Gross site set for changes

Cheryl Misurka
Contributing Writer

NORTH
Vancouver City
council voted
unanimously
Monday in favour
of a new develop-
ment on the cor-
ner of West Ist
Street and
Chesterfield

Avenue.

The = development
will mix modern with
heritage design.

Gross House, a 1904 heritage house located at
83 Chesterfield Avenue will be moved off-site,
restored to its original condition and moved back
to its original site after a new office building, is
built around its foundation.

The house will then be used as a restaurant.

A new contemporary five-storey office build-
ing with an underground parking Jot will replace
a two-level parkade, which is currently beside the
heritage house.

With the first phase of construction to begin
in about six months, architect Fred Adab of F.
Adab Architects Inc. assured council and the
public that the project is consistent with the city’s
Official Community Plan.

The building entrance, at the corner of Ist
Street and Chesterfield Avene, will lead into the
main floor, entirely devoted to retail. The floors
above will be offices.

Don Luxton, the heritage consultant for the
project, has inspected the heritage house. Said
Luxton, “I am confident of our-.ability to restore
it to its original condition.”

He added there is a surprising amount of orig-
inal structural material in the house, including
the roof structure.

REWS photo Mike Weketield

ARCHITECT Fred Adab stands by Gross House on Chesterfield

While none of the interior is original, ic said im North Van City. New development (inset) is set for the site.

there is enough information and photo. in the

city’s archives to “restore the missing elements with a great

deal of integrity.”

* Even the paint will be matched to the original colour.
The plan also includes landscaping in front of and around

Gross House to heighten the development’s appeal.

Following no public discussion and only brief questions
from council concerning the development’s impact on the
surrounding neighbourhood and the integrity of the heritage
restoration, council unanimously approved the new develop-

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NVC mayor gets car cash

NEW North Vancouver
City Mayor Barbara Sharp
will receive a $503 per
month — car allowance
beginning immediately.
Council passed the bylaw
Monday ‘mght with only
: ‘councitlor Bob Fearnley vor-
ing against it. He said the

car allowance so why is one
required now? He added, the
$6,000 per year “is far too
rich.”

According to a report by
the city administrator, for-
ter mayor Jack Loucks was
offered but declined the
allowance several times since

declincd the allowance
because he frequently had
staff drive him to official
meetings. Said Sharp, “I'm
not being driven.”

Most cities and munici-
alitics in the Greater
ancouver area have compa-

rable bylaws.
— Cheryl Misurka

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