The City of Richmond may invoke a penalty clause in a developer's contract after it was revealed the new City Centre Community Centre (CCCC) is at least seven months behind schedule.
The keys for the $6.8 million downtown centre - at the heart of the new Quintet development between No. 3 Road and Minoru Boulevard at Firbridge Way - were due to be handed to the city Dec. 31 this year.
However, it seems the project will now not be ready until at least the end of July next year.
At Monday's city council general purposes committee meeting, Coun. Evelina Halsey-Brandt expressed concern at the length of time the centre was taking to be completed and asked if the city was looking into any penalty clause for late delivery.
"That is something that's on the table . we're working with our law department on that," said the city's general manager of engineering and public works, Robert Gonzalez.
Halsey-Brandt said it would be "good to get something back for the community from this delay."
City spokesman Ted Townsend said the delay was due to unforeseen circumstances and that the city has a variety of other options to consider in terms of any penalty and are in "discussions on how to best address the delay."
Townsend said he couldn't go into detail about those discussions until they're over.
The 33,000 sq. ft. centre will occupy the first two floors of a four-storey building with Trinity Western University (TWU) occupying the third and fourth floors.
