The Surrey City Centre skyline will soon be in the shadow of 3 Civic Plaza, a 52-storey multi-use building that Surrey city council approved Monday night.
Council gave final reading to the 160-metre-tall development, giving developer Century Group the go-ahead to start building. The $150-million tower will stand in the heart of City Centre in the 10300-block of City Parkway.
Coun. Marvin Hunt spoke to the importance of the structure, which will house 353 condominiums, 144 hotel rooms and five floors of offices.
"Right now, the major hotel that we have in the City Centre is the Compass Point and I think it's down to the last number of days before it is closed and bulldozed to make way for the new Coast Capital Headquarters," he said. "We don't have a major hotel in the City Centre, so that is absolutely critical."
Hunt also noted that the location of 3 Civic Plaza is ideal as it's easily accessible by transit and is just paces away from the new city hall, the City Centre Library, SFU Surrey and Central City Shopping Centre.
Plans for the proposed skyline-transforming building have been in the works the last few years. Council gave 3 Civic Plaza third reading at a public hearing last July and Century Group has since made adjustments to the number of parking stalls for residents.
Assuming not all condo owners will have cars, the developers were approved to provide 0.85 parking spaces for every one-bedroom unit, and one parking space for every unit with two or more bedrooms.
The developers have said that they hope to begin construction this summer, with the building scheduled for completion by early 2016.
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The Surrey City Centre skyline will soon be in the shadow of 3 Civic Plaza, a 52-storey multi-use building that Surrey city council approved Monday night.
