City council approves Plaza of Nations development despite opposition from former director of planning

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      For the first time ever, former Vancouver planning director Brent Toderian spoke before council as a citizen to oppose a major development.

      He maintained last night that the proposed terracing of buildings up to 30 storeys at the Plaza of Nations site was too bulky and too dense for the site.

      Toderian is not the only critic.

      Community activist and marketer Melody Ma has also tried to rouse the public about the building heights being proposed in Northeast False Creek.

      Former director of planning Brent Toderian is not impressed by the bulkiness of the proposed Plaza of Nations development.

      But last night council decided to unanimously approve planning director Gil Kelley's recommendation to grant approval in principle to the developer of the Plaza of Nations site, Canadian Metropolitan Properties.

      At the Plaza of Nations, the developer is required to create an ice rink, a 69-space childcare centre, a community centre, and a music-presentation centre in return for the density it has received.

      Canadian Metropolitan Properties has also undertaken to offer the housing units for the first 30 days to local buyers as part of any presale-marketing campaigns.

      These purchasers will have to sign a statutory declaration that they intend to live in the unit.

      This is an artist's depiction of the scale of the Plaza of Nations development, minus any mountains, as seen from Science World.
      City of Vancouver

      The staff presentation to city council about the Plaza of Nations is available here.

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