Plans for Wildwood Park condos and townhouses approved
City Centre Community Committee roundup
Advertisement
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 16/11/2015 (3962 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Nov. 10 City Centre Community Committee highlights
• Plans for a new townhouse and condo development in Wildwood Park were unanimously approved at City Centre Community Committee on Nov. 10.
The new development, called Wildewood Village, at 761 North Dr. will have 14 townhouses and a five-storey, 41-unit condo complex.
The one condition of plan approval was that the design and location of retaining walls and grading on city property must be approved by the Director of Planning, Property, and Development.
• Applications for a new mixed-use residential development on Scott Street in Osborne Village were also approved by City Centre Community Committee.
The development at 120 Scott St. by Peter Hargraves, of Sputnik Architecture, will include a ground-floor architecture firm and eight residential dwellings on the second through fourth floors. The plan also includes eight parking spots on site.
Neighbours in opposition to the development said the design was too big for the lot and would create drainage problems for nearby properties.
“This project is far too big,” resident Ron Iftody said. The development required variances to allow for a smaller yard and setbacks.
“Nothing would get built if everyone followed building rules in that neighbourhood,” he added. “They want to make money, I get that, but there has to be some sensitivity to the neighbourhood.”
Hargraves said building size has been considered in the design stage and that he lives and works in the neighbourhood as well.
“I think (building size) is a fair concern,” Hargraves said. “When we planned this building we planned very carefully to provide an opportunity for people to live in close proximity — a fairly dense environment — respecting the strategies that are in place by the city.”
“I think the only feedback I have on the comment that it’s too big is that through design we’re trying to address how the building exists and how people exist in the building with respect to what’s around them.”
• The Fort Garry Community Centre received a $500 per capita grant from the River Heights-Fort Garry ward allowance to help pay for a plaque for the Victoria Community Centre in honour of Douglas Andrew Jacobs, who was a loyal employee of the community centre.