The Keefer St. project was previously rejected by the city in 2017 amid community concern about the tall building’s architectural disconnect with historic Chinatown and the lack of social housing
After nearly a decade of controversy, after countless hours of contentious city hearings and a lawsuit, the three people on the city’s once obscure development-permit board have given theThe Keefer St.
The city is requiring that the project, which will see 111 condos built on what has been a vacant parking lot, be adjusted to provide a welcoming space for the Chinatown Memorial Plaza at one corner where there is a monument to Chinese-Canadian railway workers and war veterans. Some long-time businesses have closed since the 2017 Keefer vote, and several Chinatown leaders complained bitterly in the months leading up to last year’s civic election that crime had increased significantly in the area after the pandemic, with little response from the city.
But as the first three towers went up along Main Street, some people in the community got alarmed at what felt like very large buildings that provided few benefits and were out of sync architecturally.
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