This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Sign In Subscribe Now The City of Delta has received an application for the redevelopment of the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall site The application for subdivision and rezoning proposes 4 mixed-use residential towers up to 24 storeys in height as well as several mid-rise buildings up to 6 storeys in height The application is consistent with the Official Community Plan A Development Permit would be required for each phase of the project to regulate form and character if the application is approved Complete information about the application is available at letstalk.delta.ca/TTC. Feedback will be collected through to March 16, 2025. For more information, email ttc@delta.ca or phone 604-952-3814 Residents are invited to learn more about the application and complete an online feedback form to share their views prior to March 16 Consider attending one of the following three information sessions to engage with staff and the applicant 2025 6 pm to 7:30 pm (presentationand Q&A) Online via ZOOM (registration required at letstalk.delta.ca/ttc) 2025 3 pm to 5 pm South Delta Recreation Centre (Main Hall) 1720 56 Street 2025 5 pm to 7 pm South Delta Recreation Centre (Main Hall) 1720 56 Street Here are answers to some of the questions you may have You can also submit your questions on Let’s Talk Delta Rental and non-market housing are expected in projects that are 18 storeys or higher Approximately 20% of the units would be rental including 5% below-market rentals Is there a need for a development of this size Delta has been ordered by the Province to add 3,607 units within 5 years and recent estimates show the need is growing Some of the housing proposed could help meet the need How long will it take to build if approved How will it impact schools and health care Delta School District and Fraser Health are aware of our population projections and are planning for growth They have received copies of this proposal for comment The applicant would be responsible for upgrading infrastructure to support their project The City is also working on plans for water and transportation services for the three growth areas identified in the Official Community Plan The applicant is working with Thrifty’s to relocate into the proposed development The Official Community Plan allows for developments up to 24 storeys with a significant community amenity and market-rental and below-market housing A public hearing is not allowed under provincial legislation (Section 464 of the Local Government Act) The City is conducting an engagement program to share information and gather feedback from the community Here is what you will find at letstalk.delta.ca/ttc: Complete a feedback form at letstalk.delta.ca/ttc or at the public information meetings before March 16 Dialogue and debate are integral to a free society and we welcome and encourage you to share your views on the issues of the day. We ask that you be respectful of others and their points of view, refrain from personal attacks and stay on topic. To learn about our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines Travellers will be able to travel from Tsawwassen to either of Nanaimo’s ferry terminals on central Vancouver Island starting at the end of spring B.C. Ferries announced that on June 19, it will introduce a one-way sailing once per day The Queen of Alberni will cover the route with a sailing time of two hours “This new direct sailing to Departure Bay gives our customers more choice and convenience when travelling to central Nanaimo this summer and will help ease congestion for passengers at other busy terminals,” said Melanie Lucia vice-president of customer experience at B.C “It also allows us to dock the vessel overnight at Departure Bay maximizing our fleet utilization and improving operational efficiency.” The ferry corporation advised that with two arrival terminals in Nanaimo now available for travellers from Tsawwassen it’s increasingly important for customers to carefully confirm their arrival terminal when booking sailings For more information or to reserve a spot on a sailing, visit bcferries.com Development ProjectsReal Estate NewsBritish Columbia / AlbertaFeaturedTrueAn rendering of the redeveloped Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall in Delta The Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall is the subject of a rezoning application that would see it redeveloped into a high-density mixed-use hub, continuing the trend of mall redevelopments that has been seen across the country The Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall is located at 1219 56 Street in Delta and site of the rezoning proposal also includes 1236 55 Street and an unaddressed parcel between the latter two parcels The proposal does not include the Shoppers Drug Mart building at 1215 56 Street BC Assessment values the parcels at $52,525,000, $1,693,000, $1,509,000, and $4,277,500 The properties are owned by Century Group — the developer behind the 537-acre Southlands Tsawwassen project and the Century City Holland Park project in Surrey — and the parcels are held under Century Group Lands Corporation and TTC 1236 Holdings Inc An overview of the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall redevelopment plan comprised of the single-level mall and its surface parking lot Century Group is proposing four mixed-use residential towers between 21 and 24 storeys that would be situated at each corner of a new internal intersection that would be constructed near the middle of the site Those four towers would sit atop building podiums that would then extend out towards the edges of the site and house additional residential units as well as commercial space the proposal includes 1,433 new residential units (80% strata ft of commercial space (including 31,000 sq a new public plaza that spans over 25,000 sq the proposal also includes a new library with over 15,000 sq ft of space that would replace the existing library located just outside of the northern boundary line of the project site the four aforementioned parcels would be consolidated and then subdivided into two parcels (a northern