Vancouver residents speak out against Broadway Plan high-rise development [Video]

A group of Vancouver residents are speaking out against a proposed 18-storey high-rise development for W 14th Street and Yukon.

“It doesn’t feel like the most appropriate thing for this area,” said Graeme Webber, a resident who lives in the neighbourhood. “It feels like a cash grab.”

Signs in the neighbourhood posted on lawns read ‘Save 14th & Yukon’. The 100+ unit building was proposed as part of the city’s Broadway Plan to add more density along the new Broadway subway line. The neighbourhood currently boasts primarily detached homes or small apartment buildings approximately three-stories high.

“Densification is important,” said Webber. “But it’s already a densely packed neighborhood.”

Webber says he’s concerned that public services wouldn’t be able to handle an influx of residents. He tells CTV News that his son is currently on a waitlist to attend a nearby kindergarten.

“As it is right now, we have to drive …