2023年6月15日

温哥华市议会推迟10美元社区基金本地开发的克莱尔·威尔逊| 6月15日下午1:00 2023年,延期付款在6月13日温哥华市议会批准。|丹Toulgoet温哥华市议会已经批准了开发者国歌属性Group Ltd .的请求推迟支付1040万美元(机电)在社区美化市容的贡献。是通过建立现场机电设施由开发人员或通过现金贡献现有或未来的公共服务被认为社区受益。6月13日决定遵循报告提交市议会,引用了“从最近的加息,市场不确定性伴随着前所未有的努力成本的增加,“作为国歌的原因是无法支付1040万美元。国歌属性首席执行官埃里克·卡尔森说,只是故事的一面,有多种原因,公司选择了推迟。而利率和通胀环境开发建设公司造成困难,卡尔森指向CAC谈判和住房审批流程作为延期的原因。国歌计划开发一个16369平方英尺,33层住宅建筑,包括127市场地层单位比德韦尔街和西乔治亚街的街角。“我不能构建一个127 -单元公寓用更少的时间比上次战斗并赢得第二次世界大战,”卡森说。他称这一决定是“双赢”对他的公司和温哥华的城市,叫它的一个例子与开发人员可以采取的新方向。“这个故事更大的是,很多项目在地铁温哥华,尤其是城市温哥华,很纠缠在过去的市议会的政权。 Through indecisiveness, uncontrolled bureaucracy and an overly zealous approval process, it would take years and years to get an approval,” Carlson said. “It’s shifting from regulating housing, to building housing, to the solution of the housing crisis, which is housing supply. Everyone is starting to drink that Kool-Aid finally.” The development made headlines when it was first bought, as it was the site of the last Chevron gas station downtown and the second-to-last gas station in the city’s core. BIV previously reported that the transaction was valued at $72 million and contributed to the decreasing number of gas stations in the city. Anthem originally agreed to pay $26.1 million to the city that has been earmarked for the West End Public Benefits Strategy. This includes the creation of affordable housing, new childcare facilities, public art, and the renewal of public facilities, according to the City of Vancouver. Prior to the enactment of the zoning bylaw on April 26, 2022, 60 per cent of CACs were paid by Anthem. This equals $15.6 million, according to the report. However, Anthem is asking that the remaining 40 per cent be paid when the second building permit for the rezoned lands is issued or the date that is 24 months following the enactment of the April 26 rezoning bylaw – whichever is first. If the developer went ahead with the original plan, it would commence construction between January 2024 and April 2024 depending on progress as this is when construction financing would kick in, according to Anthem. With the recently approved deferral scenario, Anthem would not have to wait for the construction financing and would be able to commence construction on June 25, 2023. This will allow more housing to be built in a timely manner, a payment of $5,740,00 in various municipal fees given to the city six to 10 months sooner and deferral interest worth $700,000 given to the city that it would not have otherwise gotten. “Staff have carefully considered this request and are of the opinion that accepting the modification would support the timely delivery of housing while ensuring satisfactory payment of the CAC outstanding balance,” said city staff in the report presented to council. Carlson believes that there will be more discussion between the city and developers about how to navigate the housing approval process in a way that benefits both parties and gets housing online sooner. “Let's work together on a win-win basis by listening to each other and figuring it out. I think you'd see, hopefully, a continuation of that. It's really positive – everyone’s going to feel way better when they do that and the ultimate thing is every one of those stakeholder groups will be better off, including the people who don't have houses right now,” he said. View comments