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WEDNESDAY
MAY 28 2014 www.burnabynewsleader.com
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City targets ‘malicious rumours’ Seeks info identifying sender of email Wanda Chow
wchow@burnabynewsleader.com
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The old Safeway distribution centre in Burnaby is proposed for redevelopment into Southgate, a mix of low, mid and highrise residential buildings around a five-acre park.
Southgate plan envisions up to 20 towers Public open house planned for 48-acre site of former Safeway distribution centre Wanda Chow
wchow@burnabynewsleader.com
Upwards of 20 towers are being proposed in the concept plan for the new Southgate neighbourhood in South Burnaby. The towers would range in height from 19 to 46 storeys, according to an illustration in the city planning report on the concept plan. The 48-acre site is located on
the former Safeway distribution centre and dairy plant property between 15th and 18th streets and 11th and 14th avenues. It closed as a distribution centre for Canada Safeway when the operation was moved to Langley in 2011. The site was purchased by developer Ledingham McAllister in December 2011. A preliminary concept and vision by James KM Cheng Architecture Inc. was presented at a public open house last year. The new concept plan, by architects IBI Group and PWL Partnership, incorporates
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the input received back then. It is expected to be brought to another open house sometime in June. The concept proposes the site be transformed into five complete neighbourhoods dubbed the Gateway, Ernie Winch Park, Crescent, Courtyard and Island neighbourhood areas. At the heart will be a five-acre park with a 20,000-square-foot community building, all connected by an integrated system of parks and open spaces. About 40 per cent of the site will be public open space, the report said.
The concept plan proposes a total of 5.88 million square feet of market residential gross floor area and 588,365 square feet of affordable/non-market housing gross floor area. There would also be up to 200,000 square feet of commercial space along 16th Street and Southgate Crescent to serve the neighbourhoods. Lower density buildings are proposed along the edges of the neighbourhoods, with higher densities more central. Please see PROJECT, A3
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The City of Burnaby is trying to find the source of “malicious rumours” circulating at city hall. And it’s going through the courts to enlist a multi-national corporation to help them do it. The city filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court earlier this month calling on Microsoft Canada to disclose any information that could identify the person behind an email address. According to the petition, the city learned Nov. 28, 2013 that an anonymous email was sent from the address to the husband of a city employee. The author claimed to also be employed by city hall. The content of the email was determined to be false, the petition said. But it caused “significant concern” because the author’s knowledge of the workplace suggests they are either an employee of the city or closely associated with someone who is. It also “offends the City’s bullying and harassment policies as it contains malicious rumours” about the employee whose husband was contacted. Please see CITY, A3