Port Moody council is poised to give its final approvals to a pair of developments by Vancouver-based Anthem Properties that would bring more than 300 new rental apartments to the city.
On Tuesday, Dec. 17, council will consider final adoption of amendments to Port Moody’s zoning and official community plan bylaws that would allow Anthem’s proposal to build a 12-storey residential tower with 128 rental apartments at the northwest corner of St. Johns and Moray streets.
The tower would be constructed atop a six-storey parking structure — four of which would be above ground effectively making it a 16-storey building.
It would also be adjoined to a 45,818 sq. ft. Ismaili cultural and worship centre wrapped by intricate Mashrabiya latticework.
Isaac Beall, Anthem’s vice-president of development, said the elevated parking structure is necessitated by the property’s steep slope down from St. Johns Street to ensure the lowest floors of the residential tower are actually above the SkyTrain guideway that runs immediately behind the site.
