The City of St. John’s continues to work on its housing stock, approving a new 85-unit apartment building for the west end of the city.
The developer must still satisfy some conditions of the approval and rezoning.
But the four-storey structure is set to go up along the east side of Columbus Drive, neighbouring the Residence at Littledale.
In fact, the developer’s plan calls for the existing Littledale entrance to be used to access the building.
Since they fell short on parking spaces, they say they’ll share a shuttle service with Littledale to make up for the 10 spots.
They must also do what they can to preserve trees during the development, and any changes must go back before council for approval.
The project is expected to break ground by next spring.