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By Dylana Kneeshaw

HOUSING IN KAMLOOPS

Construction begins on The Confluence, bringing 80 rental units to Tranquille corridor

Jun 6, 2024 | 5:30 PM

KAMLOOPS — Construction is starting in the lot behind the former Northbridge Hotel and Duchess nightclub. What used to be an unkept parking lot and aging liquor store building along Campbell Avenue, will eventually become an 80-unit apartment complex for families and seniors.

The Confluence building will be operated by the ASK Wellness Society in Kamloops and the apartments will be rented out to people with low to moderate incomes.

“Part of the reason we’re calling it The Confluence is really the merging, the bringing together of people, culture and age,” says ASK Wellness CEO Bob Hughes, who notes the name is also a nod to the meeting of the rivers within Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc territory.

The Confluence will be built on the Campbell Avenue lot, with the adjacent Tranquille Road lot in front being cleared for a separate redevelopment project. The purchase and eventual redevelopment of both lots was a joint move several years ago from the City of Kamloops, BC Housing and ASK Wellness.

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Dawn Himer, Supportive Housing Advisor with BC Housing, says seeing shovels finally dig into the dirt Thursday (June 6) was exciting.

“And on a site that’s actually been a challenge for the North Shore,” added Himer. “We’re very excited to be apart of this. It’s part of the Community Housing Fund, so it really is about building stronger communities.”

The Confluence will have 55 two- and three-bedroom apartments for families, and 25 one-bedroom apartments for seniors, with a bathroom, kitchen and patio balcony for every unit.

“That intergenerational linkage in the building, where we have families being able to live alongside their parents, aunts, uncles — we really see that as kind of a unique creation in the vision,” notes Hughes.

The goal is to offer a new set of modern apartments where families can live together and afford the rent, an idea that Hughes says aligns well with the community work ASK Wellness does.

“I think for many, ASK is seen as that organization that just works with the folks who are on the streets, really struggling with addictions and mental health, and while we proudly do that work, we also work with families. And we see it extensively at our building here on the north shore,” he explains. “Families coming in just desperate, people living in motels with young kids, people in cars.”

Hughes says it’s a $30-million build and the construction timeline with D and T Developments, depending on supply chain schedules, will have people living in the building within 18 to 20 months.

“These guys are ready to go. We’ve got the machinery here, we’ve got all the permitting, and again, the City of Kamloops, the steps they’ve taken to support this project have been immense,” adds Hughes.