Richmond News
Richmond city council is giving a developer an extension on their application, which allows them to avoid increasing the number of affordable units they have to build.
But Mayor Malcolm Brodie cautioned the developer, Landa Global Properties, at Monday’s council meeting to take their eight-week extension “seriously.”
“I don’t want to be here on June 10th – or June 15th – thinking about another extension,” he said. “This is it, as far as I am concerned.”
City council upped its requirement for affordable housing units from 10 per cent to 15 per cent in city centre developments about 18 months ago. …