A report to the board notes a proposed site has been identified across the street from Aberdeen Mall. The area north of the mall backs onto Kenna Cartwright Park, has previously been utilized as overflow mall parking.
The report states the owner of Aberdeen Mall has agreed to ownership of the main floor of a strata development on that property.
“An ideal site for a South Kamloops library has been identified along the busy Hillside corridor directly across from the Aberdeen Mall as part of strata premises in a new, free standing building,” the report states. “A 25,000-square-foot library occupying the main floor would be constructed within a phased strata development, with residential units above and commercial units on the same site in an adjacent building.”