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[Mike K.]

Turner Lane, developers of the City Centre Colwood project, have proposed a 6 acre development along Nob Hill Road in Colwood that would have multiple seniors care towers up to 29-storeys in height.

More info on Turner Lane's website.

Looks like seniors towers are becoming all the rage on the west shore, with this proposal and the 14-storey 2771 Jacklin project.

[vicbc250]

sure its not a 4 story condo and a strip of single family houses, that seems to be the real rage on the westshore, I do hope to see the westshores first high rise but for some reason they all turn into 3-4 story condos

[Holden West]

Goldstream News Gazette
Multiple seniors towers on track in Colwood

By Amy Dove - Goldstream News Gazette

Published: November 10, 2009 5:00 PM
Updated: November 10, 2009 5:28 PM

The 6.4-acre site is slated for a hospital for acute care patients and commercial businesses. It would include townhomes, patio homes and assisted-care apartments for an estimated total of 700 residents. The zoning also allows a crematorium.

The zoning allows for a building height of 29 storeys with an average height of 20 storeys. Ranging from three to five towers, those buildings would house residential senior care, Bjola said

“(You can) arrive in your 60s and ... stay there within your community for the duration of your life,” he said.

All of the buildings will be heated through geothermal systems — something Bjola plans to do a lot more of in the future.

“We are going to do every building (by Turner Lane) from now forward with geothermal heat,” he said. “It’s the right thing to do.”

That's a weird thing to put in the article. I assume the writer was just pointing out the zoning allowances as I don't see any other crematorium references on the Web. They can't seriously be considering this.

I know of only one other large live/work development that included a crematorium and it was shut down 64 years ago. Apparently the residents disapproved and so did a lot of other people.

[VicHockeyFan]

Goldstream News Gazette
Multiple seniors towers on track in Colwood

By Amy Dove - Goldstream News Gazette

Published: November 10, 2009 5:00 PM
Updated: November 10, 2009 5:28 PM
That's a weird thing to put in the article. I assume the writer was just pointing out the zoning allowances as I don't see any other crematorium references on the Web. They can't seriously be considering this.

I know of only one other large live/work development that included a crematorium and it was shut down 64 years ago. Apparently the residents disapproved and so did a lot of other people.

That is classic. Did no one else re-read that article?

...anyway, cremation is old-school, here's the new way:

With alkaline hydrolysis an individual body is gently placed in a standard, sanitary, nonporous vessel, preventing any commingling of residual remains. The completely automated process, operated by a single button, then utilizes a combination of water pressure, high temperature and alkalinity to accelerate the natural course of tissue hydrolysis. The bone shadows left after the alkaline hydrolysis are completely sterile white bones, brittle enough to be easily powdered to ash.

The entire process is complete in three to four hours, regardless of the size of the body.

Apparently they just drain your remains down the municipal sewer drain, and crush up your bones for "ashes".

http://www.funeralwi...e/cremation/135

[VicHockeyFan]

The project was presented to an audience of three at a public hearing.

The apathy is infectious...

[PulpVictor]

sure its not a 4 story condo and a strip of single family houses, that seems to be the real rage on the westshore, I do hope to see the westshores first high rise but for some reason they all turn into 3-4 story condos

Langford has no actual height restrictions, but the complex on Jacklin Rd has been shot down due to the height. A neighbour was worried that it might "de-value" his property! All development will ever do in Langford is increase the value of property. The design for the complex is beautiful, functional, and has a real 'community' quality, including a day care centre, so that the elderly and kids can integrate. I am sure that it will move forward, and will be a real asset to Langford.

[victorian fan]

That is classic. Did no one else re-read that article?

...anyway, cremation is old-school, here's the new way:



Apparently they just drain your remains down the municipal sewer drain, and crush up your bones for "ashes".

http://www.funeralwi...e/cremation/135

gently placed.........lol

[phx]

Wow, being boiled in lye never sounded so good.

Is being recycled into soap the environmentally correct thing to do?