When you get to that, I bet you'll think it's too small too.

Probably not. I don't need more rooms than I have now, just slightly larger ones would be nice.

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There were concerns about parking and the size of the units — in the latest proposal, the average size of a unit is 389 square feet.

While the project has been given the green light, it is not yet a done deal.

The developer must meet several conditions, including incorporating wind-mitigation features, adding indoor and outdoor amenities for tenants, revising its bike and mobility-scooter parking configurations and ensuring the building design does not hinder the ­ability to construct a building at the vacant adjacent site at 930 Fort St.

If Nelson Investments can’t convince city staff it has addressed all of those issues, it will return to council.

Councillors Stephen Hammond and Marg Gardiner voted against the project.

Gardiner said while there were things she liked about it, she was concerned about the livability of the small units and the size of the building on a relatively small lot.

Coun. Krista Loughton said for her, “housing trumps everything.”

“This is a project that could potentially be multi-generational, affordable rental housing for people in Victoria. The importance of creating things so that people’s children and grandchildren can stay here and support parents in their older age, that for me, that trumps everything,” she said.

Mayor Marianne Alto said one of the most important factors was the number of secured rental units.

“I think this brings certainty into the rental market,” she said. “It’s a change in the skyline and it’s tough. Change is hard, but if we’re going to really accommodate the thousands of people we’re told are coming and we want to have those people become Victorians, we have to embrace the change.”

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/new-rental-highrise-on-view-street-would-be-higher-than-view-towers-8351664

There are no wind mitigation issues to introduce, and there is no requirement left over relating to 930 Fort Street, that itself was a bit of an oddity, but it's neither here nor there.

What the applicant still has to do is ensure the amenity spaces fall under the auspices of the current permissions for the site, so if they choose to do something outside the scope of what is permitted, they'll have to return to council.