Development permit issued for Amrikko’s property at Departure Bay
Nanaimo city council votes 7-1 in favour of issuing a development permit for 1400 Wingrove St.
GREG SAKAKIMay. 10, 2018
The redevelopment plan for 1400 Wingrove St. is for a three-storey mixed-use building with a restaurant, other commercial space and 12 rental units. IAN NIAMATH image
A key property to the Departure Bay neighbourhood has received council’s permission to go ahead with a rebuild.
Nanaimo city council, at its meeting Monday at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre, voted 7-1 in favour of issuing a development permit for 1400 Wingrove St., the Amrikko’s site along Departure Bay Road.
The restaurant closed and never reopened after a fire in 2013.
Redevelopment plans have changed since then and the permit approved this week is for a three-storey, mixed-use building with a restaurant, other commercial space and 12 rental units.
The developer was granted six variances, most notably a reduction in required parking from 54 spaces to 13.
“This project represents a whole new rejuvenation and revitalization of the area and just for that alone, we should allow [it]…” said Ian Niamath, architect. “This project is way too important for it to be pinned on a few car spaces.”
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