The Harbourside Inn, purchased by the city last month, would be demolished for the development, which would include rental housing and ground-floor retail and commercial units
The City of Campbell River has bought four properties in its downtown core, including a 60-year-old hotel, for a downtown revitalization project that would include badly needed rental housing.
Low-income tenants of the approximately 60-room hotel, which offers long-term rentals, along with a community kitchen and drop-in centre, will be displaced when demolition starts on the hotel this year. Dahl said the development will “animate the area, increase livability and walkability, and deliver on council’s commitment to downtown revitalization and community safety.”“I personally am ecstatic, as most people are in the business community,” said Jan Wade, executive director of the Downtown Campbell River Business Improvement Association, who said she’s already heard from business people who want to rent space in the development.
The city bought 1302 Shoppers Row, home to the downtown safety office, in 2023. Last year, it also purchased a vacant lot at 1352 Shoppers Row and 1362 16th Ave., which has a commercial building. The four lots total about 1.4 hectares. Such grants and city reserve funds “will also be used to advance this project with no direct impact to taxation,” it said.
Kwesa Place, which provides a place to shower and clean clothes, and the community kitchen are part of the Laichwiltach Family Life Society.
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