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Mount St. Angela is a proposal for a six-storey seniors residence along the 900-blocks of McClure Street and Burdett Avenue in the City of Victoria's Fairfield neighbourhood.
As part of the project, the historic Mount St. Angela college will be restored, as will the Cartreff Residence along Burdett Avenue and the Temple Residences along McClure Street.
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Since this development was shelved, the various buildings have each been resuscitated and there are a number of people working and living here from different walks of life. People gather and visit in the yard (as do a number of large deer). One of the larger homes facing Burdett has been hosting families that (I assume) are newly arriving to Canada. In the main building of Mount St. Angela, there is a fair amount of activity, with housing for (and again I am assuming) marginalized, challenged, and other people.
It’s an interesting comparison to 931 McClure, where Aryze emptied out a building that was housing for three, maybe four families, let it sit empty for a while, tore it down, then cancelled their development plans, leaving a empty lot behind a big orange fence. Perhaps Aryze might consider a “third space” approach - a pocket park, community garden, that sort of thing. It's been disappointing to see them remove affordable housing from this neighbourhood.
That was a nice-looking house they tore down. Used to walk by it all the time, seemed to have several suites for sure, and a lovely garden.
Oh I see. As in the CoV archived them? That would mean the proposal was approved and the application documents have been archived. Is that what you mean?
Ah, I see where you're going on this. To be clear, The Mount St. Angela's project may not be shelved indefinitely (I have no idea what their plans are, perhaps it's something you might be able to look into?) but definitely the development is shelved for now – postponed – since a fair amount of updating was done to all the buildings, each now operating, accommodating a fair amount of people. The main point I was making is the stark contrast between responsible way the folks developing Mount St. Angelas have treated their "in the meantime" situation, and the vacant, sad empty lot across McClure St. from them: an irresponsible situation by Aryze that has done nothing but reduce three or four units of affordable housing in my neighbourhood.
I know I saw something somewhere on VV that this site was for sale again but thought I would post it under this thread. Here is the link to CBRE's page advertising it.
A quick update on this place on Burdett, across from Christ Church Cathedral - it's still occupied, and still for sale, and the price keeps slowly dropping. There was a fire here several weeks ago, looks like perhaps the laundry facility on the east side of the main building was severely damaged and is inoperable now. It doesn't appear that the fire spread into the main building. Details, anyone?
15-year Mount St. Angela development saga to culminate with seniors complex
After numerous proposals and contentious visions for the Burdett Avenue and McClure Street land, approvals have been granted for a six-storey project.