A new four-story modular building was installed at 19 Nicol St. on Tuesday, Sept. 16, when a crane hoisted in multiple building modules onto the former site of the Salvation Army Red Shield Centre building that was built in the late 1890s and was torn down in 2024
NANAIMO — Design, form and character of a four-storey, 60-bed supportive housing complex in the city’s south end has passed with flying colours.
The City of Nanaimo’s Design Advisory Panel gave unanimous support to renderings and landscaping plans for the complex at 1030 Old Victoria Rd., known as the McKenzie Rd. Supportive Housing Complex.
For supportive housing that's a pretty good design. Why such a large front yard though? Thanks for all the updates Islandtime
From the development application:
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Quietly sited within a residential setting, a primary focus for the neighbourhood integration is directed at safety and privacy, which are addressed through site design, orientation, landscape screening, and access control. Setting the building back into the site provides an inherent natural buffer from the road and adjacent residences. The building is oriented across the site from northeast to southwest which utilizes the natural separation created by the placement of the building relative to the site. This placement limits access points between the front and rear spaces and reinforces security requirements. Landscaping elements assist to provide separation and visual screening to and from the adjacent lots and the street. The building was also sited with the existing natural landscape in mind to prioritize the retention of many of the existing trees in and around the site
Three new four storey buildings are envisioned for a Hillcrest Ave. lot. It would include all subsidized rental housing.
A sizeable injection of affordable and subsidized housing is planned through a new housing development.
A total of 160 studio, one, two and three bedroom units are planned across three, four-storey buildings at 309 Hillcrest Ave., adjacent to the Third St. and Wakesiah Ave. intersection.
Ground was officially broken on Friday, Oct. 31, for the multi-storey building located on the grounds of the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) near the front entrance off Dufferin Cres., with an expected price tag of $311 million.
Construction on the new cancer centre is expected to be complete in 2028.
The concrete foundation has now been poured on the 10-storey, 266-bed tower, which means it’s time for the seven stories of mass timber residence floors to start going up. Framing on these seven stories is expected to start in early November.
Revised Lantzville long-term care complex advances to public hearing
LANTZVILLE — Despite reservations about neighbourhood impacts, an envisioned large publicly funded long-term care facility proposed for Lantzville’s southern edge is off to the next stage.
On Wednesday, Nov. 12, Lantzville councillors unanimously gave second reading to amended zoning and Official Community Plan bylaw updates required for a 306-bed, six-storey long-term care facility at 6910 Lantzville Rd.
Construction was originally set to wrap in 2027, however, due to delays, Island Health confirmed work on site will continue into at least 2028.
Updated estimates were set to be confirmed in a meeting with Island Health officials on Friday, Nov. 14, however, initial projections had the project at an estimated $289 million.
The Nanaimo Regional Hospital District will be responsible for paying 40 per cent of the project cost, with the province contributing the remainder.
Nanaimo's former A&B Sound store has been re-imagined as Soundworks.
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The concept for the space is a “market hall”, according to Steiner, featuring an open concept space featuring a variety of business types including coffee shops, restaurants, retail and services.
The development includes an anchor restaurant with a patio at the site’s rear.
Steiner said their goal was to create the ever-elusive “third space” in Nanaimo for families and individuals of all ages.
Mixing the desired vibe in the market hall form factor is something new for Nanaimo, but popular in major centres like Los Angeles and London, Steiner said.
The challenge with Soundworks was taking the concept and making it distinctly West Coast.
“Some of them are more food focused, some of them are more lifestyle. What I’ve seen Nanaimo turn into is a really interesting blue collar heritage with a lively new artistic soul, and we want that to be what people think of. They don’t want it to be L.A.’s Market Hall come to Nanaimo, it’s authentic to Nanaimo and people are proud that they helped shape it.”
Including in the project is a major revamp of the exterior of the building, with new entrances on the main corner, as well as off Wallace St., which will access the building’s top floor tenants.
It’s been a long time, but I remember the corner corner of the building by the intersection being a Mr. Mike’s restaurant. Used to go there with my mom in the 70/80’s.
It’s been a long time, but I remember the corner corner of the building by the intersection being a Mr. Mike’s restaurant. Used to go there with my mom in the 70/80’s.
What's downtown Nanaimo like these days, especially within a ten or twenty minute walk from the Gabriola ferry? I understand that there are some significant issues in the city, but if one is coming across from Gabriola as a pedestrian, how does it compare to downtown Vancouver? (I'm not suggesting I've heard it's worse; Vancouver's what I know, so it's a good comparison for me.)
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