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.

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.

0 \+ U' U6 L! N' Z. r: T# i; J) ?It will replace a two-storey complex of low-cost apartments that have been in the south-Edmonton community for 60 years.
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Strathearn resident Allan Tchida has fought the high-rise project for three years.
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' r# L) a% v" a1 H" MResidents have fought the project for more than three years, complaining the development will forever change the single-family community.
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* \3 E2 F- G" l"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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; H4 x! W4 V% H"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.
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John Logan, with the neighbouring Bonnie Doon Community League, was also dismayed by the city council vote.

( ?) x- U, [3 j# lThe developer's vision of the Strathearn project.
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8 P/ Y) E8 T+ N$ K- ?"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.

- Y8 w6 N; `$ }9 @# W% a8 GNew life to area: developer
7 s' z8 m1 n4 Y0 mThe 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.
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"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.

4 L7 i; r/ p) |1 r; ^+ f0 i# F  |4 O3 gEdmonton 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.
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"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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) R6 K9 R) u" Z* q$ q+ bConstruction 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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This is the second major project approved for a mature neighbourhood in Edmonton as many months.
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; C% o$ c/ Z: i- f3 z' Q7 {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.

# k, H) P1 H( W  ?1 jIt'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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