A few older apartment buildings from the 1950s and 1960s could be replaced with a shiny new redevelopment in the Metrotown area.

The proposed 38-storey apartment tower with street fronting townhouses on Nelson Avenue and Dunblane Avenue and underground parking will go to a public hearing on Jan. 28, 2014.

The site includes 6616, 6642 and 6668 Nelson Ave. and 6635 Dunblane Ave., which currently have a single-family dwelling and older apartment buildings ranging from two to three storeys. The site is also in the heart of other new developments, including the 35-storey apartment building being constructed north of the proposed project.

“The development form has a strong street orientation on the site’s public frontages as well as a strong contextual relationship to the surrounding existing high and lowrise apartment developments,” states Lou Pelletier, director of planning and building, in his report.

A total of 304 units are proposed, ranging from 470 square feet to 1,686 sq. ft.

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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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