Is a highrise boom coming to Vancouver's East Hastings neighbourhood?
Strathcona resident Evan Horie is alarmed at the height of the proposed towers, which are about two-and-a-half times taller than others in the neighbourhood.
“The scale is really out of context with the neighbourhood character, and really the infrastructure capabilities, particularly with the social housing element,” said Horie.
“This type of scale in density far exceeds (the density around) a rapid transit hub, and that’s not even there. In addition to that, there’s the lack of parking (41 stalls for 767 rental units in the rental towers).
“Can you imagine the nightmare (parking) in this neighbourhood? It’s already tough to find a spot in front of our house to unload our kids from school.”
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