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Vancouver developer Beedie Living is hoping fifth time’s the charm for its controversial 105 Keefer project, which went before the city’s development permit board on Monday.

But opponents of the mixed-use residential tower in the heart of Chinatown say the latest iteration still fails to meet the needs of the community.

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“The needs of the community are social housing and affordable housing,” said Sophie Fung, a community organizer with the Chinatown Action Group. “To have 111 units of market housing is not what the community needs, especially in this current housing crisis.”

Critics also say the proposed condo tower on Keefer and Columbia provides inadequate community benefits and disrespects the adjacent memorial for Chinese-Canadian war veterans and railway workers.

The revised plan — Beedie’s fifth application for the site in the last four years — calls for a nine-storey building with 111 residential units, retail shops, a cultural amenity space on the first floor and three levels of underground parking. The amenity space for seniors would be secured at 50 per cent of the market rate for at least 10 years.