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Maison/Amica Oak Bay is a proposal to build a five-storey assisted and independent living residence for seniors. The development site is situated along Richmond Road at Fort Street in Victoria's Royal Jubilee Hospital district.
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It's not bad looking. Certainly a lot better than the prisons recently erected as housing at UVic.
sure, but why is that even remotely a comparison here?
sure, but why is that even remotely a comparison here?
Just comparing 2 variations on dense, presumably small unit housing.
This development seems amicable for the neighbourhood, but I'm not so sure about the next phase planned for the Ashgrove Street side of the block. Eliminating a surface parking lot is one thing, but eliminating at least two neighbourhood character houses is something else. I'm still wondering about the modern new house on the Ashgrove Street side (now destined for demolition at the ripe old age of ~3 years old) and why its style/materials would seem to resemble the seniors' residence. Was that just a coincidence? Must have been, but it seems odd to me.
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Rendering of future Ashgrove Street phase from developer's submission logged over at the CoV's development tracker:
Although I do like the fact that the second phase would differ slightly from the first phase both in appearance and height. These seem to be great projects.
Developer pledges $1 million to Victoria's housing fund in lieu of below-market units at seniors complex
A proposed seniors residence planned for the Jubilee neighbourhood will not include below-market homes, but proponents have pledged cash to the City.
Seniors residence to replace Fort Street medical centre
West Vancouver-based Milliken Development plans to replace the Rod of Asclepius-adorned Fort Royal Medical Centre with seniors housing.
'Rod of Asclepius'-adorned Fort Royal Medical Centre to make way for seniors residence
135-unit assisted living residence for seniors is planned to replace the four-storey commercial building and its adjacent surface parking lot.
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