There’s a proposal for a 501 unit development in South Langford at tomorrow’s Planning, Zoning, and Affordable Housing Committee meeting (click here to read the PZ&AH agenda, including the staff report). There are some interesting details of the proposal that jumped out at me on a first reading of the 27-page agenda document:
- While labeled by the staff report as 501 units, 102 of the units are 2-3 storey homes that the report notes would be allowed to have secondary suites or carriage houses added (bringing the total number of units possibly as high as 603 units over time).
- The staff report notes that “The apartment buildings will be three, four and six storeys in height, set back into the sloping terrain, and contain 338 units in total between five buildings.” The use of the term “apartment buildings” is interesting, but does not elaborate if these are condominiums or are rental apartment buildings.
- The proponent’s plans incorporate Read the rest of this entry »
