Apartment plans approved

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Plans for apartments at the Tuxedo Shopping Centre, in Bridgwater Town Centre, and the south end of Pembina Highway, were approved at the May 28 meeting of the Assiniboia City Centre community committee.

In attendance were councillors Kevin Klein (Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood), Janice Lukes (Waverley West) and Scott Gillingham (St. James).

Plans for a 13-storey mixed-use building at 2025 Corydon Ave. were approved by the committee. “The location is along a major route, and this is the type of infill that should be pursued more often,” Klein said. The building will have 84 residential units and three commercial units on the main floor.

The plans for a pair of six-storey buildings on Centre Street and Park East Drive in Bridgwater Town Centre were presented by Ironclad Development’s urban planner Irene Borgonia. The development will see a pair of residential buildings, including ground-floor commercial space in one of the buildings, and offer a total of 155 one-to-three-bedroom rental units.

“There are seven commercial spaces in one of the buildings, along with residenial amenity spaces such as a rooftop patio and fitness centre,” Borgonia said, adding there is bike parking underground, outside for visitors, and includes a bike repair station.

Construction is underway for two residential towers with 406 rental units at 3015 Pembina Hwy., but the plan approvals needed tidying up. One of the towers is 16 storeys and the other is 18 storeys.

Questions about bird-safe windows, and adjustments to the parking in the front of the building to allow for more landscaping were answered by Danny Serhal of Affininity Architecture.

“Bird safe glazing isn’t needed above 40 to 50 feet above the ground, so we looked at the first four floors,” he said. “Other jurisdictions around Canada talk about a minimum of 30 per cent of the glazing in that bird-safe zone receiving some kind of treatment, so that’s what we did.”

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