Dear Editor:
The development at Hunter Street and Mountain Highway in the implementation plan for Lynn Creek was envisioned to have two towers of a maximum 12 and 20 storeys with the community centre “shell” incorporated elsewhere on the property.
This has evolved into the current version of 16- and 27-storey towers with the community centre on the corner of Hunter Street and Mountain Highway. By moving the community centre to the corner, the tower heights were increased by 33 per cent – an increase of fully one-third of the original heights. Did the developer ask to move the community centre or did the planners at municipal hall? Who was driving this radical change?
There was an implementation plan for the area that has now been thrown out of the window. If this can happen here it can happen anywhere (Edgemont Village?), so keep your eyes open for radical changes of other developments.
It was stated on the district website that this “project complies with redevelopment provisions of the implementation plan and public realm guidelines” for Lynn Creek. I’m not sure how that can be said now. It was also stated on the district website that at the public hearing for the Hunter Street and Mountain Highway project the developer said the cost for a one-bedroom unit would be approximately $450,000, a three-bedroom unit approximately $760,000. These numbers sound unrealistic but we can only hope (the developer) is held to them.
Another note on the public hearing: four council members out of seven were present. Another example of a public hearing held after minds were made up.
Harold March
North Vancouver
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Editor’s note: DNV’s Lower Lynn town centre concept plan notes all building locations and heights as approximate.
