UBCO and the Mission Group are signalling to the City of Kelowna they91裸聊视频檙e ready to put shovels in the ground for a new downtown campus.

The UBC Properties Trust submitted a development permit application to the city on Dec. 23, seeking to rezone the former home of the Daily Courier at 550 Doyle Avenue from C7 - business commercial to a comprehensive development zone to allow for a new vertical campus.

There will be three towers included in the project that stretches over two lots. The first tower will have underground parking for 260 vehicles, a ground floor that features an atrium, cafe and medical clinic, an eight-storey 91裸聊视频榓cademic podium91裸聊视频� with a larger footprint that acts as a stage for 24 storeys of student housing on top. Approximately 352 units of student housing will be available. The tower will be 34 storeys in total.

The tower will be designed with a diagonal cut that opens the building to the corner of St. Paul street. That will create a courtyard that welcomes students and the public to the building. The facade will feature materials and colour palettes inspired by the surrounding area.

91裸聊视频淲ithin the material, textures, and program studies we found that the tones of brown and light grey provided a good quality pattern of earth and stone,91裸聊视频� the proposal reads. 91裸聊视频淭o bring a sparkling touch of colour to the design, the material proposal will incorporate focalized touches of bronze and corten steel, as the metallic version of the brown colour, in featured elements of the design.91裸聊视频�

In total, three towers will be developed 91裸聊视频� two of which will be for Mission Group .

91裸聊视频淩ight now, the heart of the city is going through an evolution. We are seeing more people living and conducting business downtown with an emerging tech industry and a passionate entrepreneurial spirit in the community,91裸聊视频� Mission Group CEO Randall Shier said. 91裸聊视频淯BCO having a presence downtown goes hand in hand with the maturation of the community. We cannot wait to get to work on helping to bring this new campus and surrounding development to life.91裸聊视频�

UBCO has said they hope to break ground on the project in 2022.

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