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It’s proposed at 15 storeys and 168 units, next to the St. Louis Hotel on 4th Street S.E. . According to East Village regulations, the building should have 101 parking stalls — 84 for residents and 17 for visitors.

Starkman has proposed zero, and as few visitor spaces as the city will allow.

Instead, residents will be able to walk to nearby amenities, use the LRT a block away, ride the urban bicycles that will come standard with the small units, and use the car-sharing service Car2Go and a $500 voucher that comes with each new suite.

The concept will surely have some supporters on council, like East Village representative Druh Farrell and Beltline member Evan Woolley. But it will also face some skeptics, like Coun. Sean Chu, who said he needs to be convinced of the evidence behind the plans for N3.

“It’s attracting young, single people. Eventually, those people are going to grow out of it and are going to want a family,” said Chu, who sits on the Calgary Parking Authority board.

“They’re going to need a vehicle for a hospital run or something else. Then if they have to sell (the condo), who’s going to buy it?”

Some real-estate agents also expressed concern about no-parking condos’ resale potential when the Herald first reported on these East Village plans last spring. But, there were many realtors among the roughly 600 people who have already inquired for more information about N3, Starkman said.

It’s not clear-cut that city planners will recommend approval by the Calgary Planning Commission, the body that will consider the N3 proposal within weeks.