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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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.
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) r/ ]' }; K! w: a9 c1 b9 vIt 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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, k( M1 R9 R! V' ]$ A$ IStrathearn resident Allan Tchida has fought the high-rise project for three years.
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Residents have fought the project for more than three years, complaining the development will forever change the single-family community.
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"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 Q% p, Q  {5 P& _) @' m+ o! o$ O"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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* ^& @1 Y& d  n/ b5 B! t3 DJohn Logan, with the neighbouring Bonnie Doon Community League, was also dismayed by the city council vote.

0 w! Z. a; L2 n+ lThe developer's vision of the Strathearn project.
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" @+ F2 N. s# D$ J$ l"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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1 G; P: u0 V$ R5 K0 w/ ~New life to area: developer
* z) V4 f4 X/ JThe 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.
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. X" x5 ?/ R! q. [, q! l9 C4 MEdmonton 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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Construction 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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. m4 s6 `  C* ^4 F. Q1 gThis is the second major project approved for a mature neighbourhood in Edmonton as many months.

2 I! k# @5 C# B' UIn 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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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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