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Coquitlam strata project gets second extension

By Jeremy Shepherd

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September 23, 2026

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A six-storey strata project in Coquitlam isn’t quite shovel ready.

In 2024, Coquitlam council approved a 156-unit development spread over six lots on the 500-block of Harrison and Kemsley avenues and a section of Gardena Drive north of Como Lake Avenue near the Burnaby border.

However, with a one-year deadline set to expire and certain conditions not met, city staff authorized a one-year extension in 2025.

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The project was back in council Monday with developer Quantum Properties asking for another extension to meet: “servicing and legal requirements.”

Council voted to grant the one-year extension.

Coun. Robert Mazzarolo opposed the extension, noting that he originally voted against the project due to what he viewed as an excessive amount of smaller units.

The project includes 93 studio and one-bedroom units, including 19 with a den. The rest of the project consists of 46 two-bedroom units and 17 three-bedroom units.

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Jeremy Shepherd

A chiropractor and a folk singer, after having one great kid, decided to push their luck and have one more, a boy they named Jeremy Shepherd.

Shepherd grew up around Blue Mountain Park in Coquitlam, following a basketball around and trying his best to get to the NBA (it didn’t work out, at least not yet).

With no career plans after graduating Porter Elementary school, Jeremy Shepherd pursued higher education at Como Lake Middle School and eventually, Centennial High School.

Approximately 1,000 movies and several beers later in life, Shepherd made a change.

Having done nothing worth writing, he decided to see if he could write something worth reading.

Since graduating journalism school at Langara College, Shepherd has been a reporter, editor and, reluctantly, a content provider for community newspapers around Metro Vancouver for more than 10 years.

He worked with dogged reporters, eloquently indignant curmudgeons and creative photographers, all of whom shared a little of what they knew.

Now, as he goes about the business of raising two fascinating humans alongside a wonderful partner, Shepherd is delighted to report news and tell stories in the Tri-Cities.

He runs, reads, and is intrigued by art, science, smart cities and new ideas. He is pleased to meet you.