The City of North Vancouver council will consider the 21-story mixed-use building at 120-128 East 14th Street for first, second, and third readings at a council meeting on May 6. According to new provincial regulations, the development will have no public hearing.
Three Shores Development has applied to rezone the property from the Central Lonsdale Mixed-Use building to a new Comprehensive Development Zone for a 21-storey building. The development proposes 164 residential units, ground-floor retail units and second-floor offices, 192 vehicle parking spaces and 258 bicycle parking spaces.
Those who want to provide input can do so in writing by emailing input@cnv.org by noon on May 6.
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Other residents have also addressed the council meeting and objected to the building’s density and potential traffic impacts.
A City of North Vancouver planner has responded to residents’ concerns by saying the development’s transportation study indicates that the existing network can accommodate additional vehicle trips.
“The developer is committed to providing a range of transportation demand management measures, including additional bike storage for residents and visitors and stalls equipped for electric bike charging stations to encourage sustainable mobility choices. All intersections reviewed as part of the transportation study are expected to operate with an acceptable level of service, and the signal at East 14th Street and St Georges Avenue will be upgraded at the applicant’s expense for improved safety,” he said.
The development, he added, was also in a location well-served by frequent transit and is in close proximity to a range of services and amenities reached by ‘sustained mobility choices.’
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If there are 192 parking spaces for vehicles, are they not going to be used on the roads and alleys?
Are those vehicles just going to be remained parked?
There is already an incredible amount of traffic congestion in the lane between 14th and 15th street. Deliveries to local restaurants and shops often block off 1/2 of the alley along with garbage and recycling trucks.
The residential buildings on 14th and 15th streets all have parking that exits into the lane already. Police, Fire, and Ambulance Services use St George’s routinely. 14th is already a one way street halfway between Lonsdale and St George’s.
Why bother having a local City Council at all if the Province is dictating “No Public Hearing Required” ?
Od course a Developer will say anything. He wants to make more money. They do not care about you. And neither does the Mayor or Council. Bot the DNV and the CNV
Od course a Developer will say anything. He wants to make more money. They do not care about you. And neither does the Mayor or Council. Bot the DNV and the CNV
because this is what happens in third world countries like China and Russian where politicians do not care at all about the population they are supposed to be representing – only BIG POCKETS are recognized by these cruel people (how many people have been forced into being homeless – both business owners and renters?
Speaking to Richard Short’s remarks regarding the increase proposed construction on 14th Street East pls note The traffic study took place during Covid
The article says there will be 192 vehicle parking spots within the building. Are they going to remain in their parking spaces and not move?
The alleyway between 14th Street and 15th Street is already congested.
There are delivery trucks, business vans, service trucks, garbage pickup trucks, recycling trucks, and business parking. Often the lane is restricted to 1 lane.
There is a 20 space pay parking lot that is only accessible through this alley. There are already 4-5 high rise buildings where all vehicles exit the buildings in that alley.
14th Street is a one way street emptying out onto St George Ave right across from the emergency department and next to the RCMP detachment. The fire trucks a half block away often use St George’s Avenue.
There is already plenty of congestion and bicycles are not the answer.
The traffic study was done during Covid!!! This is a one lane, one way street! I apologize for yelling.
They do not have enough brains to see the close relation between huge traffic and huge development. More space available, more people coming here, bigger traffic. Even small child knows that But that child knows nothing about a greed!
It is shocking to me how a development like this would even be considered. It raises a very troubling question, “Why is the city using a loophole to get around the OCP’s 4.0 FSR for that site that will support a major donor developer who bragged of “leverage” and “connections” with the city?“
Runaway demolition of the old (and in many cases the affordable) and for what, so that the City of North Van can be at the forefront of new, investment, jammed in housing no matter the cost?
Critiques of citizens living closest to this latest salvo of densification pooh-pooh’d, with locally called for amenities such as much needed green space but a passing thought and traffic concerns silenced by the planning department’s ever present beating of the ‘sustainable transportation drum’.
Now, as if to pour gas on the City’s ‘Manhattan Project’ fire, the Province creates new rules seemingly handing control of our communities, of planning, of the very nature of how we all live, control has been given to developers everywhere with the Province playing ‘Bully’ in the background ready to crush any municipal council that dares to question or push back.
To all of this, all I can say is ‘Welcome Comrades’, to the great new socialist order hereinafter known as the ‘Province of Build Crap’, aka B.C.
Anyone who lives on or near East 14th knows that the plan for a 21 story tower at 120-128 East 14th Street is idiotic!
The infrastructure is simply not there to support the accompanying traffic!
