Plans unveiled for record-breaking residential skyscraper in Victoria

A Vancouver developer has unveiled plans to build ­Vancouver Island’s tallest ­skyscraper.

Reliance Properties wants to redevelop a Victoria office ­building at 1520 Blanshard St. into a ­35-storey residential tower.

The tower as proposed would be 118 metres, or almost 390 feet tall.

If it comes to fruition, it would far surpass the Island’s current tallest building, ­Hudson Place, a few blocks north on Blanshard, which stands at 25 storeys and 85 metres.

The proposed project, called One ­Victoria Place, includes two ­five-storey podiums with ­housing, commercial, retail and live/work space around a public plaza, and a 35-storey residential building with 321 homes on the northern side of the

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