An artist's rendering of the planned redevelopment of University Heights Shopping Centre in Saanich. Depicted in the rendering is the six-storey 'building B' at right and the nine-storey 'building A' at left. Both will incorporate a mix of uses that include retail and commercial spaces with residences above.  Wesbild Holdings

University Heights redevelopment plans to go before Saanich design panel (with renderings)

Updated architectural plans for the redevelopment of Saanich's University Heights Shopping Centre will go before the municipality's design panel on August 1st, Citified has learned.

Situated along the 3500-blocks of Shelbourne Street and Cedar Hill Road at McKenzie Avenue, the 205,500 square foot complex is currently home to Home Depot, Save-On-Foods, a Landmark Cinemas movie theatre, a fitness centre and some 30 smaller retailers.

The shopping centre’s newly-unveiled vision, designed by Victoria-based Wensley Architecture, will incorporate approximately 360 residences between two lowrise buildings standing nine and six-storeys tall (dubbed ' building A ' and ' building B '). Both will be situated along Cedar Hill Road (between the existing Home Depot space and McKenzie Avenue) and will incorporate two levels of commercial space.

An artist's rendering of 'building A' as seen from McKenzie Avenue near the Shelbourne Street intersection.  Wesbild Holdings

'Building A''s frontage along McKenzie Avenue at Cedar Hill Road.  Wesbild Holdings Along the shopping centre’s Shelbourne Street frontage two additional buildings, C and D, will rise one and two levels, respectively, with nearly 21,000 square feet of commercial space between them. Development plans submitted to Saanich identify over 180,000 square feet of commercial and office space throughout the site, while over 232,000 square feet will be in the form of residences. Just under 950 parking stalls are projected to be built as surface and underground spaces. Envisioned tenants include a 41,500 square foot grocery store, a 17,455 square foot drug store, a 26,000 square foot fitness complex while 8,000 square feet will be allocated as offices. The remaining commercial space will be assumed by a mix of smaller tenants that could include a daycare facility and food operators. University Heights was acquired in 2015 by Vancouver-based Wesbild Holdings Ltd. Re-purposing of the shopping centre could begin by the early 2020's pending municipal approvals and lease terms for existing tenants. C





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