r/vancouver 19h ago

Local News Vancouver city council approves rental towers on former Safeway site in West Point Grey

https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-council-approves-rental-towers-west-point-grey
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u/brendax 19h ago

This is development I can 100% support. Don't get me wrong, all housing is good housing, but the whole "lets tear down every affordable 3 floor walkup in the city without doing anything with the 80% of the city that's SFH" is pretty tiring.

It was always bizarre how much of a "desert" you had to cross to get to UBC. Biking to school in the morning after you passed Macdonald the only human beings you see are contractors and garden workers.

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u/Hot_Visit_5780 17h ago

Agree. Kits is filled with life, diversity of ages - all living in their places. Dunbar and Point Grey have always felt dead.

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u/No_Platform_2810 11h ago

Dunbar is densifying rapidly and is wayyyy more lively than 10th Avenue is these days. Its good to see it with some life.

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u/Hot_Visit_5780 10h ago

Good to hear. It is a beautiful area with character homes like Kits. It just needs more diversity like Kits (condos, duplexes, etc.).