Chilliwack – The great downtown Chilliwack re-boot started in earnest in November, as the blue security fences went up. The block including Yale, Nowell, Princess, Young, Five Corners Park and the old Empress Hotel parking lot are now behind reinforced barricades.
This past week, the wrecking ball started to do its job. the demo is where Empress Lane and Princess Lane will intersect with the rest of the major development.
For over a decade there has been plenty of talk and one false start, over the revitalization of the dilapidated Downtown Chilliwack core.
Back in July, Algra Brothers who were integral in the major facelift in downtown Abbotsford, won the contract through the City of Chilliwack, CEPCO and the blessing of the Chamber of Commerce and the BIA.
That FVN story can be found here.
While this is not an overnight fix, there will be plenty of construction trucks downtown and the scattering of the homeless population. The first phase of the European influenced design including public walk ways will be done in phases with the first deadline in late 2019.
