816 Cloverdale Ave. and 3311 Oak St. – Two residential towers for 467 units with retail at grade and two levels of underground parking

Project package information received on April 2025, from Saanich Planning — link — MVCCA submitted our initial comments in May 2025. As we understand it, the developer is planning two information sessions, one in-person and one online.

This will be the second major project to have frontage on Oak Street. As with the 760 Tolmie Ave towers, the owners plan for extensive resident’s amenities. The Uptown tower and the Tolmie towers projects will result in and increase if 873 units of new families living in an the area.

Our concern is with the cumulative effect of rental housing projects on neighbourhood resources, because these projects are not subject to community amenity contributions (CACs). Developers pay a fee for the new or expanded infrastructure needs (such as water and sewage) but this does not include amenities that are: ‘improvements to the public realm near the development site’.

In the case of this project, building B, (21 storey market condo tower) will be subject to CACs but building A will not. The Saanich policy can be found at: Community Amenity Contributions and Inclusionary Housing Policy — link. —

MVCCA would like all of this project’s CAC contribution to be applied in the immediate area.