parcel and a southern parcel) and the proposed development would unfold across five major phases The exact sequence of those phases has yet to be finalized A rendering of one of the residential edges of the redeveloped site The project has a total proposed floor space ratio of 3.4 and Century Group is seeking to rezone the site from C1 (Core Commercial) and RS1 (Single-Detached Residential) into a new CD zone in order to allow for the proposed uses and density Under the City of Delta's Official Community Plan the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall site is designated as "Urban Centre" and envisioned to serve as a vibrant urban mixed-use hub "Our vision for the Tsawassen Town Centre Master Plan (TTMP) is to deliver more than a new Shopping Centre, creating an urban neighbourhood with hundreds of homes over new retail and anchored around a state-of-the art public library," said Century Group in their rezoning application "Carefully integrated into a setting that prioritizes the pedestrian TTMP will provide places where Tsawwassen residents can gather "Particular attention will be paid to placemaking and urban design interventions to help bring vibrant street life to Tsawwassen," they added "Given the TTMP site's size and location adjacent [to] the nexus of the downtown core its success will positively influence the form of redevelopment of other parts of sites in Tsawwassen's downtown core in the decades to come." After receiving the rezoning application in early-October and publishing the application in late-November the City of Delta will soon set up a series of public information sessions before the proposal is officially considered by Council Sign In Register Several development applications in Tsawwassen will soon be making their way to council’s table in 2025 the first full year of Delta’s new Official Community Plan (OCP) Among them is a revised development proposal that would see a new six-storey building called The Park Consultation has recently wrapped up for the revised proposed development subdivision and development permit would allow ground-level commercial space as well as 67 condo units but no lock-off units The proposal is consistent with the Neighbourhood Centres and Corridors designation in the new OCP Proposals now consistent with the OCP do not have to go through a public hearing The city earlier this year received an application and then held a public information meeting for a five-storey mixed-use building at the site That proposed project included 65 smaller residential apartment units including 13 lock-off units that could be divided into separate living units The application also included commercial floor area at-grade The application was later revised as city council approved the new OCP public consultation will take place on the proposed major redevelopment of the Tsawwassen Town Centre shopping mall The Century Group Lands Corporation application is to replace the one-storey mall with four mixed-use residential buildings up to 24-storeys in height situated on separate podiums The low-rise residential buildings and podiums would be between five-and-six storeys as well as commercial space including a 31,000-square-foot grocery store the rezoning would be consistent with the site’s Urban Centre (UC) land use designation under the OCP the city noted it will be hosting three public Information meetings in the first quarter of 2025 to introduce the application and to receive feedback The meetings include one on-line meeting that would feature a presentation and question-and-answer period as well as two in-person meetings that would be drop-in format with no presentation The city noted it will be sending a notification letter to all property owners in Tsawwassen with information on the dates and times on a smaller scale but still generating a lot of talk council is to also consider an application to build even more housing units on a residential lot than what the Delta’s new Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing (SSMUH) rules permit The application for the property at 6525 3rd Ave is for an OCP amendment to redevelop the site into a 12-unit residential development Submitted around the same time council approved the new SSMUH zoning amendments in the summer it is the first application to build more than four units on a single-family residential lot under the SSMUH rules Requiring a public hearing because the proposal does not adhere to the new OCP the application includes two three-storey townhouse buildings on the west side of the site as well as two two-storey detached garage buildings on the east side of the site each with two apartment units above the garages VancouverNewsNew summer-only sailing is BC Ferries’ 3rd route between Metro Vancouver and NanaimoBy Ian HollidayPublished: March 26, 2025 at 4:48PM EDT Twitter feed ©2025 BellMedia All Rights Reserved This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. 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Or sign-in if you have an account Phil Gaglardi never met a bulldozer he didn’t like Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience The Social Credit highways minister was known for flying around the province to check out new highway projects the Socreds were constructing in the 1950s and 60s which is why he was known for getting speeding tickets “Flying Phil” took the controls of a “giant bulldozer” during the construction of the new B.C helping to connect the “10,000-foot Tsawwassen causeway with the mainland.” By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc The next issue of West Coast Table will soon be in your inbox Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. “The minister plugged the gap with 50 yards of gravel pushed by the ‘dozer blade,” reported The Vancouver Sun “After the ceremony Gaglardi said the $4 million ferries project is well on its way and practice runs will be made in mid-May.” Gaglardi said he saw the causeway as part of the “gigantic highway system” the Socreds were building “for the people of B.C.” will lead to tremendous development in the area,” said the Sun Ferries terminal in sparsely populated Tsawwassen The Socreds had spent $16.5 million