Colwood’s former Jasmine Family Restaurant lands along the Island Highway will be redeveloped into a six-storey residential complex with ground floor retail space, Citified has learned.

 

 

Earlier this year, the City of Colwood issued a development permit for a mixed-use project from developer Groupe Denux, considered among the most active purpose-built rental development firms in the Capital Region.

 

Plans call for 80 residences in a variety of floor plans from studio to two-bedroom plus-den layouts, along with nearly 3,000 square feet of ground level commercial space. Parking will be in the form of an underground parkade, along with a limited number of surface stalls.

 

Designed by WA Architects, the wood-frame lowrise will be constructed as the first residential building to directly front the ‘Colwood Strip’ south of Goldstream Avenue and north of Six Mile Road, and is considered to be a part of the municipality’s Colwood Corners community, where a significant volume of housing density is planned in a variety of building forms that pending approvals, may include highrise towers of over 30 floors.

 

 

Jasmine Family Restaurant, which operated for over two decades adjacent to the West Shore Law Courts, closed in early 2022 to make way for redevelopment.

 

Elsewhere along the ‘strip,’ developer PC Urban has approvals for a light industrial development on the former Galaxy Motors dealership lot opposite Juan de Fuca Rec Centre. Onni Group, meanwhile, has completed the second phase at its mixed-use Colwood Corners project (named for the Colwood Corners area) anchored by a Save-On-Foods grocery store, while Traine Construction & Development is building a rental community on Wilfert Road just off Wale Road. C

 

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