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Harris Green Village, tower 1
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Municipality: Victoria
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#1461 spanky123

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Posted 05 April 2023 - 10:35 AM

BC government is involved in 1050 Yates?

 

BC Pension fund wasn't it?



#1462 Mike K.

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Posted 05 April 2023 - 11:16 AM

I believe it is funded through Alberta, but I will ask around.


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#1463 Mike K.

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Posted 05 April 2023 - 02:37 PM

No BC gov dollars in this project, I am told.

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#1464 GaryOak

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 02:09 PM

Looks like the city and Starlite have been able to come to o a compromise. 1500 new housing units incoming
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#1465 Barrrister

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 02:24 PM

What was the compromise, is Starlight providing extra doctors and hospital beds for the new residents? 



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Posted 06 April 2023 - 02:25 PM

8-1 vote, sole dissenter was C. Hammond.

 

Victoria council agrees to Starlight Developments' Harris Green Village parking strategy following public hearing snafu

https://victoria.cit...-hearing-snafu/


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#1467 GaryOak

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 02:42 PM

Wait wasn't it Hammond who opposed. This would be an awkward tweet if true https://twitter.com/...8798753792?s=20

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 02:50 PM

Oops! Yes indeed it was, I had Hammond on the brain, Thompson on the keyboard!

Thank you for catching that.


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#1469 Barrrister

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 04:41 PM

What was finally agreed upon?



#1470 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 04:56 PM

It all worked out, as it nearly always does after a big fuss.



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Posted 06 April 2023 - 04:58 PM

I think it's that phase 2 and 3 will follow whatever parking requirements are in the parking bylaw even if council decides to change them between now and then. So that they won't have separate guidelines to follow that other developments won't have. It looks like council is mature enough to acknowledge when they rushed things.

#1472 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 05:07 PM

Starlight said it intends to break ground this year on the first phase of the project, at 1045 Yates St., which used to house an auto dealership. That phase includes purpose-built rental residential towers of 21 and 20 storeys, nearly half an acre of green space for a community park, a daycare and retail.

 

The second and third phases that will come out of the ground on the 900 block of Yates would include three residential towers ranging in height between 28 and 32 storeys, a half-acre park and community space to be programmed by the City of Victoria.

 

Mayor Marianne Alto said she was delighted to see the project come to fruition.

 

“This is, I believe, if not the, then one of the most grand applications in the city’s history with regard to housing,” she said. “This certainly is one of the largest examples of making very intentional decisions that council’s had the opportunity to undertake. This certainly will have a tremendous, and I hope, I believe, positive impact on the evolution of the homes for people.”

 

Shauna Dudding, Starlight’s executive director, said the project, called Harris Green Village, represents an opportunity to create a vibrant, urban, mixed-use community that is both diverse and inclusive. “Purpose-built rentals are a critical aspect of the revitalization of this neighbourhood and we are honoured to be an integral part of the process.”

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...is-year-6823274

 

 

 

Alto:  This certainly will have a tremendous, and I hope, I believe, positive impact on the evolution of the homes for people.   :confused: 


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#1473 Nparker

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 05:14 PM

Clearly, Alto became fluent in gobbledygook after 8 years of lessons from her predecessor.


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#1474 AllseeingEye

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 07:34 PM

Great news; I'm going out to buy a large bag of popcorn in anticipation of the fun and fireworks on Facebook and other social media when word of this gets out - you just know Victoria's "....angry/cranky/anti-height-at-all-costs/we look more and more just like mini-Vancouver!!!..." crowd will be all over this one. I can hear the wailing and whining and moaning and gnashing of teeth already......


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#1475 Casual Kev

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Posted 06 April 2023 - 08:50 PM

Big W for housing supply, big L For surface parking lots.



#1476 Torrontes

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Posted 07 April 2023 - 07:43 AM

So the cabal had to back down, but they get another chance to screw things up when Starlight comes back for phase 2. Seems like short term gain for long term pain. In any event, let’s hope the cabal learnt something, but I doubt it.
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#1477 Nparker

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Posted 07 April 2023 - 08:02 AM

...Seems like short term gain for long term pain...

This for sure. You know it won't be long before the CoV announces parking maximums for all new developments.


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#1478 Mike K.

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Posted 07 April 2023 - 08:29 AM

Lessons have been learned.

And Victoria became the talk of Canada for a while there.

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#1479 spanky123

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Posted 07 April 2023 - 08:46 AM

Lessons have been learned.

And Victoria became the talk of Canada for a while there.

 

What about the acceleration of the building code changes that were approved last night. Any chance there will be an impact there?



#1480 Nparker

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Posted 07 April 2023 - 09:47 AM

What about the acceleration of the building code changes that were approved last night. Any chance there will be an impact there?

It's almost certain to impact affordability.

#greenpocrisy



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