Jericho Lands megaproject development plan gets green light from Vancouver council – BC [Video]

Vancouver city council has unanimously approved the official development plan for a First-Nations-led project to build thousands of new homes in Vancouver’s West Point Grey neighbourhood.

The plan, which has been hotly contested by some area residents, envisions 13,000 new homes housing 24,000 people on the Jericho Lands site, a 90-acre former military garrison across 4th Avenue from Jericho Beach Park.

The project would include more than two dozen buildings ranging from four to 49 storeys, with work to take place over a 25 to 30-year time horizon.

The project is a partnership between the MST Development Partnership and the Canada Lands Company (CLC), a federal Crown corporation. The MST Development Corporation is the for-profit development arm of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation).

“I do think this is a positive change. This is a neighbourhood that has had a population change of one person since …