Bill 44 introduced by the NDP is anti-democratic to the core! If anyone’s interested there’s a petition online to repeal or amend Bill 44 to restore public hearings and Municipal Powers over Zoning!
That is such a busy corridor. WHEN WILL THE MADNESS STOP? Developers only want to make lots of money. Where is the green space? I live in East of Seymour area so this is not NIMBY. Just pathetic
I have yet to see a transportation study that indicates a proposed development will have a negative impact on traffic.
Do residents feel their quality of life will be improved by this development? I think not.
It seems obvious to most that there is too much density on this block. The traffic “studies” are flawed as they only consider the impact of the singular project, disregarding previous traffic studies and their compounding impact. The current council prefers to reduce the number of parking spots built thinking it will reduce traffic. The province is now pushing their own zoning agenda, the city seems to embrace every developer’s project with open arms, the public’s rights to speak at public input hearings have been squashed, yet ìt is the public that pay the price of a less liveable community. There needs to be a change in leadership at the municipal and provincial levels. We need a government that puts us, the people that already live here, first.
Such a shame that this proposal to increase the floors from the previously approved 6 to 21 is being considered in an already crowded and chaotic 14th St E that is a an artery to Lions Gate Hospital, the RCMP and childcare . The original 6-storey building should be sufficient in this crowded street. This proposed 21-storey building will not solve the housing problem because only people with millions of dollars can afford to buy units from this building. Rich foreign investors will again benefit from this type of projects. I hope our mayor and councillors will hear the cries of its constituents who put them in power. Please don’t make Central Lonsdale a concrete jungle!
north shore daily just bring something very short about the tragedy happening regarding this awful project 21 story building proposed in 14th street. There are lots of traffic right now and shortage of street parking. this new development is making everything worse, in terms of increased congestion on a small one block one way street, increased safety concern of all communities in this area, disappearing many retail stores, impact on RCMP and emergency response time, making so populated area, that already occupied with 4 other large high rise buildings already built or under construction and so many other disadvantages. The land use for this site should not exceed 3 FSR as originally noted in the OCP.
First I cringe, then I get angry while watching real time “traffic studies” of my own of 14th Street and the 2 lanes behind 1300 and 1400 Lonsdale. It’s a GONG SHOW. The trucks, ambulances, sirens and horns from irate drivers increases yearly. This little area can NOT sustain another high rise!
I was wondering why city willing to give lots of advantages to new construction and their people with sacrificing all quiet life and prosperous of CentreView residents . what is the difference between two buildings. why one building has very much convenience in life and living and the other centreviw should suffer all troubles and populated area and lack of good and happy life. why one prefer to another?
It is not just Centreview residents impacted by additional (and excessive) build on East 14th. ALL neighbouring units (commercial and residential) will be negatively impacted by this proposed tower. It is NOT a case of NIMBY (many residents holistically support community development) but rather EXCESSIVE development trumping (planned, OCP-aligned) reasonable development.
Yippee more condos….. 👎
I wish everybody who has a full time job, but can’t afford rent on their own… would just stop paying rent. Stop working at the service jobs that the rich depend on for their luxuries. Yes, of course this would suck. But let’s force the economy to fall apart. More unaffordable condos. GREAT! Even the supposed “low income” rentals are ridiculous. I make too much money to live in them… but yet even with having “too much money,” I would be strapped for cash to live in them. The housing is out of control and it will never improve unless people do something dramatic. But instead, people adjust. 8 roommates? Why not! Short sighted thinking and unwillingness to make a sacrifice keeps us here. More condos that will be owned by the rich and rented out at unaffordable prices.
A major housing correction is in order, but thru the roof immigration is at least in part – and I believe a very large part – is preventing this from happening. You can thank Justin for that one, as he and his backers have pushed this on all who live in Canada, be they born here or a recent immigrant misled and lured here by the fools in Ottawa.
Canada, the country hell bent on punishing any and all who dare venture there.
This area cannot handle another high rise. The traffic study needs to be updated not to mention the noises of trucks, ambulances, police, delivery vehicles and no green space. It will not attract people who work in the area as it is too unaffordable. Ridiculous idea and not considerate of residents at all.
I cannot believe our City Council is even entertaining the idea of a high rise on 14th. The traffic on Lonsdale, 15th and 14th is crazy, not to mention the back lanes which are constantly blocked with delivery vehicles, garbage trucks and cars trying to get out of their parking garages.
Where is affordable housing being built in NV?
Long waits at Emergency Rooms are just going to get longer and good luck getting an appointment with a specialist within a year.
It’s time to improve infrastructure and services before adding all these new high rises!