245 East 3rd Street-West end of building
Friday, December 3, 2010
ANAVETS On East Third
This ANAVET sponsored building is one of three identical buildings for veterans, their spouses and seniors, just two blocks from Lonsdale Avenue in the Lower Lonsdale shopping area of North Vancouver. It proudly displays the ANAVET logo at the west entrance on the front of the building. There are 29 apartments in the 245 East 3rd Street building. It is the building farthest to the east and the only one of the three buildings presently slated for demolition. The other two buildings are 235 East 3rd Street and 225 East 3rd Street located on the corner of East 3rd and St. Georges Avenue.
"New ANAVETS Seniors’ Housing (is) proposed. Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans formed the Senior Citizens’ Housing Society in 1967 with a mandate to provide safe, clean, and affordable housing to army veterans, their spouses, and seniors on a fixed income. That same year ANAVETS opened its first project at 225 East 3rd in North Van, adding two adjacent low-rise buildings at 235 and 245, in 1968...
245 East 3rd Street-East end of building
"The aging, wood frame structures are also not up to fire code regulations... Over the past decade ANAVETS has been working with the City of North Vancouver to come up with a plan for the site. They have since partnered with local developer Intracorp and now have a formal proposal that will be presented to council next week.
"The plans call for the construction of an $11-million, 76-unit seniors’ rental building to replace the three existing buildings. ANAVETS will retain ownership of the land on which the seniors’ housing will be built, and then sell the rest of the site to Intracorp, thereby funding approximately 75 per cent of the project..."The rents are not subsidized at the North Van ANAVETS buildings, with residents paying $412 a month for a 325- square-foot bachelor suite. A new building, however, would allow residents to qualify for the provincial government’s Shelter Aid For Elderly Residents program.
"Intracorp is also proposing to build a 104-unit, market-value condominium project on the western portion of the site. An amendment to the city’s Official Community Plan would need to be made before the five-storey building can be approved.
"The entire project would be implemented in two stages, starting with the residents of 245 East 3rd St. being moved into vacant suites in the other two buildings. The 245 building would then be demolished and construction would start on the seniors’ housing.
"Once that project is completed and the seniors have moved in, the two remaining buildings will be demolished and replaced with the new market-value building." (See Link.)
Demolition: Permit for demolition of only 245 East 3rd Street applied for in
November 2010.
Photos: Taken in November 2010 by SW.
Link:http://www.bclocalnews.com/greater_vancouver/northshoreoutlook/news/103542354.html
