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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1 L* R( j3 h" I7 r2 _8 R# gBy 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.

7 n/ L; _1 U" z4 [/ X# aIt will replace a two-storey complex of low-cost apartments that have been in the south-Edmonton community for 60 years.
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Strathearn resident Allan Tchida has fought the high-rise project for three years.
(CBC)
Residents have fought the project for more than three years, complaining the development will forever change the single-family community.
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- t# B6 ^3 Z- A6 a1 [2 }% E"There's many reasons why we lived there for such a long time," said Allan Tchida, who has lived in Strathearn since 1980.


" N$ b4 C& I2 p" \0 M"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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, `$ _& M; G- m% R% D& cJohn Logan, with the neighbouring Bonnie Doon Community League, was also dismayed by the city council vote.

% Q2 ^7 w0 O  E9 ^- k3 vThe developer's vision of the Strathearn project.
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: x6 _' w2 P' q( X. E, B"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.

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.

"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.

# u9 j" y8 Y8 g6 yEdmonton 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.
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) _, z$ b1 }% k) e7 K4 ^. i"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.

1 s( W0 Y1 N7 M# BConstruction is expected to start in the summer of 2009, with the full project taking about 10 years to complete, the developer said.

% r9 ~6 ?" u9 V1 [4 zThis is the second major project approved for a mature neighbourhood in Edmonton as many months.

8 |1 G2 w! t* {4 T& ^7 q0 kIn 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.
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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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