Abstract Developments News Today

Swan Lake-area residents told Saanich council they oppose a seven-storey, 104-unit condo building at the corner of McKenzie Avenue and Rainbow Street

Saanich has given final approval for a nine-unit townhouse project on two lots currently home to single-family homes off Shelbourne Street.

Housing expert says cities need to speed up approval process

Housing expert says cities need to speed up approval process

Saanich council has approved an application for a nine-unit townhouse project on two lots currently home to single-family homes off Shelbourne.

Saanich council agreed to remove from the heritage registry a 1911 house at 3579 Quadra St. so it can be demolished for townhouses.

Saanich council voted 5-4 to approve Abstract Developments’ 25-unit townhouse project at the northeast corner of Rainbow Street and Sevenoaks Road.

The public will get a chance to weigh in on a large condominium project proposed for three single-family lots in the 3400-block of Shelbourne Street.

Saanich is reconvening a public hearing to consider rezoning three residential lots in the Swan Lake neighbourhood for a townhouse development.

“This will feel very much like the Atrium [at the corner of Blanshard and Yates streets]. We’re using the same architect and the same landscaper,” said Miller, who has been planning the Cook Street project for three years. D’Ambrosio Architecture and Urbanism has been brought in to design the site that is bordered by Meares Street to the south, Cook to the west and Fort to the north. Murdoch de Greeff is the landscape architect. Miller, who bought the 1909 building in 2010, said a pr...