Plans for the $100 million Walmart-anchored shopping centre in West Cambie have once again hit a roadblock after city council’s planning committee refused to approve the project.

With only two of the five councillors on committee in support — Evelina Halsey-Brandt and Linda Barnes were in favour — the proposal was shunted back to city staff at the end of an occasionally heated two-and-half-hour meeting Tuesday.

The primary reason for stalling this time was planning chair Coun. Bill McNulty’s demand to know just how many people are expected to flock to the 14-acre shopping centre between Alderbridge Way and Alexandra Road, near Garden City Road.

It’s a factor that McNulty, whose motion it was to send the proposal back to staff, believes is critical to be aware of before he can consider sending the proposal to a public hearing.

“I’m in no rush to push this forward,” said McNulty of the now 10-year-old plans.

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The controversial redevelopment of the Lynn Valley Centre is back with a fresh face, ready for a new round of public vetting.

Under Bosa Development Corporation’s new plan, presented at an informal meeting at the mall on Thursday night, the developer is looking to build 379 new condo units in seven buildings, including two 12-storey towers with ground level commercial storefronts, an eight-storey tower and a series of four-to six-storey lowrises.

Bosa’s previous proposal envisioned 14-and 22-storey residential towers along with two six-storey buildings, bringing 439 units of housing.

“I heard loud and clear what people wanted was a mountain village and a mountain village is what I’m trying to deliver,” said Mark Sager, Bosa’s point man for the project and former West Vancouver mayor. “It is not finished. This is not a formal public information meeting. This is not part of the formal process at all. It is simply: ‘Here’s where I’m at. Here are my thoughts. What do you think so far?'” Many aspects of the plan are preliminary and liable to change at council’s discretion, Sager said. But with the Bosa towers being shorter than the nearby Kiwanis Lynn Manor and the proposal coming well under the density allowed in the official community plan, he feels they are on the right track.

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