SRO Renewal Initiative: Partnerships BC

SRO Renewal Initiative

Meeting the goal of providing the homeless with access to stable housing with integrated support services is a key priority for BC Housing. The single room occupancy (SRO) Renewal Initiative project will renew and restore 13 SRO hotels located in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, currently home to more than 900 residents.

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SRO Renewal Initiative

PROJECT DETAILS:

Project Description:

Meeting the goal of providing the homeless with access to stable housing with integrated support services is a key priority for BC Housing. The single room occupancy (SRO) Renewal Initiative project will renew and restore 13 SRO hotels located in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, currently home to more than 900 residents. The project is expected to deliver numerous benefits and improvements for residents, including the quality of maintenance, services and programs delivered. The project also requires the preservation of SRO hotels with historical significance that form part of the City of Vancouver’s and Parks Canada’s National Historic Site registries.

Client:	BC Housing Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas, ministry responsible for Housing
Capital Cost:	$143.3 million
Partner:	Habitat Housing Initiative (HHI)
Project Status:	Under Construction
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MILESTONES:

Request for Qualifications issued	October 20, 2011
Request for Qualifications closed	December 8,2011
Shortlist	February 15, 2012
Request for Proposals issued	February 15, 2012
Contract award	December 20, 2012
Construction to begin	December 20, 2012
Construction completed

PROJECT UPDATES:

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Information Bulletin: Agreement will revitalize 13 Downtown Eastside hotels (January 10, 2013)
Report of the Fairness Advisor: The RFP Process (November 21, 2012)
News Release: Renovation project moves ahead on Downtown Eastside (October 26, 2012)
Partnership to renovate hotels in Downtown Eastside (March 2, 2012)
The Shortlist: Six teams responded to the Request for Qualifications (RFQ), which closed on December 8, 2011. Following the evaluation of the responses received, three teams were shortlisted. Team profiles are outlined below, including office locations.

Habitat Housing Initiative:

Team Lead: Brookfield Financial Corp. (Vancouver) and Forum Equity Partners Inc. (Toronto)

Design Team: Merrick Architecture - Borowski Sakumoto Fligg Ltd (Vancouver)

Construction Team: Ameresco Canada Inc. (Vancouver) and Darwin Construction (Canada) Ltd. (North Vancouver)

Facilities Maintenance Team: Ameresco Canada Inc. (Vancouver) and Crosby Property Management Ltd. (Vancouver)

Community Engagement: GreenRoots Strategies, Inc. (Vancouver)

Legal: Torys LLP (Calgary)

Integrated Team Solutions:

Team Lead: Integrated Team Solutions (EllisDon Inc. and Fegate Capital Management Ltd.)

Equity Providers: EllisDon Inc. (London) and Fengate Capital Management Ltd. (Toronto)

Design Team:

EllisDon Corporation (Richmond)

Acton Ostry Architects Inc. (Vancouver)

Donald Luxton & Associates Inc. (Vancouver)

Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd. (Vancouver)

MCW Consultants Ltd. (Vancouver)

MCW Custom Energy Solutions Ltd.

CitySpaces Consulting Ltd. (Vancouver)

GHL Consultants Ltd. (Vancouver)

Construction Team: EllisDon Corporation (Richmond)

Facilities Maintenance: COFELY Services Inc. (Vancouver)

Legal: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Vancouver)

Concert Partnership Works:

Team Lead: Concert Infrastructure Ltd. (Vancouver)

Equity Providers: Concert Infrastructure Fund and Concert Real Estate Corporation (Vancouver)

Design Team: dys Architecture (Vancouver), Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership (Vancouver) and Robert Lemon Architect Inc. (Vancouver)

Construction Team: Concert Properties Ltd. (Vancouver) and BOSA Construction (Burnaby)

Facilities Maintenance – Concert Realty Services Ltd. (Vancouver)

Community Engagement: Lizette Parsons Bell & Associates (Vancouver)

Non-Profit Housing Consultant – Terra Housing Consultants (Vancouver)

Financial Advisor: Scotia Capital (Vancouver)

Legal Advisor: Fasken Martineau LLP (Vancouver)

Report of the Fairness Advisor: The RFQ Process (January 20, 2012)
Renovation project to revitalize 13 Vancouver SRO hotels (October 21, 2011)

PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTS:

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Request for Proposals for the SRO Renewal Initiative (February 15, 2012)
- Appendix B
Request for Qualifications for the SRO Renewal Initiative Project (Issued November 22, 2011)
- SRO Renewal Initiative, Project Brief (October 20, 2011)

PROJECT CONTACTS:

Project Contact:

Dawn Hart

Partnerships BC

Email: SRI@bchousing.org

Media Contact:

Fergus McCann

Acting Senior Manager, Public Affairs
BC Housing

Phone: (778) 452-6445