Don’t be fooled by Monday’s slender agendas as all three councils are slated to deal with issues of massive importance including 411 units proposed for Emery Village, 802 units proposed for the Harry Jerome project, and a community plan that dictates just how many units should be proposed for West Vancouver.
District of North Vancouver
Council is set to cast decisive votes on the 411-unit Emery Village project, which would replace 61 apartments and townhomes
Many residents have warned that the community will be fractured and families will be forced to move from the North Shore due to the scarcity of similarly affordable housing.
Discussing the project in May, Mosaic senior vice-president of development Luciano Zago said the developer was assisting with the relocation of 46 Emery households.
Mosaic’s project includes 23 units set to be rented at 85 per cent of market rates and 19 units to be rented at 75 per cent of market rents.
The project, which includes 327 strata units, consist of two 12-storey buildings as well as eight-, six-, and five- storey buildings along with 46 townhouses.
City of North Vancouver
The project is big enough to fund the new Harry Jerome rec centre, but is it too big for the city?
That’s the question facing council as they turn their attention to Darwin’s proposed 802-unit development. The project includes a 28-storey tower earmarked for the south side of 23rd Street and another 28-storey tower just north of 22nd Street.
The L-shaped project site groups together five lots between 23rd Street and St. Georges Avenue and 21st Street and Lonsdale.
The project also extends Crickmay Park south along Lonsdale to 21st Street.
Pending council’s approval, Darwin would pay the city $183 million to lease the land for 99 years. Much of that money could go towards the new $210-million Harry Jerome rec centre project.
West Vancouver
After more than 18 months of back and forth, the District of West Vancouver council may approve a new official community plan Monday.
The OCP is an umbrella policy intended to offer housing options for young families and other groups disappearing from West Vancouver.
The 25-year plan envisions 5,000 new housing units divided between coach houses, duplexes, townhomes and town centre in Horseshoe Bay and in Ambleside.
