Proposed North Delta Highrise Slammed

North Delta doesn’t want to be Burnaby.

That’s what Delta council heard Tuesday night as residents packed into a public hearing at Kennedy Seniors Recreation Centre to speak their piece about a 37-storey apartment tower proposed to be built near Scott Road.

Blexo Developments Ltd. wants to build the highrise at 11941 80th Ave., where a nursery and coffee shop used to be before they were demolished in 2004.

Council could be voting on it as early as next Monday. If approved, the building would be by far the tallest in North Delta. Runners-up would be the three 14-storey buildings now standing, one at 88th Avenue and 119th Street and the other two across the street from where this new building would be built, just south of the Delta Shoppers Mall off Scott Road.