Plan for highrise tower at Capri mall in Kelowna is back and looking for approval
A new development permit application has been submitted to the City of Kelowna for a highrise tower in the Capri Centre mall parking lot.
It proposes a 23-storey tower with 269 housing units on the corner of Sutherland Avenue and Capri Street, behind the Peter’s Your Independent Grocer store in the mall.
It's the same location that was the subject of a 2018 application for a 22-storey tower with 221 units.
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That application followed on the 2014 approval of a comprehensive development zone for the entire mall – bounded by Highway 97, Gordon Drive, Sutherland Avenue and Capri Street.
It called for a total of 15 new buildings ranging up to 26 storeys to accommodate up to 2,200 homes, a park and skating rink.
The current application was made by GSL Holdings which bought the mall in 1989 and also manages Prospera Place in downtown Kelowna.
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It envisions a range of housing styles including six townhouses, 95 one-bedroom apartments, 63 two-bedroom apartments, 64 one-bedroom with den apartments and 38 two-bedroom with den units.
Only three studio apartments are proposed at a time when many developments are focusing on smaller units in order to make them more affordable.
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The redevelopment of the Carpri Centre site is part of the larger Capri-Landmark plan that envisions major changes to the road network through what is considered one of Kelowna’s key urban centres.
The full application can be seen here.
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