Thursday, June 12, 2025

Why Vancouver City Council Approved The Commercial-Broadway Safeway Project

 https://storeys.com/vancouver-approves-commercial-broadway-safeway-redevelopment/

The big dispute is not having a reasonable amount of below market level housing. Of course if the towers were at least 20-30 stories taller, provided that there were several affordable units included, then the developer would have more incentive for affordable units. 

https://storeys.com/broadway-commercial-safeway-may-2024/

It's stupid to only have luxury high rises or even comfortable yuppie high-end housing, when there is a lot of demand for real affordable housing. Thus, if a high-rise developer could be allowed to build higher as long as a reasonable amount of affordable housing was included in the lower floors, it could work. 

However, despite being a major transportation intersection, many people are uncomfortable of Oakridge size building, especially Brentwood size towers.