District of North Vancouver council adopted a plan for future development in Lynn Valley Town Centre Monday night that allows for building heights of between eight and 12 storeys to be considered in key locations.

Council unanimously passed the plan that calls for most building heights to be limited to five storeys, but allows up to eight storeys on several “strategic” parcels, including land on the north side of East 27^th Street between Lynn Valley Road and Mountain Highway and two blocks that abut the corner of Kirkstone Park.

Council will also consider buildings up to 12 storeys on a “case by case” basis. The decision Monday night came after a long and emotional process, which has seen residents split on what kind of density and height they’d like to see in the centre of Lynn Valley.

Prior to the vote Monday, a number of residents spoke both for and against the plan for increased density.

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What will Delta Rise, the municipality’s tallest tower, look like?

Politicians and journalists were given a sneak peek Wednesday at an architect’s model of the building, as well as a tour of two styles of suites the 37-storey building will contain.

The Blexo Developments Ltd. project won Delta council’s approval earlier this year and construction is expected to begin next June and be completed in 2016.

The apartment building project, just south of the Delta Shoppers Mall off Scott Road, will be located at 11941 80th Avenue and will be the community’s tallest building by far. Three 14-storey buildings currently share that distinction in North Delta. One is at 88th Avenue and 119th Street and the other are two across the street from where this new apartment building containing 317 suites will be built.

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