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: cautiously peers through the hedge to make sure the bear is safe to approach. The drama started when the bear, estimated to be 10 years old, was spotted in a tree. One shot of tran-
quillizers brought him off his perch, but it took another to finally put him to sleep. At that point, the bear was injected, tagged and driven to Harrison Lake.

TWO 28-STOREY TOWERS

Lonsdale highr

NORTH VANCOUVER City has received building permit

applications for a proposed $50 n

Nion development of two

28-storey residential towers with retail components in the
1600-block of Lonsdale Avenue.

The two building permit ap-
plications, submitted by MEM In-
vestments Lid. Sept. 8, call for the
construction of one lower on
33,800 square feet of property cur-
rently occupied by a Super Valu
store al 1632 Lonsdale Avenue and
a second tower on 33,600 square
feet of property fronting the west

By MICHAEL BEC
News Reporter

side of Lonsdale across the street
from the super market.

The proposed development in-
cludes approximately 30,000
square feet of retail space and 140

strata-title suites, and is a scaled-
down version of a project the local
developers would prefer to see
constructed in the central Lonsdale
area.

The larger project, dubbed the
Lions Gateway, includes two 30 or
31-storey residential towers flank-
ed by two terraced residential
clusters. The towers would be set
back a block. on either side of
Lonsdale and would anchor
140,000 square feet of retail space,
underground parking, fountains,

atrinms und a pedestrian overpass
across Lonsdale.

But to set the debate in motion
on city zoning concessions neces-
sary to support the larger project,
the developers have chosen to push
for a scaled-down twin tower pro-
ject which meets present zoning
requirements.

The central comimercial-zoned
properties, which aliow for a mix
of commercial and residential
usage, technically support the con-
struction of towers of unlimited

ses proposed

height.

To build the larger project, the
developers would need to acquire
additional property west of Lons-
dale, a zoning change to a piece of
property presently used as the
Super Valu parking lot and a 0.7
increase in maximum floor space
ratio (FSR) allowance, from 2.6
FSR to 3.3 FSR.

Said development proponent
Paul Murphy, **We’ve opened the

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