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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& i3 t& E5 P! D, oBy 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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Strathearn resident Allan Tchida has fought the high-rise project for three years.
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. ^9 r- D5 L  ]5 K; A8 XResidents have fought the project for more than three years, complaining the development will forever change the single-family community.

9 S  F4 W% e/ w; N6 z"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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0 G8 u" l- W. P& p0 E"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.

0 ~0 R; A! |' b9 ?% e4 JJohn Logan, with the neighbouring Bonnie Doon Community League, was also dismayed by the city council vote.
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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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New life to area: developer
& ^, {5 K6 s6 O6 U3 z4 UThe 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.

8 K6 v3 M+ h# p- I"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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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.

$ C- U; W, ~) i1 ]"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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This is the second major project approved for a mature neighbourhood in Edmonton as many months.

' A* T. k& m" Q" M/ v; y1 lIn 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) T& ^6 H" N2 q2 a0 wIt'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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