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.

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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# P7 D- B  W8 {" ^" K9 r) z1 RStrathearn resident Allan Tchida has fought the high-rise project for three years.
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. q/ }; P( b* n6 x8 NResidents have fought the project for more than three years, complaining the development will forever change the single-family community.

& M: a6 \8 r+ [  J. H$ g$ _, b"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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"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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6 L8 h+ {4 n( V/ K9 LJohn Logan, with the neighbouring Bonnie Doon Community League, was also dismayed by the city council vote.

The 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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7 b3 {' C7 n9 S; \$ T$ {; mNew life to area: developer
  ~: w4 ^8 U6 a5 ?  f9 n- f7 Z) a- ~The 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.

' X6 Z, V' \% C) ]" d- z5 ]"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.
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2 {8 n! B; S2 Q+ ^Edmonton 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.

& c0 o. s4 |; F' v4 ?% A"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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4 I' v9 B- z" MConstruction 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) g4 ^- B0 P) q# y# B( ?  }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.

- {! U/ N$ p9 f5 [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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