<p>These images present a draft design concept for the North Shore Town Centre. For further background, watch the video segment <a href="https://letstalk.kamloops.ca/northshoreplan/widgets/72790/videos/6189" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(3, 169, 244); text-decoration: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">North Shore Town Centre: Town Centre and Community Triangle</em></a> from the design charrette. <span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Please share your thoughts on these design concepts below.</span></p><p><strong>North Shore Town Centre–District Plan</strong></p><div class="fr-img-space-wrap"> <em><img src="https://s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/ehq-production-canada/e96f6115e2b8ebacfbb649fc94affa43836d5eb5/original/1608658705/North_Shore_Town_Centre___district_plan.jpg_748056762fce3003f1b2111d84419807?1608658705" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib" style="width: 1334px;"></em><a href="https://letstalk.kamloops.ca/northshoreplan/widgets/74514/photos/18531" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>View this image in a new tab in the </em><em>photo gallery</em></a><br><span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">The North Shore Town Centre is the major destination and commercial hub for the North Shore. Large-format retail stores are retained to act as commercial anchors during implementation. Landmark towers are positioned on prominent corners to help define views. Commercial infill creates an urban 'village' with a series of internal 'mews' (i.e. narrow pedestrian-oriented streets). Retail uses for restaurants and smaller businesses are kept at street-level with residential uses above. Lower-scale residential buildings flank the North Shore Town Centre, offering a variety of housing types and tenures. Public realm improvements include street trees, opportunities for public art, and other "placemaking" interventions that will enhance the district's identity.</span> </div><p><br></p><p><strong>North Shore Town Centre–Concept Sketch</strong></p><p><img src="https://s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/ehq-production-canada/5a4287d101e15bb1425ffb81cfb3215848538566/original/1608594493/North_Shore_Town_Centre__concept_sketch.jpg_afe33537d9acb2cb2636ad9cd4b8410d?1608594493" style="width: 1334px;" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib"><a href="https://letstalk.kamloops.ca/northshoreplan/widgets/74514/photos/18530" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>View this image in a new tab in the </em><em>photo gallery</em></a><br>This bird's eye view (looking west) illustrates a vibrant and pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use North Shore Town Centre. To the south (left of the image), a proposed new civic park with a public amenity building occupies the corner of Tranquille Rd and Vernon Ave. Northills Shopping Centre is reimagined as an open-air 'high street' leading to the urban village 'mews' bounded by Sydney Ave and Fortune Drive. The mix of uses include commercial office and retail (e.g. shops and restaurants), public areas, and gathering places. Taller residential buildings accommodate greater density to take advantage of expanded/regional amenities.</p><p>What are your thoughts on the design concepts for the North Shore Town Centre? Please comment below.</p>