While I am in general always excited to see taller building heights in appropriate areas, I am regrettably against the proposed 425 foot towers at the base of Granville bridge north. Why? Because the city has been promising commercial development in this area for years to bridge the huge gap of residential services.
The city finalized a very nice plan for Under the Granville Bridge that it promised to start building more than 2 years ago. Right now, for all of the Concord buildings as well as the Mark and other buildings going up, there is one corner store of about 500 square feet that is rather lame and disgusting and there is one cafe that is great but generally open from 9-4pm. Not exactly what it takes to serve the hundreds if not thousands of current residents in this small area.
I will personally oppose this plan, and I must admit I have never once been a NIMBY ever before, but this neighborhood is pathetically under served by any retail and commercial amenities. I see that this under the Granville Bridge development is still mentioned in the brochure but think it should have been already built years ago. I have lost all hope that it will ever be built as the city has repeatedly broken their promise to the neighborhood residents.
Also, if I was a presale buyer in The Mark, I would be pissed and asking for a refund. There is no way the new building heights allowed for the sites I mentioned above wont totally destroy all of the prime views of The Mark building.
I am all for higher density, but not when it makes a bad situation worse.
Having stated my concerns and rant,
I am all for all of the other proposed changes. This city needs a few 500-700 footers in the proposed areas.
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