WESTBROOK 33RD APPLICATION BRIEF V1.0 Land Use Redesignation and Policy Amendment February 2021 WESTBROOK 33RD APPLICATION BRIEF V 1.0 PREPARED FOR Truman Development Corporation PROJECT TEAM CivicWorks NORR Architects Bunt & Associates PROJECT CONTACT INFORMATION CivicWorks 587.747.0317 [email protected] PROJECT WEBSITE www.westbrook33rd.com FEBRUARY 2021 2 3 Why Truman? ......................................................................................... 02 CONTENTS Overview ............................................................................................... 04 Site Location .......................................................................................... 05 Policy Context ....................................................................................... 06 Land Use Context ................................................................................. 08 Land Use Redesignation.......................................................................... 09 Existing Buildable Context ..................................................................... 10 Development Rationale ......................................................................... 12 Stakeholder Outreach............................................................................ 14 4 1 For over 30 years, Truman has proudly and Truman is also proud of our legacy of supporting persistently worked to build a better Calgary. As an affordable homeownership in partnership with Alberta-based family-owned developer and builder, Attainable Homes Calgary and the Liberty Affordable we have successfully created thousands of new Homeownership program. Truman has helped homes and over a million square feet of retail, office, to provide over 400 new homes to deserving WHY TRUMAN? and industrial space within the Calgary metropolitan Calgarians. It’s our goal to make a quarter of the area. homes we build truly affordable. Truman’s core belief is that everyone can Live better.® From master planned new communities to individual mixed-use buildings in redeveloping neighbourhoods, we’re committed to building great places through great design. Places that so many Calgarians have chosen to make an investment and Truman’s core belief is call home. As an accomplished master builder, Truman is the builder of choice for countless Calgarians. And we go that everyone can beyond providing refined design and construction, by making customer service and community relationship building our priorities. We know that building ® George Trutina genuinely complete communities requires this Live better. President commitment. www.trumanhomes.com Gateway at West District, Calgary 2 3 OVERVIEW SITE LOCATION This Application Brief was prepared by CivicWorks As the current Land Use District does not support on behalf of developer-builder Truman for two (2) the proposed development vision, the project team assemblies of land at 1714, 1718, 1722 ,1726, 1730, is submitting a Land Use Redesignation application 1734 33 ST SW (Site 1 - South) and 1702 and 1704 33 for the assembled lands, in addition to a concurrent WESTBROOK ST SW (Site 2 - North) in the Calgary community of Development Permit application to demonstrate a LRT STATION Shaganappi. The sites propose low-to-mid scale (6-8 high-quality, mixed-use ‘bricks and mortar’ outcome. storey) mixed-use developments with opportunity for A supporting amendment to the Local Area Plan commercial-retail and / or live-work units at-grade. (Westbrook Village Area Redevelopment Plan) will also be submitted to allow for the proposed The intent of this document is to outline the development vision. surrounding area context and planning analysis that has informed the proposed developments: high- quality, human-scale developments strategically located among several community amenities and 14 AV SW SITE 2 (NORTH) within a Transit-Oriented Development node. The sites greatly benefit from their walking distance to the 17 AV SW and 37 ST SW Main Streets, Westbrook Mall and the Westbrook LRT station. SITE 1 (SOUTH) 7 AVENUE SW 8 AVENUE SW 33 ST SW 32 ST SW Shaganappi Point Golf Course WESTBROOK STATION SHAGANAPPI POINT STATION BOW TRAIL SW Westbrook Mall 37 ST SW MAIN STREET ROSSCARROCK 13 AVENUE SW Shaganappi 17 AV SW MAIN STREET Park SHAGANAPPI 25A STREET SW 14 AVENUE SW SITE 2 (NORTH) 600m (5-10 min Walk Radius) Alex Barbara Ferguson SITE 1 (SOUTH) 16 AVENUE SW Mitchell School Centre MAX TEAL BRT 17 AV SW MAIN STREET Killarney Aquatic & Recreation Centre 25 STREET SW 30 STREET SW 27 STREET SW 26 STREET SW 28 STREET SW 33 STREET SW 29 STREET SW 36 STREET SW 35 STREET SW 34 STREET SW 26A STREET SW 24A STREET SW 31 STREET SW 32 STREET SW 4 5 POLICY CONTEXT 6358&( &/,)) Westbrook Village Area Redevelopment Plan Westbrook Communities Local Area Plan 6+$*$1$33, 