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A plan by cardiologist Dennis Modry to turn his $6.6-million top-of-the-bank property into a 46-unit luxury condo development won council approval Monday.

The proposal calls for six four-storey luxury condo buildings on a 3.2-hectare site along the edge of the river valley. Two dozen neighbours spoke against the project. Council debated until 10 p.m. but ultimately approved the project 12 to one.

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Neighbours on either side are million-dollar single-family homes. Architect Brad Kennedy promised to move mature trees and create a 16-metre high wall of trees so thick it “will block the view both to and from the development.”

But Brander Garden residents worried about increased traffic on Whitemud Road, an enclosed development cut-off from the rest of the community, and river valley land that will forever remain private.

“It’s just so stunning in its size. I’m so stunned this has happened in our neighbourhood,” said nearby resident Colleen Nissen.