It’s the first real test for the City of Delta’s expectation for community contributions for new high-rise buildings under the new Official Community Plan (OCP).
A rezoning and development application was recently submitted for a 32-storey mixed-use building with 336 market strata units, 59 rental units and commercial space on the bottom at 9321 120th Street and 11958 93A Avenue.
Called Walker House, the project also includes common outdoor amenity space, 391 parking spaces in an underground parkade and vehicle access from 119B Street.
The development is consistent with the Scott Road Corridor (SRC) land use designation in the OCP, however, under that designation, six-to-32 storeys “are permitted where a significant community contribution is provided.”
According to the city, rental and non-market housing contributions are expected for projects that are 18 storeys or higher.
As a community contribution, the owner is proposing to provide 59 rental units within a four-storey podium, which would comprise 15 studio units, 22 one-bedroom units and 22 two-bedroom units. Only 10 percent of the units would be offered at 10 percent below “market rates” secured for 20 years.
The city is currently gathering public feedback on the project.
In 2022, the site sold for full asking price at $16 million as a potential redevelopment for a high-rise tower.
That same year, final approval for an adjacent rezoning and lot consolidation for a proposed 29-storey high-rise was granted by council.
That mixed-use development in the 9300-block of 120th Street and 11000 block of 93A Avenue will have a combined 314 residential units.
The project will comprise a residential tower with ground floor commercial space, a daycare which would be owned by the city, as well as a six-storey rental building with some of the units to charge below market rental rates.
