Some policies respected while others are not

Newlook Capital applied to council March 17 to convert Seacrest Tower downtown to strata. The tower has been rental units since 1963. Newlook has owned the tower since 2004 and has not increased long-established tenants' rents in a very generous gesture. Nanaimo has a longstanding policy for no...

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Published inNanaimo daily free press
Main Author Kemble, Roger
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nanaimo, B.C Postmedia Network Inc 25.08.2008
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Summary:Newlook Capital applied to council March 17 to convert Seacrest Tower downtown to strata. The tower has been rental units since 1963. Newlook has owned the tower since 2004 and has not increased long-established tenants' rents in a very generous gesture. Nanaimo has a longstanding policy for not allowing conversions when the vacancy rate is below 3%. Currently, Nanaimo's vacancy rate is 0.6%.