DEVELOPMENTS SECTION

Lot 4 Location

Lot 4 Location

 

  • Original Zoning: RU-3

 

Amended Zoning: CDMU-1

 

Maximum Density

  • Total - 400,000 sq.ft.
  • Residential - 199,930 sq.ft.

 

Principle Uses


  • Retail businesses
  • Commercial businesses
  • Restaurants/ Snack Bars/Caterers
  • Convenience Stores
  • Banks, Insurance & Financial institutions
  • Offices
  • Theatres & Entertainment centres
  • Licensed premises
  • Liquor outlets
  • Casinos
  • Hotels & motels
  • Personal Service businesses
  • Veterinary Clinics
  • Multi-family Residential

 

Accessory Uses


  • Home occupation use
  • Residential use as an integral part of a principal commercial use (Live/ Work)
  • Accessory buildings & structures
  • Flex units

Lot 4 - a Lifestyle Village within the Village

Located at the northeast corner of the Inland Island Highway/ Comox Valley Interchange, Lot 4 provides the strongest visual exposure for regional traffic from all directions, making it Trilogy's first choice for a signature mixed use Lifestyle Centre. While its focus is definitely commercial, it is planned to create a true mixed-use neighbourhood, integrating retail, residential, entertainment, hospitality, office and community facilities into a the first true "lifestyle village" in the region.


Lot 4 - Illustrative Concept Plan, December 2006

Neighbourhood Form & Character

The form and character of the mixed use centre will be very much an an outdoors, pedestrian-friendly "discovery" experience. Like Cumberland's existing Dunsmuir Avenue streetscape , there will be a mix of pedestrian and vehicular traffic side-by-side, and buildings will vary in design, height and materials. Larger-format complexes will be set behind smaller-scale storefronts, to more closely resemble the scale of authentic small town streetscapes.

Internal roads on Lot 4 will create smaller-scale blocks with intersections and corners providing opportunities for public gathering spaces, landscape elements, and public art. In addition to on-street parking, smaller parking areas will be distributed around the site to provide additional parking while reducing the visual impact and inconvenience of large parking areas.

Residential Aspects

The residential component of Lot 4 may be designed above shops, integrated into live-work apartments or townhouses, or planned as separate multi-family buildings. On Lot 4, multi-family residential and flex units are listed as a principle use in the proposed zoning bylaw. Multi-family homes will front onto streets so that their garages are at the rear, or they will look onto greenspaces to expand their view.

Mixed use housing of the scope planned for Lot 4 is not available in Cumberland now; so it is a way of attracting new residents and new ideas to the Village as a whole. And while the retail and commercial components of the Lifestyle Village will create an economic boost for Cumberland, Trilogy recognizes that in the end, it is people rather than storefronts that keep communities alive.

Photo: On Lot 4, new buildings will outline pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and streets, with individual storefronts defined by different facade treatments and details. This echoes the heritage character of the Village core.

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