Morguardready toteardown BurquitlamPlaza

JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

A bid for a master-planned community to replace Burquitlam Plaza is expected to come before Coquitlam City Council in the next few months

Morguard Investment

Ltd is proposing to build six towers with 2,200 units for about 5,000 residents plus retail and child care spaces east of the Burquitlam SkyTrain station, at 552 Clarke Rd., and 550 and 566

Emerson St

If approved, the development would roll out in two phases:

• Phase 1: three towers ranging in height from 28 to 43 storeys, with 1,039 rental suites and 28,195 sq ft of commercial space

• Phase 2: three towers ranging in height from 33 to 53 storeys, with 1,173 units and 56,347 sq ft of commercial space

On Monday (Jan. 30), the proposed project came before council-in-committee for an update about a week after the YMCA opened its facility next to Burquitlam Plaza (see story on Page 16)

And it comes as Concert Properties builds its towers next to the Morguard property and the City of Coquitlam builds a park and ride, as well as a new community police station, to create the new “Heart of Burquitlam” see COQUITLAM NEEDS, page 5

Designed by James Cheng of James Cheng Architects, the Morguard master plan hasn’t changed substantially since it was introduced in the fall of 2021, the committee heard.