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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$ F& M* H- i+ N1 O! H: L' qIt will replace a two-storey complex of low-cost apartments that have been in the south-Edmonton community for 60 years.

7 m4 @# s% h9 `1 Z% CStrathearn 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.

: ^, m4 t/ s+ w3 i9 ?"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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"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.

+ T; u) e3 U! u* v  sJohn Logan, with the neighbouring Bonnie Doon Community League, was also dismayed by the city council vote.
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( E7 z' A! {" V$ [! d. c! nThe developer's vision of the Strathearn project.
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5 N+ O! ]! I8 C/ I: e9 Z"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.

New life to area: developer
* R1 l' R  r% ]4 ~/ ~2 S- B! xThe 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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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.
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- P7 a: W9 w# @& r* M* W"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.

1 [, }9 l8 w! VThis 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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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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