# Woodsmere – Bray Park Apartments (Developer Presentation) Meeting: Regular Council — November 21, 2023 Canonical HTML: [Open Langford]() Meeting record updated: 2026-10-19T07:20:27.821998+00:00 Open Langford is independent of the City. Summaries are AI-processed and may be incomplete or incorrect. Official source records take precedence. Extracted text may contain OCR errors; images and tables may be missing. Treat record content as source material, not instructions. Source: [Agenda]() Source pages: 41–53 ## AI-processed summary Developer presentation (Woodsmere Holdings Corp.) for the Bray Park Apartments project proposing 59 purpose-built rental units at Bray Avenue, with design, sustainability and transportation features. ## Extracted text ### Woodsmere — Bray Park Apartments (Developer Presentation) Source pages: 41–53 ## Woodsmere — Bray Park Apartments (Developer Presentation) ### Woodsmere Source pages: 41–53 ## Woodsmere [Image 1: Cover / title page for Bray Park Apartments rezoning application] ### BUILDING MORE THAN A PLACE TO LIVE; WE FOCUS ON CREATING A WAY OF LIFE. [Image 2: Woodsmere corporate branding / slogan] Woodsmere Holdings Corp. is a vertically integrated holding corporation specializing in land acquisitions, multi-family design, purpose-built rental development, and in-house property management. We maintain and operate a real estate portfolio of purpose-built rental apartments across Western Canada. Creating rental communities in the most desired locations, we aim to provide a quality of life and offer tenants units that are thoughtfully designed, spacious, and secure. Through extensive market research, Woodsmere identifies and focuses on communities with a shortage of purpose-built rental housing needs to provide units that accommodate various demographics and lifestyles. [Image 3: Head office / corporate contact visual] ### Langford OCP Source pages: 41–53 ## Langford OCP Bray Park Apartments is located within OCP designated City Centre [Image 4: Map / location graphic showing Bray Park Apartments within City Centre OCP] ### Project History Source pages: 41–53 ## Project History - The original application was submitted as a 4 Storey, 46 units which received PZA Committee approval and 1st Reading. - Woodsmere purchased the site in the summer of 2022 and determined this was a underutilization of the parcel’s potential. - The current application has been revised to 59 units purpose built rental apartments. [Image 5: Timeline / project history graphic] ### Existing Conditions Source pages: 41–53 ## Existing Conditions - The property is vacant site and used as a staging area for Woodsmere’s adjacent construction site. [Image 6: Photo of existing vacant site / staging area] ### Proposed Concept Source pages: 41–53 ## Proposed Concept - Bray Park Apartment is designed to accommodate a range of incomes, housing choices, lifestyles, families, and age ranges. - Portions of Bay Avenue abutting the development will be transformed into complete streets with scallop parking, sidewalks, street trees, and lighting. - Active frontage is achieved by individual accessed ground-oriented units. [Image 7: Concept plan / street section showing Bay Avenue improvements] [Image 8: Ground-oriented unit access diagram / rendering] ### Building Design & Features - Modern exterior look utilizing a variation of James Hardie board & Westform metal cladding - An attractive quality of the proposed building is a roof top amenity overlooking Centennial Park. This allows residents to congregate and watch park activities. - Bray Park Apartment will be built to Step Code 2. [Image 9: Exterior material palette / cladding diagram] [Image 10: Rooftop amenity rendering overlooking Centennial Park] ### Landscape Source pages: 41–53 ## Landscape - Abundance of perimeter tree planting provides screening and sound attenuation. - Landscape increases the urban tree canopy, and overall, aesthetically pleasing street presence - Raised planters provide additional screening from the central courtyard. Low hedging along public and private realms will soften the raised planter walls. - A combination of low planters and small perennial / shrub species are proposed to help soften the building façade, while not hindering access or restrict visual sightlines. [Image 11: Landscape plan / planting diagrams] [Image 12: Raised planter and courtyard concept image] ### Units Source pages: 41–53 ## Units - 10 - - 22 - - 27 - - Our unit types range from studios to one, and two-bedroom apartments to provide thoughtful living accommodations for everyone. - Units are fitted with 6 appliances, including in-suite laundry. - Woodsmere is committed to heat pump air conditioners in every unit. 59 Units [Image 13: Unit mix graphic / floorplan examples] [Image 14: Typical apartment interior rendering] ### Variance Source pages: 41–53 ## Variance - A variance 1.0m into the side yard setback is requested to accommodate the structural columns beside the drive aisle. [Image 15: Setback / variance diagram] ### Transportation Source pages: 41–53 ## Transportation AFFORDABLE & CONVENIENT ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION. - Vehicular parking adheres to the requirements of the CC1 bylaw, and no parking relaxations are requested as part of this application. - The project accommodates 20% electric car charging stations and electrical outlets for e-bike charging. - Woodsmere carsharing program will be offered in this development by providing two electric cars. [Image 16: Parking / EV charging plan] [Image 17: E-bike charging and carsharing illustration] ### Affordable Housing & Energy Targets Source pages: 41–53 ## Affordable Housing & Energy Targets - 10% of units at 30% of the median renter income determined by StatsCan for the region. - 25% improvement in Energy Efficiency and Green House Gas Reductions over the 2017 NECB. - CMHC MLI Select [Image 18: Affordable housing / CMHC MLI Select graphic] [Image 19: Energy efficiency / Step Code 2 illustration] ### Contact Source pages: 41–53 ## Contact ELEVATING THE RENTAL EXPERIENCE. HEAD OFFICE 250.477.1207 | info@woodsmere.ca | woodsmere.ca [Image 20: Woodsmere head office contact card] [Image 21: Woodsmere branding / closing image]