East Vancouver Safeway redevelopment approved despite affordability concerns

East Vancouver Safeway redevelopment approved despite affordability concerns

A plan to build more than 1,000 units of rental housing on the site of an East Vancouver Safeway got the greenlight from city council Wednesday – despite concerns that none of the units will be affordable.

Why Vancouver City Council Approved The Commercial-Broadway Safeway Project

After countless revisions, endless opposition, and an extended public hearing, Vancouver City Council finally granted rezoning approval for the three-tower redevelopment of the Safeway adjacent to Commercial-Broadway Station on Tuesday, a project that has been in the works in some form for about a full decade.Set for 1780 E Broadway on a site currently occupied by a Safeway and its surface parking lot, the project — by Westbank and Nova Scotia-b…