Council approves high-rise project for Strathearn

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Edmonton city council gave the go ahead Thursday night to a controversial 1,750-unit housing development in the long-established community of Strathearn, overlooking the River Valley.
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1 y- m% \' |' ~2 ^By a vote of 12-1, councillors supported the mix of high-rises towers, ranging from 20 to 24 storeys, combined with townhouses and retail space, to be developed on a nine-hectare site.

5 x! Z$ F: c; @+ F9 a4 PIt will replace a two-storey complex of low-cost apartments that have been in the south-Edmonton community for 60 years.

5 J' A! t; {1 }+ l8 c! \Strathearn resident Allan Tchida has fought the high-rise project for three years.
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/ P) e8 \# i3 `Residents have fought the project for more than three years, complaining the development will forever change the single-family community.
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"There's many reasons why we lived there for such a long time," said Allan Tchida, who has lived in Strathearn since 1980.

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1 t# O8 a9 _) j+ x"Those reasons are going to be gone once this project reaches its full potential. We'll have to see whether or not we're going to stay," he said.

% r, K! e- y* A& IJohn Logan, with the neighbouring Bonnie Doon Community League, was also dismayed by the city council vote.

  {6 K8 Z/ [" r  Q: aThe developer's vision of the Strathearn project.
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"I am appalled. I think that from the beginning the wishes from the community and of the people most directly affected have been ignored in a way that I've never seen before in the 30 odd years that I've been involved in community affairs," Logan said.
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New life to area: developer
* n& f! b4 K; {. T4 ~. k1 i, IThe developer insists the project will breathe new life into an aging community, turning it into a modern, mixed-use neighbourhood on the edge of the city's downtown.

"We feel now we can present the city with a leading-edge design development that integrates within the community, and we can hardly wait to get started," said Guy St. Germaine with the Nearctic Group.

+ e1 P. W+ t& t2 {  O. hEdmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel was among those who voted in favour of the project. He said the developer's promise to help build 400 units of affordable housing was a major factor for him.

# k/ S& S+ h9 e6 `; K"We are having a tremendous challenge in meeting the housing needs of people who are moving to this city and if we don't do something about that we will be in trouble," Mandel said.
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Construction is expected to start in the summer of 2009, with the full project taking about 10 years to complete, the developer said.
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' B* d% \$ n, I5 r0 UThis is the second major project approved for a mature neighbourhood in Edmonton as many months.
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In January, council gave the go-ahead for a high-rise development in the west end community of Glenora, which will see four towers as high as 21 storeys built.

It's part of a push by the city to slow urban sprawl by encouraging more development in older areas of the city.

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