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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. Q' q, J+ P( o5 V: `& U% QBy 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.

; s6 I3 T- M  ^* L$ s0 w/ u7 tIt will replace a two-storey complex of low-cost apartments that have been in the south-Edmonton community for 60 years.

3 k& k0 @9 B$ M$ C7 L4 D4 E7 x; gStrathearn resident Allan Tchida has fought the high-rise project for three years.
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4 y6 r7 X. }0 q! M# \9 ^( K; kResidents have fought the project for more than three years, complaining the development will forever change the single-family community.

' q. }* u& |  D$ f7 e/ K"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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* q5 ^; G  g! C( t2 Y6 o0 S"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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2 D8 `* \1 F% d: pJohn 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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7 j- a( B+ x2 k: 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.
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New life to area: developer
$ |- l' `: Z: d0 i6 u" `( 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.
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. V9 w4 q9 i, {, [4 l+ }! ^! U- b"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.

2 T% N" T# M! o+ m; AEdmonton 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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5 m, ^5 J: X1 P3 }. 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.

) ^; c5 g+ r$ j# f/ C& ZConstruction is expected to start in the summer of 2009, with the full project taking about 10 years to complete, the developer said.

9 ^0 B1 Q0 @2 q. X% QThis is the second major project approved for a mature neighbourhood in Edmonton as many months.

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.
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$ @* ?2 r! s* L- H% XIt'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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