A proposed change to zoning bylaws would allow real estate sales offices to be located in residential neighbourhoods. (Update) The bylaw changes were to have been debated at the 2pm Public Hearing on Monday, March 10th as this was the first item on the agenda. However, City Council voted to vary the agenda at the […]

Shannon Mews, on the west side of Granville Street between 55th and 57th is a controversial two-phase project that was strongly opposed by the local community. Wall Financial Corporation (which appears NOT to have a website, but here is an independent company snapshot) is a major campaign contributor to Vision Vancouver, including donations totalling $80,901.40 […]

We have followed the Shannon Mews rezoning. Here is a notice from City staff about an  Open House on June 17, passed on from a reader, for people who don’t happen to be on the City’s notification list. The local group, the Shannon Mews Neighbours’ Association, was covering this story; there are no recent updates […]

The highly controversial Shannon Mews development and the Marine Landing project will be at the Development Permit Board on July 16th at 3pm in the Town Hall room on the 1st floor of City Hall. Further information on these projects is available from the links on the meeting agenda page; there is also information on […]

The Development Permit Board will review the highly controversial Shannon Mews redevelopment on July 16th. The DPB will be reviewing a ‘Phase I’ of the project that would redevelop the part of the estate along Granville Street down to 57th. Last summer, Vancouver City Council approved the rezoning of the project at 2:10am on July […]

CityHallWatch introductory comment: Our first step in the “Vancouver Election 2011 Accountability Project” is to look at the role of mainstream media in our civil society. Are mainstream media serving the public interest adequately? Is media coverage accurate, unbiased, and comprehensive? And does media coverage fail to cover important issues that our society deserves to […]

[Updated 2:15 am, Friday July 29, 2011] (See further below for reader comments, campaign contributions, media coverage, etc.) CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE HEARING Shannon Mews application meeting finished at 2:15 am. The application was approved (6 votes for, 4 votes against, 1 vote absent): Clrs. Cadman, Woodsworth, Chow and Anton voted against. Mayor Robertson, Clrs. […]

A massive rezoning for the property at Shannon Mews at Granville and 57th is up at Public Hearing on July 26th. The rezoning proposal calls for the redevelopment of the site with buildings ranging from 4 to 14 storeys for a total of 891 housing units, up from the current 162 units. The site has […]

David Berner’s TV channel features an in-depth interview with Karl Brodhecker of the Shannon Mews Neighbours’ Association. A public hearing for a high profile and very controversial rezoning at Shannon Mews (57th and Granville) is set for July 26,2011. The video begins with the following: “Have you ever done yourself a favour and walked into […]