With retail and industrial construction getting underway in the Dominion Triangle, some residential development is also taking place on properties surrounding what is expected to become a central hub in Port Coquitlam.
A 114-unit townhouse development, still in the planning stages, is the latest project slated for the area, which is rapidly changing with the opening of several prominent retailers in the area.
Laura Lee Richard, the city's director of development services, said the new residences will be integrated with townhouses already built in the area. "This is all part of the official community plan," she said. "These developments are close to shops and services."
She said planning staff have been seeing a trend toward ground-oriented developments as people want homes where their doors open on to the street and they have their own garages.
As a result, the townhouses in this development will be about 12-feet wide, and higher than a typical townhouse unit.
"There seems to be a real appetite for that kind of development," she said. "With these townhouses, you have your own unit, your own front door and your own place to park your car."
Each unit will be between 955 and 1,600 square feet, with a range of one to three bedrooms, according to a staff report.
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Now that Walmart has opened its doors in the Dominion Triangle, it likely won't be long before work begins on several smaller retail outlets located next to the new mega store.
Onni Group has applied to the city to make some minor changes to the design of the medium-box outlet stores, which could signal that construction is about to begin, making way for more retailers in the area.
"They are coming along," Richard said. "Dominion Triangle is a big construction zone."
Walmart, which officially opened its doors Monday, is seen as the anchor store for the property and smaller retail outlets have always been planned for neighbouring buildings.
