Morningstar Homes Acquires North Van School Site

The North Vancouver School District is making inroads with the disposition of its surplus lands.

At a public meeting on Nov. 26 the school board voted 5-2 in favour of selling long-shuttered Monteray elementary to Morningstar Homes for at least $6.38 million.

Morningstar, which specializes in building single-family homes, is now in the process of filing a development application with the District of North Vancouver for the decommissioned school property situated above Montroyal Boulevard.

Monteray school officially closed in June 2004. The building was then leased for several years, but has been vacant since the spring of 2011.

Board chair Franci Stratton said selling to Morningstar was the right decision for all concerned parties, including the Monteray school neighbourhood. “I think in terms of where it was located, this particular piece, the community was hoping it was something the board would approve,” said Stratton.

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