Kelowna - 1451 and 1469 Bertram Street

Illustration of mixed use housing from street view with trees.

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Overview

BC Housing is planning for the redevelopment of 1451 and 1469 Bertram Street, in downtown Kelowna. The focus of the redevelopment is to create urgently needed new affordable non-market and market rental housing for seniors, couples, individuals and families. No supportive housing would be built on this site.

Community Feedback

BC Housing and the design team thank everyone who completed the questionnaire and provided feedback. Your input will inform the proposal that will be submitted to the City of Kelowna.

Project Details

The following features are central to the plan:

  • Approximately 14 affordable rental townhomes
  • Approximately 186 rental apartments
  • Daycare and play area
  • Housing for people with disabilities

Design priorities for the redevelopment include a design that fits within the neighbourhood, apartment spacing away from neighbours, a green approach, parking and vehicle management, climate change mitigation, and construction waste management.

Please see the Bertram Redevelopment Brochure for more information about the overall direction for the redevelopment planning work and the design ideas under consideration.

Preliminary Image Only – Subject to Change

Overview

BC Housing is planning for the redevelopment of 1451 and 1469 Bertram Street, in downtown Kelowna. The focus of the redevelopment is to create urgently needed new affordable non-market and market rental housing for seniors, couples, individuals and families. No supportive housing would be built on this site.

Community Feedback

BC Housing and the design team thank everyone who completed the questionnaire and provided feedback. Your input will inform the proposal that will be submitted to the City of Kelowna.

Project Details

The following features are central to the plan:

  • Approximately 14 affordable rental townhomes
  • Approximately 186 rental apartments
  • Daycare and play area
  • Housing for people with disabilities

Design priorities for the redevelopment include a design that fits within the neighbourhood, apartment spacing away from neighbours, a green approach, parking and vehicle management, climate change mitigation, and construction waste management.

Please see the Bertram Redevelopment Brochure for more information about the overall direction for the redevelopment planning work and the design ideas under consideration.

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  • I have read over your proposal of affordable housing. I am very interested, as I lived in the Flemish street area for 20 yeArs and raising a family. I have now live in West Kelowna for the past 10 years. I would love to live back in the downtown but being a senior, on a limited income has made that impossible. How do we apply. Since the pandemic we are living at the coast with family, and did not see community feedback questionnaire.

    Vicki asked about 2 months ago

    Hello Vicki, 

    At this time, the 1451 and 1469 Bertram Street development is not accepting rental applications. The project construction start date has not been determined yet but will likely not start until late 2021/early 2022.  

      We will continue to post development updates, however, you can view this site to search housing listings in a specific area: https://www.bchousing.org/housing-assistance/rental-housing/housing-listings      

     In addition, please check out the BC Housing registry which provides a centralized database of applicant information to non-profit and co-operative providers of affordable housing: https://www.bchousing.org/projects-partners/housing-provider-info/housing-registry. Through our Seniors Housing Fund, we fund more than 10,410 assisted living and supportive seniors’ units to help seniors remain in their communities, close to family and friends.

    For more assistance with housing applications, please contact 

    Applicant Services at 1-800-257-7756 (toll-free). 

  • Will you consider having retail on the bottom? This would help animate the area and also meet some of the demand for restaurants when adding hundreds of residents.

    Bruce asked 2 months ago

    Hi Bruce,  

    Thank you for your email and your suggestion on our design plans.  We will share this information with the design team for consideration. 

    If you haven't already, please review the design planning brochure (https://letstalkhousingbc.ca/16151/widgets/65119/documents/39368). 

    We appreciate your engagement in this process. 

  • Hello, How tall will the building really be when finished? If I do the math on page 5 and 7 of the brochure, I count 3 Story Parkade + 7 Story Portion + 20 Story Apartment which adds up to a 30 story high building. I think it is kind of an overkill considering which is destroying the unique character of Bertram Street. Looking forward to hear from you. Regards Juergen Grau, 1450 Bertram Street

    Juergen G. asked 2 months ago

    Thank you for your question Juergen. As outlined in the video here the seven story sections are beside the large tower. The parkades will be underground thus making the highest portion 20 stories.  

    Please review the design planning brochure for more information: https://letstalkhousingbc.ca/16151/widgets/65119/documents/39368