Two buildings with 171 residential units will be filling an empty lot on Watfield Avenue after the development’s permit application got the nod from city council last month.
At a meeting Dec. 18, Jeremy Holm, the city’s director of planning and development, described the property as located on a “significant corridor to downtown” and said the application relates to the third phase of development approved on the south end of Watfield Avenue facing Fourth Street.
The buildings are five- and six-storey structures of a “contemporary design” and complement development completed on the north side of the 500 block of Third Street.
“Of interesting note, as proposed, we have 50 per cent, approximately, of the units … are two- and three-bedroom units, so a fairly significant addition to two- and three-bedroom units in a multi-storey form in that area,” said Holm. “Well-serviced by transit, close to amenities … it’s a welcomed addition to housing in that area.”
Apartment floor spaces will range from 375 square feet for studio units up to 1,030-1,205 square feet for three-bedroom units.
The applicant, Ironclad Developments, also proposed including electric vehicle charging stations for 50 per cent of all parking stalls, a pedestrian trail across the site for public use, exceeding the B.C. energy step code by one step and installing educational signage about sustainable energy management practices.
Council voted unanimously to approve the project. No construction start date has been announced.
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