Further to the update earlier this month on the SFU expansion project, more site clearing has taken place adjacent to the project.

As of Oct 27th, trees on 3 lots to the west of the project were cleared, and the site is now being prepped for what appears to be a construction staging site for the SFU project. No development applications have been submitted on the lots, all that is known is that they are owned by the City of Surrey. When complete a new Urban Green Lane will run North-South between these recently cleared lots and the SFU project, as shown on the plan below.

With this added clearing of trees, the area west of University Drive known as West Village continues its transformation into Surrey’s first high-density urban neighbourhood.

Progress continues on the SFU Surrey ‘Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering Building’ at 102 Avenue and University Dr. Over the past few weeks, the site has been cleared and is now undergoing excavation to allow for the construction of a single level of underground parking below what will be a 5-storey building. Despite the activity on site, the project has yet to receive 4th-reading / final approval from the City of Surrey. The project is being fast-tracked to meet a deadline for Federal funding, which stipulates the building must be substantially completed by April 30, 2018. Preliminary Approval was granted in July, and it is expected final approval will come later this year.

More on SFU Surrey expansion:

https://urbansurrey.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/update-sfu-surrey-expansion/

https://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/CR_2016-R178.pdf