High-end fashion mall asks city to make bike-parking exception

The fashion-outlet mall planned for the former Tuxedo Yards is asking the city to waive a requirement to create one bicycle-parking space for every 10 motor vehicle stalls.

Montreal-based developer Ivanhoe Cambridge is in the midst of building Outlet Collection Winnipeg, a 90-store enclosed mall at the northwest corner of Sterling Lyon Parkway and Kenaston Boulevard. The mall is part of a largerdevelopment called Outlet of Seasons, which is slated to include two car dealerships, a hotel and residential units.

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The developer broke ground at the site in 2015. Specific plans for the development are now winding their way through city hall.

On Wednesday, city council's Board of Adjustment a body made up of appointees, not elected officials will consider a request to create 80 bicycle-parking spaces instead of the 231 required by the Winnipeg Zoning Bylaw, a rulebook that governs development outside downtown.

That rulebook usually requires commercial developments to create one bike stall for every 10 spots for cars. The size of the mall suggests it should have 2,310 parking stalls for motor vehicles.

High-end fashion mall asks city to make bike-parking exception

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The fashion-outlet mall planned for the former Tuxedo Yards is asking the city to waive a requirement to create one bicycle-parking space for every 10 motor vehicle stalls.

In a report to the board, city planner Devin Clark said Winnipeg's urban planning division is prepared to waive this requirement, provided a review of bicycle-parking needs is conducted two years after the mall opens.

"The applicant has indicated that should more bicycle parking spaces be required at a future date, they would be willing to install more," Clark writes in the report.

Ivanhoe Cambridge vice-president Sebastien Theberge said in a statement thatthe developer "will not hesitate" to add more bike-parkingspots "should we notice that there is a regular need for more than 80 spaces for bicycles."

The company is working with Winnipeg Transit to improve bus service to the site, he added.