A rendering of a six-storey, 110-unit affordable rental complex now under construction along West Saanich Road at Verdier Avenue in Brentwood Bay, a community in Central Saanich.  CRHC
110-unit affordable housing project with daycare coming to Brentwood Bay at W. Saanich and Verdier
Mike Kozakowski, Citified.ca
Published May 28, 2026
A 110-unit affordable rental development is now underway in Brentwood Bay along West Saanich Road at Verdier Avenue in Central Saanich, with a daycare component that will usher in the first such mixed-use undertaking by the Capital Region Housing Corporation (CRHC) as developer, Citified has learned.
The six-storey apartment complex (view profile) with approximately 2,000 square feet of commercial space catering to a 16-child daycare operation is expected to reach occupancy in 2028, with a mix of studio, one, two and three-bedroom suites offering a range of rental subsidies, including shelter-rate units.
The Capital Regional District’s CRHC says that incorporating a daycare operation within one of its social housing projects is an emerging concept, one that will add management of a commercial childcare space at the Verdier Avenue site to an otherwise all-residential portfolio. Similar commercial pursuits are expected at other CRHC projects.
The regional government housing provider is one of the most active affordable housing developers in the Capital Region, overseeing construction at several sites throughout Greater Victoria such as a 20-storey tower along the 900-block of Pandora Avenue, a housing community opposite UVic off Henderson Road in Saanich, and a redevelopment of aged townhomes into apartments in the 1100-block of Johnson Street in Fernwood. Completion of a major project, also in Fernwood, recently wrapped up near Victoria High School.
Central Saanich, meanwhile, is hitting well above its weight in terms of housing growth, having overseen the delivery of numerous high density rental and condominium projects over the last decade, including multiple projects along Central Saanich Road in Brentwood Bay’s commercial centre, at the former Marigold Nursery lands, and in the Saanichton town centre. C
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