Port Coquitlam residents on a downtown road will soon see two new apartment buildings rise in their neighbourhood.
This month, the city’s committee of council granted development permits to Urbancity Architecture for a four-storey apartment block at 2356 Welcher Ave. and to the Atti Group for a five-storey complex at 2232-2244 Welcher Ave.
Urbancity proposes a 40-unit building sited mid-block between Rowland and Shaughnessy streets, on land currently zoned Residential-Apartment (RA1). Nine existing trees will be chopped while 23 will be planted, according to a city report.
Urbancity will pay a $11,125 density bonus that will be split between the city’s community amenities reserve and its special needs housing reserve.
Meanwhile, the committee also OK’d the Atti Group’s bid for a 26-unit building at the corner of Welcher Avenue and the newly constructed portion of the Donald Street pathway.
The development will result in the loss of three trees with nine new trees being planted.
As well, offsite upgrades — i.e., reconstruction of rear lane, paving and installation of new curb and gutter on the Welcher frontage, street trees and sidewalks along Welcher — will be required as the property is on a corner lot and beside the pathway.
As with Urbancity, the Atti Group will pay for a density bonus amounting to $18,632 for the two reserves; however, Atti will also offer $60,000 for payment-in-lieu of parking, for the city’s parking reserve, to make up the loss of four resident parking stalls as required under the bylaw.
The committee also asked both developers to consider installing a community garden and car wash bays for future residents.
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