5266&$552&. The project sites are located within the boundaries of the The City of Calgary is actively transitioning its The Westbrook Communities Local Growth Plan :HVWEURRN 9LOODJH $53 Westbrook Village Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP), approved key planning tool for local area planning, the Area process is currently underway. This Plan will address by Council in 2009. This plan identifies the sites as “Medium Redevelopment Plan (ARP), to more regionally-based increased growth and redevelopment in the area Density”, which encourages a transition from the existing low strategic growth plans. This approach is intended and will update, consolidate, and replace a number .,//$51(<*/(1*$55< density neighbourhoods to denser housing forms including to manage city-wide growth and development of local policy documents, including the Westbrook 5,&+021' townhouses, apartments and live-work units. The current by addressing the resource-intensive challenge of Village ARP, with estimated delivery for a Calgary maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) is 2.5 and the maximum creating individual Local Area Plans for an increasing City Council decision in Fall/Winter 2021/2022. Building Height is 16 metres. number of communities, replacing outdated plans, and filling in the gaps where no local plan currently exists. The City of Calgary’s community district Main Streets strategic growth model will combine several neighbouring communities, with a focus on shared The City of Calgary’s (The City’s) Main Streets initiative history, characteristics, and resources to create 6358&( outlines 24 corridors that possess long term intensification &/,)) a future vision for how land could be used and potential. The project sites are located within the 17 AV SW redeveloped in the area. Main Street Study Area and are sited approximately 500m 6+$*$1$33, 5266&$552&. from the 37 ST SW Main Street. Streetscape Master Plans $96: were completed for the 17 AV SW Main Street in 2020 and 37 ST SW Main Street in 2019, and there will be near-term 676: municipal investment in the public realm (improvements .,//$51(<*/(1*$55< 5,&+021' for all-modes movements and streetscape beautification) to support growth and intensification proximate to these corridors. Transit-Oriented Development WILDWOOD SPRUCE The project sites are within walking distance to three (3) CLIFF of Calgary’s Primary Transit Network corridors—17 AV WESTGATE SW, Bow Trail SW and 37 ST SW—which provide the local 6358&( ROSSCARROCK SHAGANAPPI &/,)) SCARBORO / area with daily public transit with a frequency of every 10 WEST SUNALTA minutes or less, 15 hours a day, 7 days a week. Westbrook GLENDALE 6+$*$1$33, Light Rail Transit (LRT) Station, located 200m from the sites, 5266&$552&. KILLARNEY / acts as one of Calgary’s major transit hubs, housing the Blue GLENGARRY RICHMOND Line LRT, MAX Teal Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and a number of frequent bus routes providing connections to some of GLENBROOK .,//$51(<*/(1*$55< Calgary’s most important destinations including the University 5,&+021' of Calgary, Mount Royal University and the Downtown Core. The City’s key directions for land use and mobility recognize that, in order to move forward as an efficient city, land use and transit decisions need to be linked with a policy to support population and employment intensification within these key areas. 6 7 LAND USE CONTEXT LAND USE REDESIGNATION The sites are surrounded by a mix of multi- LEGEND Land Use Change Concurrent Application Process residential and commercial districts. Directly to Residential - Contextual One / Two Dwelling District (R-C2) the west of the sites are the Direct Control (DC) To support the redevelopment vision for Westbrook The intent is to submit a concurrent application for District-designated Westbrook Mall / Village sites. To Residential - Grade-Oriented Infill District (R-CG) 33RD, a Land Use Redesignation from the M-C2 Land Use Redesignation and Development Permit the north and east are single-detached and multi- Multi-Residential - Contextual Grade-Oriented District (M-CG) District to the MU-1f5.0h26 District is proposed to for the assembled parcels. A concurrent application residential dwelling types which can be intensified be applied for. This redesignation would allow for Multi-Residential - Contextual Low Profile District (M-C1) process ensures a comprehensive and thoughtful and redeveloped under the existing M-C1 and M-C2 high-quality, mixed-use developments up to 26 metres “bricks and mortar” outcome is clearly understood Districts. To the south is an existing mixed-use, Multi-Residential - Contextual Medium Profile District (M-C2) in building height (6-8 storeys) with FARs of 5.0 and by stakeholders and directly informs decision-making multi-family