The community of North Vancouver is invited to attend a public information meeting to learn about a proposed redevelopment project in the Norgate area. Chard Development Ltd. proposes a 12-storey hotel with 169 rooms north of the Curling Road extension with parking for 127 vehicles.
Also proposed is a 30-storey residential rental building with 423 units, of which 384 will be market rentals, while 39 will be below-market rentals. Eighteen of these units will be operated by YWCA Metro Vancouver. An earlier proposal had fewer hotel rooms and 275 rental units.
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The development will occupy the site presently occupied by two older hotel operations, the Econo Lodge Inn and Suites and Surestay by Best Western.
The public information meeting will be held on January 16 from 5 pm to 7 pm in the River Room at the Lions Gate Community Recreation Centre at 1733 Lions Gate Lane. The meeting will allow the public to learn more about the development application process and share their thoughts on the proposal.
In addition to the proposed buildings, the development includes several access improvements, such as the extension of Curling Road through the site from Capilano Road to McGuire Avenue, the widening of Capilano Road to accommodate transit and cycling improvements, and the widening of McGuire Avenue. Parking will be available for bicycles and 195 vehicles.
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The proposal also includes three pocket parks along the site’s eastern edge, featuring seating and landscaping. The District of North Vancouver received the development application in 2021, and the meeting is part of the necessary public consultation process. A link to the virtual public information meeting hosted by the applicant will also be available at 8 am on January 16.
This property has been problematic for years and if they’re now proposing 30 stories that’s substantially higher than any previous application. Developers are clearly NOT gettng the message that the public is quite accepting of buildings in the 10-12 storey range with a LOT of bulk as opposed to 20+ storeys on a small portion of the property.
The 5 storey apartment building (which covers a huge portion of the property) at 27th + Mountain Highway is a good example of what I mean.
Former 1940’s -60’s resident:
There have been seismic tests on that strata? Being less massive, the original structures seemed not to have affected the substrate.
The proposals being new challenges
Climate around the area will also be affected owing to shadows and new wind sheets.
The parking ratios seem out of balance relative to the accomodations plus any public events that may have drive-in attendance.
Expanding the transit and residential population renders new loads upon all utilities, is the area up to scratch and might vehicle flow and access be without hindrance to traffic during the peak hours?
Lighting; these proposed buildings bring along a new level of pollution of all sorts and measures. The density alone is an affrontment upon the once natural contour of North Vancouver.
More tall buildings, more light and sound pollution that often provokes unexplained and costly social behaviour. I.E. The Cliff Dwellers 1961.
Animal life of all forms seems not to be considered.
What are the Green ratios when compared to the “provenants”?
Let’s not build North Vancouver, the North Shore All, into an inescapable corner.
There is a future that none of these planners seem to yet embrace and understand.
In my view this project should never have been considered for lower Capilano.
It should be apparent at this time that the surrounding areas of lower capilano
and marine drive should not be open to any further development projects.
The problems are obvious and have been documented over the years.
Capilano Road is the gate way too many tourists attractions , it is an emergency response corridor and handles significant new traffic as a result of increased
projects in the area. I suppose we could take the lead from Venice and provide
visitors with visas to enter the North Shore.
Enough is enough.
No more housing units needed or wanted in that area.
There already are no hotels or motels for anybody to stay at when you come and visit someone that lives on the north shore, yet all you want to do is cram more and more and more people to live over here offering no solution for vehicles and traffic.
Leave the damn motels alone that are already here.
It’s bad enough there’s barely any affordable housing over here, even in older buildings let alone what the rents will be in newer buildings.
Start paying attention to the people that all ready live here and listen to them, rather than just wanting more people here with no solutions.
North Van has already been destroyed enough.
As a new person to the North Shore, I say keep money building! Development is good and I want more people, rich and poor, to enjoy a region that belongs to all British Columbians!
Until we get better traffic flow to and from the North Shore, there should be no more mega projects. The citizens pay the price for the developers greed. At the very least, a substantial contribution towards transit should be extracted, and committed to that purpose.
Bring in the fentanyl!!!!!!
No more nimbys in north Vancouver….. everywhere needs to experience what Chinatown has been dealing with for fifty years…..
Way too much density in that area already, without sufficient infrastructure to support it. I guess building half as many parking spaces as are needed helps with that, although at the expense of the working residents of the building (who at NS rents are almost certainly NOT working on the NS).
North Vancouver is a wonderful place to live because of its low density, abundant green space, strong community, and relaxed feeling. Take all that away as these developers and their supports want to, and what are you left with? Why does everywhere have to turn into what Burnaby’s become? If that’s what you like then move there; if you like North Van right now, why does it need to change so much?
I agree 100% with what you said, but it all comes down to the dollar. Public input is a joke no matter how hard or much you disagree with the plan. Proposals are a done deal. Affordable homes and rentals will never be affordable.
This development will displace all the vulnerable people currently living in the low income motels on the property. Taking away affordable units to put in a hotel that will likely be very expensive to stay at. This area has horrible traffic at rush hour as it’s right by the bridge. This will make it grid lock all day everyday. 39 below market units is not a fair pay off for what the developer plans to take away. Cities don’t need market rent homes, we’re in an affordability crisis which means market rent is not affordable and this will further exasperate the housing crisis on the north shore. Say no to this greedy development! Make it an affordable rental lot.
There are many appropriate comments which I agree
That said a very interesting feature is fact of less than half of the units will have parking. I applaud that feature.
During the course of the last Municipal election I called zoning about the development of suites in homes. I was informed that it was a necessary condition for a suite to be approved for it to have off street parking for the tenant. I emailed most of the alderperson candidates about this issue. Most of them agreed with proposition that off street parking ought not be a neccessary condition for single family residence to qualify for suite approval.
I intend to follow up on this.
The thought of even having such a project like that in an already conjested area is ludicrous and senseless. I’ve lived on the North Shore all my life and it’s just sad how it’s become over the years. The sickness of Greed has taken over the true beauty it once had. This has got to be put to a stop…Listen to all the points people have said, nothing farther from the truth. North Van has been ruined with over population and no solutions to shitty traffic that’s just growing. Sickening and ridiculous to say the least.