Cambie Corridor Updates

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A Reason To Celebrate – July 4th Brings Hundreds Of Rental Homes To The Cambie Corridor

357 – 475 West 41st Avenue and 325 – 343 West 41st Avenue
The end of July will mark the 10th anniversary of when Vancouver City Council approved the terms of reference for the Cambie Corridor Plan. Unfortunately, by the time the second phase was completed in 2011, it was already woefully outdated, allowing only 6 floor mid-rise buildings along the corridor. Even these blocks supporting the Canada Line Station at Cambie and West 41st Avenue were limited to this inadequate form.

In hindsight, it seems obvious that our city’s housing crisis was already well underway, and that the Canada Line would reach the required passenger volume to break even 3 years sooner than expected. Nonetheless, in 2015 when consultation on the final phase began, some still argued that even 6 storey buildings along arterial roads were too much, and that the single family interior blocks should remain untouched....

These rental buildings aren’t the tallest in the area, however they’ll likely bring hundreds of homes to this transit hub. Located along 41st Avenue between the lane east of Cambie Street and the new 6 storey redevelopment of the Oakridge United Church...

More at :
https://cityduo.wordpress.com/2019/07/02...-of-rental-homes-to-the-cambie-corridor/