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Neighbours fight plan for rental development Proposed six-storey non-market building would be ‘like a skyscraper,’ homeowners tell council Lauren Vanderdeen
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A proposed non-market rental building in Edmonds Town Centre is drawing opposition from homeowners in the neighbourhood. The six-storey development with a childcare facility proposed on public land at 7388 Southwynde Ave. would provide affordable housing in a city that has the third-worst rents in the country and has been continually losing purpose-built rental housing. But some neighbours in the area criticized the project. At a public hearing on June 27, city council heard neighbours’ complaints, including conContinued on page 3
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