six-home project makes sense on your Westview lot.
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