Townhouse developments take shape on Burke Mountain

A 142-unit townhouse project is set to be built on the north end of Pollard Street near the setbacks for Fox and Star creeks, following a unanimous vote from Coquitlam city council.

Arrayed over 24 three-storey townhouse buildings, the Mosaic Homes development is one of several similar projects in the area.

There are four potential townhouse developments totalling 717 units at various stages of the development process, according to a Coquitlam city staff report.

“We’re not going to have enough off-street parking for all of these,” said Coun. Craig Hodge.

Because of the site topography on the 1300-block of Pollard, most of the driveways in the townhouse complex will be too short to allow an extra car outside the garage.

Hodge suggested most future resident would forgo some backyard barbecue space in exchange for a longer driveway.

“Given our transportation situation up on Burke Mountain, they’re probably going say they’d like to park their car in the driveway,” he said.

The Pollard Street project is set to include 288 parking spots for residents and 29 spaces for visitors.

Breakdown:

• Two-bedroom units: 26
• Three-bedroom units: 102
• Four-bedroom units: 14

The units are set to range from 1,220 to 1,950 square feet.

Mosaic is slated to pay the city approximately $6.6 million in development cost charges and community amenity contributions.

Rather than providing childcare for 27 children, Mosaic is set to pay into the city’s child care reserve fund.