The city’s development permit board will vote on whether a controversial condo proposal will proceed on June 12
Chinatown that is now nearing an approval vote may not have spent the past six years mired in planning difficulties if the developer had offered a design that better reflected the building’s historic community and surroundings.the project would provide much-needed housing on a site that has been an empty parking lot for decades.
“In the process of designing something, it’s so important to include the community, not just for now, but for the future,” said Sandy James, who worked as a planner with the City of Vancouver for three decades. She said the current design of the building doesn’t offer any reference to Chinatown. Nearly 50 speakers shared their opinions in front of the board on Monday. The majority opposed the project.
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