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four-storey'.: = building

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‘ook and Queens were.almost -
split ata recent public hear-

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that ‘showed 22% .of 315
-Delbrook “residents would:
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“Council refused to allow any
density: bonusing when it sent the
proposal to public hearing, but the

.22-unit building will remain the

same height as the 27-unit. struc-
ture illustrated at the hearing,
according to developer Jim Wyse.

Wyse pledged: an. “absolutely
first-class development” and told
the hesring that the units would

‘first be offered to Delbrook resi-

dents.
He: seid the average price ofa
1,250 sq. fi. unit would be in the

$280,000-$285,000 ° range, with
some 1,000 sq. ft. units “in the -
range of what we define as local
affordability.” ne

Sue Paish, who is one of the
closest neighbors to the. site, told
the hearing that seniors “add sig-
nificantly to the texture and fabric
of our'community.” .

“We have a moral-and ethical
responsibility to find somewhere to
live for seniors who pioneered the
neighborhood,” said Paish,

Sheila Gilmour, from the

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Delbrook residents nervous about density

Lionsview . Seniors
Society, agreed.

She told council that with the
new model of health delivery ser-
vices it was important to pay atten-
tion to the trend of seniors remain-
ing in their communities,

“We . want ‘neighborhoods to
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increasing problem demographi-
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But Tutt and others maintain
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