NEW YORK: The one hundred and fifteenth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.
Preliminary architectural renderings of a controversial 12-storey tower on Commercial Drive have been released.
The renderings were released by the project’s co-developers: the non-profit Kettle Society and Vancouver’s Boffo Properties.
The tower is opposed by the No Tower at Venables and Commercial Coalition, which believes a large tower at that corner is out of character and out of place with the neighbourhood.
But the tower does have its supporters, because it’s a mixed-use project with a sizeable social housing component.
No proposal has been submitted to the city yet, but developer Daniel Boffo said the plan is for 150-200 market units and 30 social housing units run by the Kettle Friendship Society, which works with people with mental illness.
