34 replies to this topic

[nagel]

I don't have an issue with 5% affordable housing which I believe this site is doing, and this is actually becoming a standard %.  My understanding is it would be unusual to increase it beyond this amount.  At some point you have to cut the subsidy/guiding hand off because if you increase it to 20% the cost of the other 80% is just going to go up even more, so did we actually help or hinder affordability?

[Mike K.]

The developer is selling over 2.3-acres of this project's undeveloped land.

 

The initial phases, a condo and some townhomes, are taking quite a while to sell (condos are 80% sold) with sales having started in 2017, I believe. We sometimes see difficulty arise when a builder/industry firm jumps into the development side of the equation. It's a lot different to build something for someone than to be responsible for selling sell out a residential project.

[Victoria Watcher]

Construction is set to start on Phase Three of the Marigold Lands. Steve Mann and Tim Hackett consider it their finest development after 50 years of experience, according to a news release.

 

Marigold Lands is a partnership between longtime Vancouver Island developer Hackett, and Mann, owner of Don Mann Excavating Ltd.

 

The project, nestled between the Pat Bay Highway and Lochside Drive, consists of a six-storey condominium building, along with eight two-storey and six three-storey townhouses.

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.vicnews....entral-saanich/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 19 June 2021 - 09:04 PM.

[qv]

I always wonder what these places are like to live in when I go by. The townhouses look nice to me, and you're very close to ferries and airport. But the highway must be pretty noisy, and there's not a whole lot you can walk to.

[lanforod]

I always wonder what these places are like to live in when I go by. The townhouses look nice to me, and you're very close to ferries and airport. But the highway must be pretty noisy, and there's not a whole lot you can walk to.

 

There is a tunnel under the highway, so its a fairly easy walk to Royal Oak shopping center. It's also not that far to Broadmead Village, though up a hill.

[Victoria Watcher]

^ what?

I think you have the wrong place.

[Victoria Watcher]

^ what?

I think you have the wrong place.

 

it's at least 8km away from royal oak/broadmead. 

[Citified.ca]

A rendering of 2515 Hackett Crescent, a two-building rental proposal that, if approved, will deliver near half of Central Saanich's planned rental housing inventory through 2025. The project, from Starlight Developments, is proposed for lands formerly home to Marigold Nurseries.

 

Rentals proposed for old Marigold Nurseries site will deliver nearly half of Central Saanich's rental housing goal

https://victoria.cit...hs-rental-goal/

[Victoria Watcher]

I’m very impressed with Starlight’s investment in our communities.

[Mike K.]

Council deferred its decision on the above rental project following last night's public hearing. A large contingent of people came out opposed to the rental project.

[Nparker]

...A large contingent of people came out opposed to the rental project.

Let me guess, it's the right project, just the wrong location.

[max.bravo]

It's literally next door to 2 existing rental buildings, and beyond that is the reserve, 2 gas stations, a hotel/pub, and a mcdonalds. And right beside the highway too. If there was ever a perfect location for a lot of rentals, this is it.

[lanforod]

It's 'NITPS' or Not in the Peninsula Syndrome.

[Mike K.]

Central Saanich approved the Starlight proposal 6-0.

[Victoria Watcher]

Windsor said residents in the area of Lochside Drive and Mount Newton Cross Road have to drive into Sidney or further afield to find groceries and other services.

https://www.timescol...nursery-5087643




???

There is a Thrifty Foods and a Pharmase at East Saanich.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 22 February 2022 - 06:57 AM.