Council approves high-rise project for Strathearn

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Edmonton city council gave the go ahead Thursday night to a controversial 1,750-unit housing development in the long-established community of Strathearn, overlooking the River Valley.
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& k5 _2 T  J' |7 Q0 V) t- ABy a vote of 12-1, councillors supported the mix of high-rises towers, ranging from 20 to 24 storeys, combined with townhouses and retail space, to be developed on a nine-hectare site.
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) [8 _  ^9 M5 C+ x  b0 g; ]. U8 aIt will replace a two-storey complex of low-cost apartments that have been in the south-Edmonton community for 60 years.

- Z6 N9 z" W8 U4 J5 B' WStrathearn resident Allan Tchida has fought the high-rise project for three years.
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Residents have fought the project for more than three years, complaining the development will forever change the single-family community.

" E+ D' ]& L$ o" J9 Q"There's many reasons why we lived there for such a long time," said Allan Tchida, who has lived in Strathearn since 1980.
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4 r$ @  H# Z+ @" N4 J7 S+ A7 ]"Those reasons are going to be gone once this project reaches its full potential. We'll have to see whether or not we're going to stay," he said.
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John Logan, with the neighbouring Bonnie Doon Community League, was also dismayed by the city council vote.
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8 I; d% ?3 K3 `8 v9 IThe developer's vision of the Strathearn project.
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"I am appalled. I think that from the beginning the wishes from the community and of the people most directly affected have been ignored in a way that I've never seen before in the 30 odd years that I've been involved in community affairs," Logan said.
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New life to area: developer
The developer insists the project will breathe new life into an aging community, turning it into a modern, mixed-use neighbourhood on the edge of the city's downtown.
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"We feel now we can present the city with a leading-edge design development that integrates within the community, and we can hardly wait to get started," said Guy St. Germaine with the Nearctic Group.

# M5 T9 B  E0 ?: s: HEdmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel was among those who voted in favour of the project. He said the developer's promise to help build 400 units of affordable housing was a major factor for him.

  o: I' ]- ]( I7 T, H: m"We are having a tremendous challenge in meeting the housing needs of people who are moving to this city and if we don't do something about that we will be in trouble," Mandel said.

2 I+ h& ~9 {# C8 `7 T% OConstruction is expected to start in the summer of 2009, with the full project taking about 10 years to complete, the developer said.
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This is the second major project approved for a mature neighbourhood in Edmonton as many months.
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In January, council gave the go-ahead for a high-rise development in the west end community of Glenora, which will see four towers as high as 21 storeys built.

It's part of a push by the city to slow urban sprawl by encouraging more development in older areas of the city.

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http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetail ... ;PropertyID=6676728

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