building the Deas Island tunnel which had come under flak from people who wanted to build a Fraser River crossing on either Annacis or Tilbury Island Building a ferry terminal at Tsawwassen would help justify the Deas Island tunnel which Queen Elizabeth officially opened on June 15 after the Social Credit MLA who pushed for it to be built.) Choosing Tsawwassen had its critics as well which the Sun said “flatly challenged” Gaglardi’s cost estimates beset by the greatest difficulties with rough weather,” said a Sun editorial on June 30 “But he said the government hopes to overcome those difficulties by skilled engineering.” Gaglardi also claimed that because Tsawwassen was closer to the Vancouver Island ferry terminal at Swartz Bay than White Rock or Steveston fuel costs would be $300,000 cheaper a year Vancouver Sun photographer Bill Dennett took an awesome aerial photo of the construction of the causeway in Nov. it seemed to start in the middle of the Strait of Georgia dredged up from the bottom in adjacent waters,” write Jim Hazelwood in the Sept “The core will be covered by … a blanket of gravel six inches or less in diameter.” Three Vancouver tugboats were working “round the clock” to bring a million tons of gravel to the project “the nearest place where material could be found to meet engineers’ specifications.” The cost of the causeway and terminal seemed to be different in every story about B.C Bennett when workers at the privately owned Canadian Pacific and Black Ball ferries went on strike Bennett went to court to get the Black Ball employees back to work after four days and thundered he would launch his own ferry service so that British Columbians “shall not be subject either to the whim of union policy nor the indifference of federal agencies.” Bennett said the ferry service would be running in a year but he was overly optimistic — the ferry service officially launched on June 15 The Tsawwassen causeway and terminal cost $3 million and the two ferries that launched the fleet cost $5 million The first ferry was launched from Burrard Drydock in North Vancouver on Nov Socred MLA Buda Brown “energetically heaved” a bottle of champagne at the bow but it bounced back — it took her three tries to break it Thus what the press dubbed “Bennett’s Navy” was launched jmackie@postmedia.com transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. 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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy You can manage saved articles in your account A newly erected 60-metre chain link fence along the U.S.-Canada border in Delta is causing outcry from one councillor who says the structure is more than just a safety measure — it’s a symbol of division Daniel Boisvert lives just a six-minute drive from Monument Park in Point Roberts where Canadians and Americans have historically met on the grass without going through border patrol He said the fence severs a connection that’s been central to the community “We in this neighbourhood have a really good relationship with our neighbours to the south,” Boisvert said Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox But that connection is now in jeopardy after City of Delta engineering staff installed the fence at the end of English Bluff Road on Jan The installation was prompted by an incident in November 2023 when a Tsawwassen senior with dementia crossed into Point Roberts and was found dead days later Delta police recommended installing a barrier to prevent accidental crossings The city’s engineering team worked on the project to improve safety and raise awareness of the international border “While the incident was tragic,” Boisvert argues “You don’t erect a fence for a one-off event that happens once every 175 years.” He believes the response fails to consider long-term consequences for the community “We share one of the world’s longest undefended borders It’s a symbol of over a century of peaceful relations between Canada and the U.S.,” Boisvert said He is planning to introduce a motion at the city’s Feb “I am extraordinarily optimistic that it will pass and staff will take it down the next day,” said Boisvert who was not included in the city’s decision to erect the border fence Along this stretch of the border sections are marked by a mix of fences on private property or low barriers designed to prevent cars from crossing the shared beaches remain open with no fences in sight Boisvert also expressed discomfort with the timing of the fence’s installation President Donald Trump’s inauguration and his calls for heightened border surveillance “The biggest issue for me with the fence is the symbolism of it,” Boisvert said No one from Delta police was available for comment Saturday The City of Delta has received an application to redevelop Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall into a multi-tower mixed-use complex Outlined in a report to council Monday evening (Dec the Tsawwassen Town Centre Master Plan proposes to replace the site's current single-storey auto-oriented strip mall grocery store and parking lots with four mixed-use towers of varying heights up to 24 storeys "complemented" by adjacent low-rise residential buildings ranging from five to six storeys.  the project would include approximately 1,433 residential units (a mix of owned strata units and both market and non-market rentals) and roughly 6,596 square metres (71,000 square feet) of commercial space including a 2,880-square metre (31,000-square foot) grocery store The site would also have parking for around 1,833 vehicles The proposal is consistent with the site's "Urban Centre" designation under Delta's new Official Community Plan which allows for developments up to six storeys or up to 24 storeys "where a significant community contribution is provided.”   