Quilchena Park-area residents feel betrayed by developer

A magnificent view of English Bay and the North Shore mountains from Quilchena Park near Arbutus Street and 33rd Avenue is going to be lost if a developer is granted rezoning for taller rental buildings at the nearby Arbutus Shopping Centre site.
That’s the fear of a local city group that says the developer after agreeing to keep the buildings under a certain height when the four-building development was approved in 2011 is now proposing to add extra height to two of the buildings.
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