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Vancouver Council Votes 10-1 to Reject Villages Plan After ‘Tsunami’ of Opposition
Council rejected the Villages Plan in a 10-1 vote and backed Holborn’s supertall project, as officials said public opposition was overwhelming.
- On Tuesday, Vancouver City Council voted 10-1 to reject the 'Villages Plan,' a controversial land-use proposal that would have rezoned 17 neighbourhoods for increased density, following a marathon public hearing with more than 340 registered speakers.
- Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC Vancouver majority opposed the plan after residents raised significant concerns about infrastructure capacity, neighbourhood character, and the scale of proposed changes, along with fears of land speculation and tree canopy loss.
- Separately, council approved a massive redevelopment project on Monday from Holborn and Henriquez Partners Architects, which includes a 79-storey supertall building at 315 metres—Western Canada's tallest—with 237 units of social housing included.
- Critics, including TEAM mayoral candidate Colleen Hardwick, questioned rewarding a developer with a 'checkered history' at Little Mountain, while Holborn CEO Joo Kim Tiah defended the project as 'part of our city's identity and legacy.'
- While rejecting the broader Villages Plan, council passed an amendment Tuesday allowing single-egress staircase apartments in R3 zones, a regulatory change aiming to unlock small lots for multifamily housing despite the political impasse.
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Vancouver council votes 10-1 to reject villages plan after ‘tsunami’ of opposition
Vancouver city council rejected a major land-use plan Tuesday that would have rezoned 17 neighbourhoods to allow ground-oriented multiplexes, townhouses, low-rise apartments and mixed-used buildings with space for shops and services on the ground floor. The 10-1 vote came after what ABC Coun. Sarah ...
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Vancouver City Council postpones approving construction contract for public works operations center over escalating costs
Concerns about escalating costs led the Vancouver City Council on Monday to postpone approval of a construction contract for the city’s public works operations center.
·Vancouver, United States
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