Great Dilworth Plan proposed
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A massive mixed-use development is proposed for the area between Superstore and Highway 97 in the western portion of the Dilworth Center shopping mall in Kelowna.
IBI Group filed a 90-page building permit application for the shape and character of the project with the City of Kelowna on behalf of Vancouver’s Peterson Group. It hopes to produce 466 residential units including townhouses and apartments, over four six-story buildings, 10,000 square feet of commercial space, and another 9,000 square feet of amenities. Two of the buildings would replace the now eleven retail units, including Jysk, and an above-ground parking lot.
“The proposed plan will help to achieve the compact city shape and a higher density for urban centers that the city is striving for,” says the application.
The southern part of the development, which will be carried out in two phases, is on Baron Road, just across the street where the new Costco is currently under construction.
“Phases 1 and 2 are seen as the first significant steps in creating a complete, concentrated community in Midtown Kelowna,” wrote the IBI Group in its proposal. “Improvements to the street scene, the landscape, the block structure and the public facilities as well as the introduction of new building forms in the area will upgrade this location as a comfortable, desirable and beautiful place to live, work, shop and play.”
The application provides for 448 parking spaces in both phases, all of which are to be underground.
