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Progress toward the construction of Revelstoke’s largest rental unit development in recent years lies within reach for the local community housing society. However, city council is requesting aesthetic design changes after issuing a development permit, with the goal still to break ground in spring 2026.
A joint project between BC Housing and Revelstoke Community Housing Society (RCHS), 420 Downie St. in the Southside neighbourhood, will be transformed over the next three years from a former school lot and vacant field into a 166-unit residential and multi-use complex.
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RCHS and its selected contractor, Vancouver-based Kindred Construction, have been pursuing a development permit needed under the City of Revelstoke’s Official Community Plan (OCP). Now successful, they anticipate a building permit will subsequently be issued in the near future so construction can start next spring as planned.
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The first of the project’s three planned buildings is currently slated for completion by late 2027, while the other two, mapped farther away from Southside Market, could roll in for 2028. Building 1 promises 55 dwellings and commercial space, while Building 3 will operate the child-care spaces.
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