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The number of units proposed for the building still needs to be finalized, but the developer estimates there could be 144 units and ground-floor commercial space.

An email list of concerned residents is circulating in the community.

Bob Fletcher, who lives on Kennedy Lane West at the top of the hill, said residents of Queenswood Heights are rallying against the development because of the proposed height and possible ground impacts.

“The citizens are quite up in the air about this,” Fletcher said.

“Some people have been in the area for more than 50 years, and it’s normal for cities to grow up around communities, but this one is a little more sensitive.”

Orléans Coun. Bob Monette is in a tricky spot.

He has supported tall-building rezoning applications in other parts of the city. Now, he faces a controversial development application in his own ward.

Monette said he’s sticking by the community.

“I have been quite vocal about my opposition to the height that they are requesting,” Monette said.

“This entrance is a gateway entrance to Queenswood Heights and should not be welcoming a 13-storey condo building. This property also has had a severe landslide and I would be very concerned with moving ahead with such a proposal. I would welcome this proposal in other areas of my community but not at this location.”

Homeowners at the top of the hill worry that constructing a large building with three underground parking levels at Duford Drive will compromise the ground conditions and threaten their properties. The local community association says there were two landslides in 1965.