Vancouver city council has deferred a decision on whether to allow a developer to build an 18-storey rental housing tower in a Mount Pleasant neighbourhood populated by a high concentration of heritage houses over concerns related to shadowing of a park.
The proposal from HAVN Developments Ltd. is to redevelop three properties currently occupied by three detached houses in the 100-block of West 11th Ave. and build 165 rental units.
The development would border Major Matthews Park, a tennis-court sized green space on Manitoba Street. The ground floor of the tower would contain a commercial unit. The development calls for three levels of underground parking.
A recent public hearing
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