Proposed apartment complex meets resistance from some Westmount residents
CBC
A six-storey, multi-unit housing complex pitched for the Westmount neighbourhood is getting pushback from some residents of the centrally located Edmonton community.
A public hearing is planned for Jan. 25 into the RedLine Construction proposal to build the medium-rise, multi-unit housing on the corner of Stony Plain Road and 128th Street.
The development requires the lot to be rezoned from its current single detached residential designation to one allowing a medium-rise apartment.
Coun. Anne Stevenson, whose O-day'min ward includes the area, said she's had letters from more than 30 residents concerned about the building's potential impact on the neighbourhood.
"It's very valid to not want to see a neighborhood that you love change in a way that you weren't anticipating," Stevenson said Friday.
Residents are worried about increased traffic and the building's height, which they say will overshadow surrounding single-detached homes.
"Undeniably there's an impact to most adjacent neighbours, but looking at it throughout the year, it doesn't leave any areas in perpetual shadow," Stevenson said.
In a report released last week, city planners say they approve of the infill project, as it fits the city's vision for denser neighbourhoods built around transit.
The complex would be within five blocks of two future West Valley Line LRT stops, along with being to cycle facilities on 127th Street and frequent bus services on 107th Avenue and 124th Street, the report says.
The building fits in with the city's plan for 50 per cent of new units in mature neighbourhoods to be infill and density focused along key nodes and corridors.
Situate Inc., a consulting group, submitted the application on behalf of RedLine Construction last year.
Chelsey Jersak, founder and principal planner of Situate Inc., said the project is meant to provide housing that is affordable to average people compared to other kinds of infill such as skinny homes, which started skyrocketing in price a few years ago.
"It's really important for infill and our urban redevelopment to become more affordable so that more people have it as a housing option," Jersak said in an interview Friday.
The target market for the 50 to 55 units, including one and two-bedroom apartments, is young professionals, people looking to downsize, or people wanting to live close to downtown, Jersak said.
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