New development expected to liven up downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — Development in the downtown core has been encouraged for years.
The city tried to get a $90 million performing arts centre approved by taxpayers, but it failed in a 2015 referendum nearly two years ago.
Now there are at least two projects in the works, one at the Double Tree on St. Paul that’s under construction and another that hasn’t broken ground yet in the parking lot next to Hotel 540.
“We know that it’s been more than 10 years and many people say something like this on an office basis, as much as 20 years,” says Bryan Pilbeam, vice president and general manager of the National Hospitality Group. “So, certainly something that Kamloops lacks and again having the big, open office spaces for people to attract.”