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This proposal, like other tower projects in the area, aligns with the municipal government’s revitalization plan of densifying much of its city centre with towers and a mix of uses. If approved, it will complete the fourth quarter of the existing development planned for the Bertram Block.
Site of the “2020” tower at 1464-1476 Bertram Street, Kelowna. (Google Maps)
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Artistic rendering of the “2020” tower at 1464-1476 Bertram Street, Kelowna. (New Town Architecture)
The rezoning application for “2020,” the name of this particular project, calls for a 461-ft-tall (140.2 metres) tower with 46 storeys under the city’s new rental-only category of the downtown C7 land use zone.
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Just two days after Kelowna city council approved three high-rise buildings on Leon Avenue, one of which would reach 42 storeys into the sky, the City has r