Dear Editor:
Re: UniverCity ready for more development, Burnaby NOW, July 10.
I live in the Glenayre neighbourhood of Port Moody just below the UniverCity residential development.
The original official community plan between the City of Burnaby and Simon Fraser University limited building height to 10 storeys.
The first projects in the southeast corner were six to eight storeys. But the heights have crept up to and over 10 storeys in subsequent construction. The condo tower currently under construction will have 14 storeys. A few months ago, at a UniverCity open house, I was shocked to see, on their scale model, a proposed condo tower for Phase 4 that exceeds 20 storeys!
The original development concept proposed a sustainable urban village. What "village" on Earth has 20-storey towers?
My fear, all along, is that the top of Burnaby Mountain will become a pincushion of tall condo towers resembling Metrotown.
Derek Wilson, Port Moody
