1780 E Broadway | 144m, 125m, 122m | 44fl, 38fl, 37fl | Proposed

[chowhou]

Originally Posted by Changing City

There doesn't seem to be any role for the Province to get involved here yet. The last version of the project had the public hearing postponed in 2022, and the developers indicated they were thinking of resubmitting with a slightly bigger scheme. Until Council hold a public hearing, (either for the current project, or a revised version) there's really no justification for any Provincial involvement, especially as there's no social housing proposed.

At Arbutus it was a VAHA development on behalf of BC Housing, so effectively a Provincial non-market project, and Council had approved it. What the Province is doing there is effectively legislating that decision, and telling the objectors to stop using the courts to try to get the decision overturned. Here, there's no social housing being delayed, and no Council decision to support.

I was more saying if it went the same way post-approval, with attempts to block it via the courts.