Century Group has unveiled a significantly revised proposal for the redevelopment of the Tsawwassen Town Centre, with a focus on health care space and reduced density in response to community feedback.
The updated plan includes a 25 per cent reduction in building heights and a 57 per cent decrease in the number of homes, scaling down from 1,433 to approximately 600. According to the developer, the proposal continues to align with the City of Delta’s Official Community Plan and provincial housing targets, while aiming to reflect the character of the surrounding community.
Health care has been prioritized as a key amenity in the new plan. In the first phase, Century Group will dedicate space in perpetuity to the Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation. The foundation has been working to address long-standing health care access issues in the area.
“We’ve heard the concerns about needing better health care delivery and made changes to address this,” said Sean Hodgins, president of Century Group. “This revised plan reduces scale while still delivering new homes, dedicated space for health care services, and retail that will strengthen our town centre.”
In addition to the health care space, the updated proposal includes:
- An expanded Thrifty Foods with a pharmacy component
- New housing options, including apartments and townhomes
- The addition of 100 new market rental homes to Tsawwassen’s housing supply
“Projects like this will always involve tradeoffs,” said Hodgins. “But we must keep moving forward to tackle Delta’s and the region’s housing challenges.”
The revised plan continues to focus on infill development, renewing an already urbanized area without expanding into greenfield or agricultural land. Century Group says the proposal reflects a balance between future growth and community priorities.
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Yes, that’s just what the Lower Mainland needs: projects that will provide less than half the residential units originally planned, because after all there is no shortage of housing in the region. And let’s pretend that the issue with health care is a lack of space, rather than a lack of people and resources to deliver it.