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The developer behind the recently axed Green Square development at Mission Springs has resubmitted the project to the City of Kelowna.
Kelowna City Council voted down a previous version of the development, after a public hearing into it dragged on to almost 3:30 a.m.
Council’s Sept. 19 decision saw it vote 5-4 against the development, with Couns. Hodge, DeHart, Gray, Sieben and Stack opposed.
At the time, the developer was asking for four buildings, three of six storeys and one of five storey, housing 141 one, two and three-bedroom units.
Green Square Development Ltd.’s new plans are similar, but call for a 134-unit, multi-family housing development on a vacant lot at 3626 Mission Springs Dr.
According to plans for the new development, the Green Square housing complex will feature three six-storey and one five-story building, situated around a central square.
Plans for the four-building complex show the developer asking for permission to build higher than is currently allowed on the site.
“The fundamental approach … has been to maximize the open space, increase the amount of green space, open up view corridors between built forms through the site, and provide an overall increase in daylight to the interior and exterior spaces,” a letter accompanying the development documents reads.
Green Square Development says the open space at the centre of its design will act as both an informal community space and a hub for pedestrian connections.
It explains those features were achieved by designing four taller buildings, instead of the “more typical” single, large building.
Those four buildings will also feature bottom-floor parkade structures, which will be flanked on the outside by three-bedroom town homes. The town homes, the developer says, will “encourage a mixed demographic” in the development.
They will also provide “a vibrant connectivity between the project and Mission Springs Drive and adjacent public spaces.”
The new application is only in its early stages, and will need City of Kelowna Council approval before it can move forward. The developer’s complete plans are available here.
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