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Have we seen this one yet? Called Nari, in Marda Loop (34 Ave and 14A Street SW). 44 units, and a bit of retail, replacing two small walkup apartments, if I got the location right.

https://www.ournari.ca/

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Solid incremental change. Would replace these:

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This does have me asking how I feel about displacing a cheap housing option? That hasn't really happened in Marda Loop, it has been mostly older Ranch-style homes or even older homes being displaced. On the other hand This is just how City Building goes. And 44 homes is a density increase, so it is more than a sideways move.
 
Reminds me a little of the one going on the corner of Southland and Elbow. I prefer that one to this however. The massing looks awkward somehow. Even if they broke it up with a horizontal band of a different colour or something near the top floor it would help.
 
Nice scale, and would fit into the neighborhood really well. Too bad it's replacing a couple of older stock apartment buildings, but it is what it is. Appears to be roughly 24 units replaced with 48 units. A bit of a density win.
 
Surrealplaces said:
Nice scale, and would fit into the neighborhood really well. Too bad it's replacing a couple of older stock apartment buildings, but it is what it is. Appears to be roughly 24 units replaced with 48 units. A bit of a density win.
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But probably not a win from an affordability perspective, unfortunately
 
This is the type of development that makes existing residents frustrated. 44 units and 12 parking stalls, the rationale for a parking reduction seems to be "this is near a primary transit route". Is that route 22 that comes every 30 min?

Even if you took off the 25% stalls required within the 200-meter distance to transit supportive routes, it would still require 20 parking stalls at a minimum. As someone who takes transit and bikes to work, I still believe that many of the residents will have a car and will need to park somewhere, which should be within their own building. This will consume street parking, which in theory could be used by a non-resident going to a business or visiting a resident.

This isnt affordable housing, requiring the developer to reduce costs to this level.

Edit: The parking rate is 0.18 stalls per unit, based on providing bike parking. Snip from their parking study comparing parking across developments.

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