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[Dexter]

What would you drink, CoV Coolaid?

[PPPdev]

Sorry, it's a project by Bart Johnson of Breia Holdings Ltd., not Aryze.

 

Still, I'd like to get Aryze drunk and listen to what they really think about certain things.

 

Who says you have to get us drunk haha, just follow us on Twitter @talktoaryze 

 

[Kapten Kapsell]

And speaking of Aryze, South Jubilee has posted the meeting minutes from the community meeting re: new student housing on Fort Street: http://www.southjubi...11-Mtgnotes.pdf

[Brantastic]

Man, reading those comments almost gave me a brain aneurysm. As I age, I hope to never feel so self-righteous as to gate-keep my neighbourhood by searching for every possible excuse to oppose something so obviously suitable for its site.

[Casual Kev]

If only the people expressing concern over the availability of student housing actually meant what they said, maybe basements in Saanich would no longer be the working solution.

[Kapten Kapsell]

A new 6-unit infill development is being proposed for 1114 McClure:

[Victoria Watcher]

that's a big house!  

 

why all the faux heritage though?

 

what is wrong with this instead:

 

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 February 2021 - 08:27 AM.

[punk cannonballer]

We've owned our house in S. Jubilee for close to 10 years. I've been to two neighbourhood association meetings and at both I've wanted to tear heads off. I don't go anymore. I had the gall to suggest that I was supportive of the Village Walk building and the then-president turned to me and said 'no, the public didn't like that project'. I'm a planner by profession and I get plenty of that in my day job; I don't care to get more of it in my free time. Now I just make sure to write in support of densification projects when I can, as I did with the Fort St. project. It's the ideal neighbourhood for infill. Parking is entirely self-limiting and the only time any conflict occurs is when people feel entitled to the subsidized public space for their private use. The people who scream about one tree being removed are the same ones who fight tooth and nail for what ends up being sprawl-contributing low density. It's maddening.
 

And speaking of Aryze, South Jubilee has posted the meeting minutes from the community meeting re: new student housing on Fort Street: http://www.southjubi...11-Mtgnotes.pdf

Edited by punk cannonballer, 12 February 2021 - 01:29 PM.

[Mike K.]

We've owned our house in S. Jubilee for close to 10 years. I've been to two neighbourhood association meetings and at both I've wanted to tear heads off. I don't go anymore. I had the gall to suggest that I was supportive of the Village Walk building and the then-president turned to me and said 'no, the public didn't like that project'. I'm a planner by profession and I get plenty of that in my day job; I don't care to get more of it in my free time. Now I just make sure to write in support of densification projects when I can, as I did with the Fort St. project. It's the ideal neighbourhood for infill. Parking is entirely self-limiting and the only time any conflict occurs is when people feel entitled to the subsidized public space for their private use. The people who scream about one tree being removed are the same ones who fight tooth and nail for what ends up being sprawl-contributing low density. It's maddening.
 

 

Yeah, it's frustrating.

[RustyNail]

that's a big house!

why all the faux heritage though?

what is wrong with this instead:

Agreed. Those designs you presented look so much better as well.

[Kapten Kapsell]

It appears that the new condo building proposed for 1114 Rockland (pictures posted previously in this thread) will be an 'attainable ownership' development:  https://www.crd.bc.c...vrsn=d35d8ccc_6

Edited by Kapten Kapsell, 19 February 2021 - 09:34 AM.

[punk cannonballer]

From the Housing Agreement Covenant it appears that this means that 2 units are to be priced at 90% of the fair market value of the affordable unit. There's a bunch of affordable boilerplate definitions in the covenant, but that doesn't seem to mean anything. 

Not exactly earth-shattering.

 

It appears that the new condo building proposed for 1114 Rockland (pictures posted previously in this thread) will be an 'attainable ownership' development:  https://www.crd.bc.c...vrsn=d35d8ccc_6

[Brantastic]

https://www.timescol...ment-1.24287390

 

The smaller of the two buildings at the Embassy Inn Hotel on Menzies Street has been demolished, along with its pool. It will be turned into a garden for now, with the potential for redevelopment later.

[Nparker]

...The smaller of the two buildings at the Embassy Inn Hotel on Menzies Street has been demolished, along with its pool...

I guess it's presumed the tourists are never coming back to Victoria. 

[Kapten Kapsell]

More information on the new 6-unit townhome proposal by Curate Developments (1326 Pandora) is available here:  https://tender.victo...224092557330852

[Kapten Kapsell]

The Village Green redevelopment (131 units of purpose-built rental at Niagara/Menzies corner in James Bay) is heading back to CALUC next month...

[Kapten Kapsell]

No renderings yet, but it appears that the Christ Church Cathedral School has applied for development permit to construct a new classroom building on their property at Burdett/Vancouver.

[Kapten Kapsell]

Theatre SKAM wants to open an arts hub in the Ageless Living building on Johnson : https://www.timescol...-hub-1.24295839

[Kapten Kapsell]

No renderings yet, but it appears that the Christ Church Cathedral School has applied for development permit to construct a new classroom building on their property at Burdett/Vancouver.

Plans are up now on Dev Tracker .

[Kapten Kapsell]

A couple of projects will go to public hearing on Thursday March 25:

 

• 5-storey condo proposed for 1114 Rockland
• Curate Developments' 34-unit Townhouse development  in the 3000 block of Washington Avenue (the largest townhouse development proposed in some time; Wilson Commons has 34 units but is sited on a smaller property and includes a mix of condominiums as well)

Note that Councilors Steven Andrew and Maryanne Alto will likely recuse themselves from the vote on the townhouse project as they own homes within 100-150 metres of the proposal (both recused from previous motions to move this forward).