Langford council approved another potentially large-scale development this week for the area colloquially known as B次元官网网址淏ig Box LandB次元官网网址� on the north side of the highway in Langford.

The prospect of another two million-square-foot commercial and residential development near Costco has certainly raised some eyebrows, but the project was still given the go ahead after Monday nightB次元官网网址檚 public hearing.

According to Matthew Baldwin, director of planning for the City of Langford, thereB次元官网网址檚 no telling what the actual development will look like at this time, as only the land clearing and rezoning has been approved. Prior to any alteration of the land, an environmental development permit is still required.

Baldwin expects that process to happen soon, possibly by the end of the week.

B次元官网网址淭he form and character of the development itself will also be controlled by a (future) development permit,B次元官网网址� he said, noting the proposal for that has not yet been provided to council.

There is a possibility that the development could contain high-rises above the currently allowed six-storey limit, provided McCallum Developments B次元官网网址� the site developers B次元官网网址� perform a traffic-impact study to assess the implications of such a densely-populated structure on the surrounding roadways.

The new development is already proposing to extend McCallum Road to the south end of Florence Lake and connect it to the Leigh Road interchange.

Baldwin says the land clearing for the project will begin B次元官网网址渟oon,B次元官网网址� and actual building construction, depending on market factors, could begin before the end of 2015.

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