The Goh Ballet has submitted a rezoning application to the City of Vancouver to expand its operations in Mount Pleasant by building a 25-storey tower that would include 315 dormitory-style apartments for students.
The design of the project incorporates the 1912 heritage building at East Eighth Avenue and Main Street that the Goh family purchased in 1984. The two-storey landmark building was originally used by the Royal Bank of Canada.
But Chan Hon Goh, general and artistic director of the Goh Ballet Academy and Youth Company Canada, said expansion is needed to accommodate more performance space, students and seismically upgrade the heritage building.
“We hope that with this redevelopment, we
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