TELUS pitches substantial downtown Nanaimo development
NANAIMO — Five hundred people are expected to live in a pair of market priced rental buildings planned for Fitzwilliam St., behind TELUS’ central office building.
The City of Nanaimo’s director of development approvals Jeremy Holm said a development permit now under review falls under current zoning guidelines.
Holm called the proposal a “game-changing” initiative to rejuvenate a long-vacant, strategically located lot.
“197 units in the Old City Quarter, that’s quite a significant scale,” Holm said. “It’s going to provide quite a good addition to the rental housing pool and introduce a lot of people to living in that area.”