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Canary Lofts off to public hearing
MICHAEL POTESTIO STAFF REPORTER michael@kamloopsthisweek.com
A development permit and rezoning application that could change the face of Columbia Street is off to a public hearing.
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Kamloops council has unanimously approved giving two reading to the rezoning application to change property at the corner of Columbia Street and First Avenue from medium to high-density housing.
The next two public hearings are set for Feb. 28 and March 28 at city hall, starting each night at 7 p.m.
Total Concept Developments, the company behind the redevelopment application, is seeking to rezone a number of properties, including the parcel at the northeast corner of Columbia and First that now holds the boarded-up Upland Apartments.
The ultimate goal is to create Canary Lofts, a 171-unit strata-titled and rental apartment development in two buildings — an existing, renovated 30-unit structure and a new, 141-unit addition — with an underground parking structure containing 178 parking spaces.
The proposed development involves properties that cur-
