A long-vacant property along Sooke Road just shy of Happy Valley Road is the focus of a development effort, that if approved, will deliver residences and commercial spaces within a mid-rise building.

 

 

Proposed for 2691 Sooke Road – a parcel situated between Langford’s Happy Valley Road No. 2 fire hall and a Kal Tire location – is a six-storey complex with approximately 70 rental residences and 4,600 square feet of ground floor commercial space envisioned by Victoria-based 531 Studio Architects.

 

The building features a multi-coloured facade with an angled footprint, and large, glass-clad commercial spaces fronting an expansive plaza. The motif is broken up through a light coloured facade on the east side of the building, and an angled footprint with a dark coloured facade on the west. Wooden or wood-like hues are used for the building’s eastern-most flank, and balconies are inset, save for a row at the east side of the building emphasized by wood or wood-like material.

 

A rendering of 2691 Sooke Road, a six-storey mixed-use residential and retail project proposed adjacent to Langford's Happy Valley Road fire hall.  531 Studio Architects

 

The development site has been a gravel lot for at least 15 years, according to Google Streetview dating to 2009.

 

Langford’s Sooke Road corridor is undergoing significant change with multiple rental buildings completed in recent years (see Quailwood, Glen Lake Apartments and Glen Valley Grove, while the Willow + Glen townhome project is currently underway from Abstract Developments, all within a stone’s throw of 2691 Sooke Road.

 

Further to the west, Beedie Group has nearly completed a light industrial strata property at Chidlow Connector, and to the east, developer Landvision is nearing the marketing start of Munroe, a condominium project adjacent to Willow + Glen. C

 

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