the applicant, Century Group Lands Corporation proposes creating a new “community hub” along 56th Street featuring a library a mobility centre with bike storage and car share Century Group Lands is also proposing to secure 20 per cent of the total residential units as rentals under the new Comprehensive Development Zone — with five per cent of the total residential units provided as below-market rental housing The application is in the early stages and formal consideration by council is still a long ways off However, perhaps due to the scale of the proposal and the amount of public interest in the long-talked-about redevelopment of the mall, the city took the unusual steps of putting out a press release Thursday (Nov. 28) to let residents know about the application, and going live with the project page, letstalk.delta.ca/ttc “The Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall development application marks the start of what will be a comprehensive process," Doreann Mayhew "This is a significant proposal that requires a thorough review by staff before consideration by council a number of opportunities will be planned for the public to learn about this proposal That analysis will included assessments of traffic impacts zoning considerations and community impacts The community consultation to follow will include both in-person and online public information meetings in addition to collecting feedback through the city's Let’s Talk Delta engagement platform The application will then return to council for consideration along with the feedback received from the community because the proposal as it stands is consistent with the city's new OCP the project cannot legally be sent to a public hearing BC Ferries says it’s adding a new sailing between Vancouver and Vancouver Island the company says the Queen of Alberni will sail once daily from the Tsawwassen terminal to Departure Bay in Nanaimo Shiryn Sayani with BC Ferries says the one-way 4:30 p.m sailing will provide passengers another option to get to Nanaimo and position the vessel efficiently for the next day Normally sailing between Tsawwassen and Duke Point Sayani says the new route “allows us to have the Queen of Alberni dock overnight at Departure Bay after its final run of the day.” BC Ferries is expecting a busy summer and planning ahead will help you make it aboard “Booking in advance is always a great idea it makes it a little bit easier to anticipate demand when people are booking in advance The federal council and the NDP caucus decided on the local MP The Surrey Police Service (SPS) is turning to the public for help Jendhel May Sico is described as a person who lived her life to the fullest she was celebrating the Lapu-Lapu Day festival with those she loved most -- her cousin Killed in a car-ramming attack on Saturday she was celebrating the Lapu-Lapu Day festival with those she loved most -- her cousin speaks to reporter Kier Junos about the day their lives changed forever Huge crowds lined the streets of Vancouver to cheer on 25,000 runners making their way around the city for the 53rd annual BMO Marathon on Sunday Andrew's Saturday in honour of the victims of the deadly Lapu-Lapu tragedy last week The accused person in the deadly car attack at the Lapu-Lapu Day block party in Vancouver on April 26th appeared at the provincial Court of British Columbia 30-year-old Kai Ji Adam Lo appeared via video in court Four people remain in critical condition in hospital and another two remain in serious condition five days after the deadly attack at the Lapu-Lapu Day festival in Vancouver on April 26 Jack Rabb has more on the efforts to support the victims Listen to NewsRadio Vancouver live anytime and get up-to-the-minute breaking-news alerts weather and video from CityNews Vancouver anywhere you are – across all Android and iOS devices The City of Delta is asking for feedback on a plan to redevelop Tsawwassen Town Centre mall into a multi-tower mixed-use complex with a trio of public information sessions planned in the coming weeks Century Group Lands Corporation is proposing to replace the current single-storey auto-oriented strip mall grocery store and parking lots with more than 1,400 homes spread between four 21- to 24-storey mixed-use towers and several adjacent low-rise residential buildings ranging from five to six storeys in height The application is consistent with the site's "Urban Centre" designation under Delta's new Official Community Plan meaning a public hearing is not permitted under provincial law Now through March 16, the city is receiving feedback at letstalk.delta.ca/ttc which staff will compile in a report to be shared with the public and Century Group before it is presented to council for consideration Century Group will also have the opportunity to refine its proposal based on feedback received before the application is considered by council Three information meetings planned for this month will give residents the chance to speak with both city staff and representatives from Century Group and learn about the redevelopment plan The first will be held online via Zoom on Thursday, Feb. 20 from 6 to 7 p.m. The session will include a presentation followed by a Q-and-A. Register to attend at letstalk.delta.ca/ttc the city is hosting a pair of drop-in meetings at the South Delta Recreation Centre (1720 56th St.): one on Wednesday Feb the Tsawwassen Town Centre redevelopment would include approximately 1,433 homes (a mix of owned strata units and both market and non-market rentals) and roughly 71,000 square feet of commercial space including a 31,000-square-foot grocery store The development would also have parking for around 1,833 vehicles The site's "Urban Centre" designation allows for developments up to six storeys with opportunity to build up to 24 storeys "where a significant community contribution is provided.”   Century Group plans to create a new “community hub” featuring a 15,000- to 17,000-square-foot library and a 25,000-square-foot public plaza “framed by retail uses and patio spaces vibrant public squares found around the world.” The developer is also proposing to secure 20 per cent of the total residential units as rentals under a new Comprehensive Development Zone with five per cent of the project’s total homes locked in as below-market rental housing The complete application — including the site plan and perspectives, master plan drawings, traffic management study, and links to relevant City of Delta reports and bylaws — can be viewed at letstalk.delta.ca/ttc Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.