This will be paid for through available funds in the City’s Debt Reduction Reserve. The City will pay $33.7 million to purchase and own the turnkey facility as part of the broader development. venture, as part of a new mixed-use development. The new Victoria public safety building is being built under an agreement reached with local developer Dalmatian Developments Limited Partnership, a Jawl Residential and Nadar Holdings Ltd. After an earthquake, the new building will be able to be safely re-entered and used to deliver emergency services. This means it will be built to a seismic design load that is significantly higher than typical commercial buildings. The new public safety building will meet new BC Building Code standards for buildings designed to remain operable post disaster. In addition, BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) has agreed to lease 3,200-square-feet of space from the City to operate a stand-alone, downtown rest and ready location for paramedics under a planned 20-year co-service agreement. The new 41,700 square-foot downtown facility replaces the current 26,700 square-foot fire headquarters building on Yates Street that has served the citizens of Victoria since 1959. This new housing is part of more than 3,000 new affordable homes either completed or underway in the Capital Region by the Province, including more than 900 underway in Victoria. With funding from BC Housing, Pacifica Housing will own and operate the top eight storeys of the building. In a first for the region, the 12-storey building will include 130 purpose-built affordable homes for low- and moderate-income seniors, families and individuals. Victoria’s new state-of-the-art, post-seismic Fire Hall and Emergency Operations Centre on Johnson Street reached an important construction milestone with level one concrete pouring completed for the six fire hall apparatus and two ambulance bays. Victoria Fire Department Headquarters Replacement New Public Safety Building Under Construction Update April 13, 2021
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