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[Downtown Victoria] 937 View Street | Rentals | 23-storeys | Proposed
#261
Posted 23 February 2024 - 08:46 AM
#263
Posted 23 February 2024 - 09:05 AM
This is the direction we’re heading in. Expect more Janion-sized condos in the years to come.
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#264
Posted 23 February 2024 - 09:15 AM
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#265
Posted 23 February 2024 - 09:20 AM
UVic dorms are 1/3 of the size of the smallest units here. Some are even shared.
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#266
Posted 23 February 2024 - 09:23 AM
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#267
Posted 23 February 2024 - 09:24 AM
Choice is the magic spice of life!
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Posted 23 February 2024 - 09:25 AM
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Posted 23 February 2024 - 09:28 AM
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Posted 23 February 2024 - 09:29 AM
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Posted 23 February 2024 - 09:38 AM
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#272
Posted 23 February 2024 - 09:39 AM
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 23 February 2024 - 09:44 AM.
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#273
Posted 23 February 2024 - 09:59 AM
There are lots of old buildings with small units, and I mean built as small units. This isn't a new concept. For sure large units are getting smaller in new buildings for the most part, but lots of < 450 sq suits out there built before the 2000s.
#274
Posted 23 February 2024 - 02:23 PM
I'd die if I had to live in such a tiny space. I often think my 900 square foot condo is too small. Ideally, I'd like something around 1200 square feet.
When you get to that, I bet you'll think it's too small too.
#275
Posted 23 February 2024 - 02:27 PM
When you get to that, I bet you'll think it's too small too.
Probably not. I don't need more rooms than I have now, just slightly larger ones would be nice.
#278
Posted 24 February 2024 - 05:23 AM
There were concerns about parking and the size of the units — in the latest proposal, the average size of a unit is 389 square feet.
While the project has been given the green light, it is not yet a done deal.
The developer must meet several conditions, including incorporating wind-mitigation features, adding indoor and outdoor amenities for tenants, revising its bike and mobility-scooter parking configurations and ensuring the building design does not hinder the ability to construct a building at the vacant adjacent site at 930 Fort St.
If Nelson Investments can’t convince city staff it has addressed all of those issues, it will return to council.
Councillors Stephen Hammond and Marg Gardiner voted against the project.
Gardiner said while there were things she liked about it, she was concerned about the livability of the small units and the size of the building on a relatively small lot.
Coun. Krista Loughton said for her, “housing trumps everything.”
“This is a project that could potentially be multi-generational, affordable rental housing for people in Victoria. The importance of creating things so that people’s children and grandchildren can stay here and support parents in their older age, that for me, that trumps everything,” she said.
Mayor Marianne Alto said one of the most important factors was the number of secured rental units.
“I think this brings certainty into the rental market,” she said. “It’s a change in the skyline and it’s tough. Change is hard, but if we’re going to really accommodate the thousands of people we’re told are coming and we want to have those people become Victorians, we have to embrace the change.”
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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 24 February 2024 - 05:24 AM.
#279
Posted 24 February 2024 - 09:59 AM
The developer must meet several conditions, including incorporating wind-mitigation features, adding indoor and outdoor amenities for tenants, revising its bike and mobility-scooter parking configurations and ensuring the building design does not hinder the ability to construct a building at the vacant adjacent site at 930 Fort St.
There are no wind mitigation issues to introduce, and there is no requirement left over relating to 930 Fort Street, that itself was a bit of an oddity, but it's neither here nor there.
What the applicant still has to do is ensure the amenity spaces fall under the auspices of the current permissions for the site, so if they choose to do something outside the scope of what is permitted, they'll have to return to council.
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