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Parents living in a Manchester affordable housing tower will soon have the convenience of dropping their children off at a $25-a-day daycare within the building.

City council approved a land-use amendment Monday that will pave the way for Thornhill Child Care to open a facility at 5717 2nd Street S.W., marking the first daycare operating in a Calgary Housing Company building.

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The Lumino building, where the daycare will be located, is an 88-unit affordable housing development with various rent levels managed by the city-owned company.

Ward 11 Coun. Brian Pincott, who’s also the Calgary Housing Company board chairman, said he hopes to see more daycares open in city properties, especially more affordable housing buildings.

“I’m absolutely thrilled that we’re doing this. I would love to see more daycares in Calgary Housing because … these are people that need it,” Pincott said in council chambers.