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Developers want to build a five-building complex of apartments along Highway 33 in the Rutland Urban Centre.
According to an application submitted to the City of Kelowna, the development will contain 152 units of housing, split between five buildings stretching between four to six storeys high.
Located on the corner of Highway 33 and Bryden Road, the developers are looking to consolidate three properties to make their project happen.
Right now, the properties are zoned for a mix of residential and education uses. Kelowna’s Official Community Plan pegs the lots for an eventual mix of low-density residential housing and educational/institutional uses, but the developers are asking to have that changed to medium-density residential housing throughout.
They are also asking the city to approve a development permit, as well as a development variance permit to increase how high they are allowed to build.
According to plans outlining the development, its four, four-and-five-storey buildings will be placed along each road front, with the six storey structure sitting behind them. Most parking on the site will also be situated underground.
“Great care has been exercised in the design of the upper storeys for each building to step back the mass from the lower floors. Multiple roof projections add visual articulation and interest to the overall roofline,” the application states.
The developers say the redevelopment of the “underutilized” site fits with the city’s plan to revitalize the Rutland area, and that the 152 new homes could “bring a great deal of benefit to the Rutland Urban Centre.”
Kelowna city council will have a chance to weigh in on the development at an upcoming council meeting.
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