The Cambie Corridor Neighbourhood Association is seeking a judicial review of Vancouver city council’s unanimous approval in July of a large-scale housing project that will not include below-market rental homes.

The association filed a petition Aug. 8 in BC Supreme Court that requests council’s July 8 decision to approve Sightline Properties Ltd.’s rezoning application for 230 market rental units be quashed or set aside until another public hearing is held.

At issue is the scale of the project—two six-storey buildings and two three-storey townhouses—and the fact that it will not include below-market rental units on the property at West 29th Avenue and Ash Street.

The property is located in the same neighbourhood as BC Children’s and Women’s hospitals and falls under the city’s the T

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