A Vancouver-based builder is holding a public open house today to share plans for what will be Vancouver Island’s tallest building.
Reliance Properties will share rezoning plans for 1520 Blanshard Street (at Pandora) at a public open house 5pm to 7pm Monday at 2100 Douglas Street.
The project includes a 5-storey podium (housing, commercial, retail, & live/work space), public plaza, and a 35-storey residential building which exceeds the city’s official site plan by 11 storeys.
This building would tower 10-floors above the current tallest building downtown, the 25 storey Hudson Place.
The proposed 321 homes would fill nearly 30% of the city's annual housing targets and exceed the city’s family housing requirements, with 20% of the homes 2-bedrooms and 11% 3-bedrooms.
The balance of the homes would be live/work, studio and one bedrooms.