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just for the elderly,” Patrick
says. “We’re not going to lock
them up and close the doors
and shut the blinds, and not let
people see in or the residents
see out. That could not be far-
ther from what we do.”
When Patrick first joined the
company, the design of Victoria
PARC was mostly complete and
the project was in the develop-
ment approval stage. The city
had come back with concerns
about the size of the building,
however, and Patrick was in-
volved in addressing those con-
cerns.
“We had to tweak it to bring it
down a little bit, make it more
contextual, make it more neigh-
borhood friendly – which I think
we achieved,” Patrick says.
Kelowna PARC, meanwhile, Pat-
rick was involved in from the
very beginning. He recalls them
starting the process with a cou-
ple of distinct options. The com-
pany very recently delivered
Oceana PARC in White Rock,
which was “more of a tower
type of building,” so they con-
sidered repeating something
along those lines. They also
considered “more of a low-rise
building,” something that was
more specifically adapted to
the site. They created multiple
study models and renderings
of both options and went back
and forth with their architect.
No matter what option they
went with, however, they knew
they wanted “a local flair,” Pat-
rick says. That’s why they used
a local architect, and why they
prioritized building materials
that were popular in the city.