Out with the old
The old Diamond Head Professional Building downtown will soon be home to a six-storey, mixed-use housing development.
Council authorized the project’s development permit at its meeting on Tuesday night.
The variances were for loading bay clearance height and a reduction in off-street parking spaces.
The “Vantage” development at 1365 Pemberton Ave. will include 73 residential units on the top five floors and an option for one or two commercial units on the ground floor with a combined area of 393 square metres. A second storey open space courtyard is also planned.
Also included in the development, which is by proponent Edward Archibald of Accorde Properties, is a two-storey parking garage with one level partially underground.
The former Diamond Head Medical Clinic moved out of the building in 2012 and the complex’s last tenants left in 2014.
Forestry centre lease
It is meant to be an homage to the industry that built Squamish.
The $2.5 million Sea to Sky Forest Centre, which has been in the works for about a decade, came a step closer to becoming a reality on Tuesday night.
At its meeting, council OK’d the District entering into a lease agreement with the Sea to Sky Forest Centre Society to locate the proposed Forestry Centre in the parking lot across from the Squamish Adventure Centre. The 30-year lease is for rent of $1 per year for the facility, which is anticipated to be open in the summer of 2020.
The aim of the 13,000-square-foot forestry centre would be to offer “public education and exposure to the wide range of forestry products, capabilities and talents present in the Sea to Sky region,” according to the society’s business plan.
New farm
A new farm is coming to Government Road.
Council authorized the development permit with variances for a new farm building at 41020 Government Road.
The variance was for the height to increase from 4.6 m to 15 m to allow for the construction of a new farm building and future agricultural buildings.
The property, owned by Greg McDougall, is in the Agricultural Land Reserve.
Our concept is to develop a farm to table type concept,” said McDougall. “We think we have a really unique opportunity given that property is situated so close to the downtown area and that it can be a really valuable component for developing agriculture in the valley.”
Money for camping/art
Tents may be pitched sooner rather than later at the Mamquam River Access Society campground after council voted to devote $10,000 of its contingency fund for the project. The not-for-profit campground on eight acres of Crown land beside the Mamquam River aims to be a low cost campground that is slated to open this summer, according to John Harvey, of the society who spearheaded the project for four years.
The Squamish Community Foundation, which has partnered with Community Foundations of Canada (CFC), is able to match council’s donation in the amount of $10,000 to support both the Mamquam River Access Society and the Squamish Arts Council, according to Mayor Patricia Heintzman. Matching the council’s $10,000, a total of $20,000 resulted that will be divided approximately into $12,000 for the campground and $8,000 for the Squamish Arts Council’s Squamish Art Walk, planned for September.
More Housing
Here we grow again. A new housing and commercial development is destined for 37830 Third Ave. downtown. Known as “Lizzy Bay,” the development by Graham Farstad under Arlington Group Planning & Architecture, consists of a three-storey artisan live-work development with 29 residential units and 730 square meters of commercial space.
Council granted the proposal a development permit with variances at its meeting June 6.
More storage coming
A new personal storage facility, Squamish Self Storage, which will include office space, is on its way to 39480 Queens Way in the Sea to Sky Business Park.
The project got the nod from council for its development permit with variances at council June 6.
The variances included off-street parking requirements. Instead of 147 spaces for the storage area of the complex, 17 spaces will be included.
Two mixed-use buildings will be built in two phases and will primarily be comprised of self-storage units, but will also incorporate 15,690 square feet of first and second-storey office space.
A rain garden is included in the plan.
The application pre-dates the Long Bus amendments to the zoning bylaw that passed last month and limits the self-storage facilities to existing locations, according to District staff.
Mail delivery changes
Mail delivery is changing in Valleycliffe.
Currently, mail is delivered to boxes at the plaza, but due to vandalism and security issues, Canada Post has decided to change to community mailbox delivery, a letter to the District submitted to council on June 6 revealed.
Twenty-five community mailboxes will be installed throughout Valleycliffe on municipal land and five boxes will be installed on private property.
Due to the change, some Canada Post customers will be required to change their address and postal code to match their home address, according to the letter.
For example, a box number will change to the actual home address and postal code. Impacted residents will start to receive letters about the change this month. Affected customers will receive one year of free mail forwarding and will be given postage-paid change of address cards.
Housing downtown
Here we grow again. A new housing and commercial development is destined for 37830 Third Ave. downtown. Known as Lizzy Bay, the development by Graham Farstad under Arlington Group Planning + Architecture, consists of a three-storey artisan live-work development with 29 residential units and 730 square meters of commercial space.
Council granted the proposal a development permit with variances at its meeting Tuesday night.
More storage coming
A new self-storage facility, Squamish Self Storage, which will include office space, is on its way to 39480 Queens Way in the Sea to Sky Business Park.
The project got the nod from council for its development permit with variances at council Tuesday night.
The variances included off-street parking requirements. Instead of 147 spaces for the storage area of the complex, 17 spaces will be included.
Two mixed-use buildings will be built in two phases and will primarily be comprised of self-storage units, but incorporate 15,690 square feet of first and second-storey office space.
A rain garden is included in the plan.
The application predates the Long Bus amendments to the zoning bylaw that passed last month and limits the self-storage facilities to existing locations, according to District staff.
Mail delivery changes
Mail delivery is changing in Valleycliffe.
Currently, mail is delivered to boxes at the plaza, but due to vandalism and security issues, Canada Post has decided to change to community mailbox delivery, a letter to the District submitted to council at Tuesday night’s meeting revealed.
Twenty-five community mailboxes will be installed throughout Valleycliffe on municipal land and five boxes will be installed on private property. Due to the change, some Canada Post customers will be required to change their address and postal code to match their home address, according to the letter. For example, a box number will change to the actual home address and postal code. Impacted residents will start to receive letters about the change this month. Affected customers will receive one year of free mail forwarding and will be given postage paid change of address cards.
