West Vancouver Council is scheduled to adopt the bylaws for the redevelopment of the Inglewood Care Centre on Monday, moving the project to replace one of the North Shore’s oldest long-term care facilities toward construction.
Council will consider adopting an Official Community Plan amendment, a zoning amendment, a phased development agreement bylaw and a bylaw waiving development cost charges for the project at 725 Inglewood Avenue and 721 to 735 Burley Drive, near Taylor Way. Council gave the bylaws first reading on May 27, held a public hearing on June 23 and passed second and third readings on June 29.
The applicant, Baptist Housing, a nonprofit, plans to build a campus of care with 364 publicly funded long-term care beds, 161 seniors rental units and 200 independent living units, for a total of 725 beds and units, according to the staff report. The existing Inglewood Care Centre has operated since 1964 and has 230 long-term care beds. Staff said the buildings are reaching the end of their life and need to be replaced. BC Housing and Vancouver Coastal Health are funding partners on the project.
The development would be built in two phases. The new long-term care building would go up first; then current residents would move in, and the old facility would be demolished. The rental housing and independent living buildings would follow in the second phase.
The project consists of three buildings arranged around a central courtyard. The long-term care building would be seven to eight storeys, the rental building eight storeys, and the independent living building nine storeys, with a maximum height of 35 metres and a floor area ratio of 2.7. The plans include an underground parkade with at least 345 parking spaces and 136 new trees on the site.
Before adopting the zoning bylaw, council must first rescind its third reading and modify the bylaw. According to a September 10 memo from Michelle McGuire, the district’s senior manager of current planning and urban design, the Ministry of Transportation and Transit gave conditional approval to the bylaw on the condition that a minimum setback of three metres from Taylor Way is added.
The modified bylaw adds that setback, and the development permit would carry a new condition requiring Baptist Housing to provide updated architectural and landscape plans for the Taylor Way setback area to meet the ministry’s requirements.
The memo also states that the required development covenant, which covers site servicing, utility upgrades and boulevard work, was still under review by the applicant and must be executed and submitted before council considers adoption.
Staff have recommended waiving roughly $4.04 million in district development cost charges. According to the staff report, the waiver is justified because the project will deliver publicly funded long-term care beds and aligns with provisions in the Local Government Act that allow DCC reductions for affordable, nonprofit and public benefit projects. No community amenity contribution applies to the project because of its publicly funded seniors care and rental housing uses, the report said. An offsite sewer upgrade is required and would be secured through the covenant.
The 10-year phased development agreement is intended to give the project zoning certainty over its multi-year construction period, staff said.
The rezoning would change the site’s zoning from single-family and private hospital designations to a new comprehensive development zone, CD56, and the OCP amendment places the site within a development permit area to regulate form and character.
A traffic study submitted with the application estimated 138 to 178 vehicle trips during peak hours at full build-out and concluded that site access is expected to operate within accepted performance thresholds. Vehicles would enter from Taylor Way via a right turn only and from two access points on Inglewood Avenue. No vehicles would access the site from Burley Drive.
The project includes new sidewalks and wider boulevards on all three street frontages, separated bike lanes on Inglewood Avenue and Burley Drive, a new crosswalk across Burley Drive and the replacement of the retaining wall along Taylor Way.
At a public information meeting in December 2025, the district said the proposal received strong support, with fewer respondents saying they were not supportive or were unsure. The district’s Planning Committee passed a motion strongly supporting the application.
