Terry Hui, CEO of Concord, owns a penthouse in The Erickson apartment building and claims exclusive access to the building’s comfort room to the detriment of other condo residents. Photo by Francis Georgian / PNG
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The city of Vancouver has turned down a request from developer Concord Pacific to modify a license so that its president and CEO, Terry Hui, can maintain a huge space for exclusive use in a luxury Yaletown penthouse apartment.
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The layers of the Erickson buildings have been at loggerheads with Hui since 2017 over who will use a 6,000-square-foot space on the second floor of the 17-story building at False Creek’s North Sea wall. In October 2021, after the mattresses tried to follow a city directive to make the space accessible to all occupants of the building, Concord asked the city to modify the permit in favor of Hui. Concord’s lawyer said he would then “pay for it” and was “confident the issue would be resolved that way”. The initial development permit submitted by Concord and approved by the city for The Erickson in 2005 showed the vast area on the second floor as a common area. But when the mattress design was later submitted to the Land Ownership Office after the building was completed in 2010, the same space appeared to be intended for the exclusive use of the penthouse owner, who was always Hui. This design also showed a private elevator that could run from the park to the penthouse, with a stop on this second floor, which has a reception area and areas for theater and other rooms.
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Concord’s request for an amendment last fall, followed by a more than six-month review by the city, is interesting for its scrutiny of the city’s negotiations and agreements with major manufacturers such as Concord, which hold significant parcels throughout the city. “On behalf of all the residents, I can say that we are very pleased that the city did the right thing and refused the developer’s request to modify the development permit for the unfinished second floor of The Erickson,” said Michael Farmer, chairman of the stratified council. . The next step, he said, is for the city to “take steps to enforce the development permit it issued and help (the) mattress council return the previously approved mattress comfort area.”
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It is not clear, however, whether this will necessarily happen. “Before the communication arrived from the city, our clients were in the middle of a legal review of the issue and the process. “Now that the city has a proposal to go to the Board of Variance, they will consider following that proposal,” said Concord lawyer Hein Poulus. The council hears appeals against development decisions. [email protected] More news, fewer ads, faster upload time: Get unlimited, ad-lite access to The Vancouver Sun, The Province, the National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites for just $ 14 / month or $ 140 / year. Register now through The Vancouver Sun or The Province.
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