Another 100-per-cent rental building is being planned in Richmond.
An application to build a five-storey rental building with ground-level commercial units at the corner of Garden City and Francis roads was approved by city council’s planning committee — it will come to city council on Monday for a final first-reading vote.
The proposal is for 60 apartments, six of which will be rented at “moderate market rental rates” set by BC Housing.
Twenty-four units will be two-bedroom homes,10 will be studio apartments and 26 will be one-bedroom apartments.
Indoor and outdoor amenities are planned for the rooftop level.
At the committee meeting, city staff told councillors the developer is planning a small coffee shop on the ground floor.
Coun. Bill McNulty, however, said he’d prefer to see a grocery store or doctor’s office for the residents.
“We have to create neighbourhoods and they have to be around apartments that are five or six storeys — or maybe they can go 10 (storeys),” he told the committee.
The building on the property is currently occupied by a thrift store run by the Regional Animal Protection Society (RAPS) and by a private child-care centre.
The developer has engaged professional services to help them relocate, according to a city staff report.
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