1,600-home housing project in Vancouver facing delays [Video]

The developer spearheading an over 1,600-home housing project in Vancouver’s Oakridge neighbourhood — including 175 units of social housing — says it can’t meet the timelines set by city council.

Grosvenor, the developer of the 5.5-hectare former Oakridge Transit Centre site on West 41st Avenue, is requesting a five-year extension on its deadline to build project amenities, including social housing, a public park and a 69-space daycare. 

The amenities were to be finished by 2028, according to the terms of the project’s approval by city council in 2020 when developer Modern Green was backing the project.

In 2022, Grosvenor purchased the site and announced it would build it out, following the approved 2020 master plan.

However, Grosvenor now says the entire project is facing delays “compared with what was …