The City of Langford, long the engine of the region’s housing boom, is putting its money where its mouth is in the hope of helping more young families achieve the goal of home ownership. Langford. . .
This includes 754 rental units that are approved or under construction within seven projects, typically with a mix of housing tenures, such as in developments that are predominantly condominiums.
The largest of these projects underway include 208 market rental units within Concert Properties’ Burquitlam Park redevelopment at 551 Emerson Street, near SkyTrain’s Burquitlam Station. This infusion of rental housing is part of a package of public benefits that include a new YMCA recreational facility, transit park-and-ride facility, and improved parks.
2019 artistic rendering of Burquitlam YMCA. (Stantec Architecture/City of Coquitlam/YMCA of Greater Vancouver)
Just east of SkyTrain’s Lougheed Town Centre Station, Cressey Development’s Hensley project at 430 Westview Street will create 201 market rental units and 100 non-market rental units.