And last but not least - a couple of different areas of density outside of the downtown core, the picture below shows a main Street leading from downtown (Fort street) which turns into Oak Bay Avenue which passes through a Victoria half of the street before entering Oak Bay, though the Oak Bay Village until it reach the ocean. The wealthy municipality of Oak Bay hasn’t grown in population since the early 1970’s as has always resisted development, but now it’s on the provincial government mandated housing target list, so I’d expect they would finally permit many of the hundreds of new units to go along their half of half of the road. On the right you see the section within Victoria, again heavy apartment density outside of downtown. Most of it again 4 storey apartment buildings from the 1970’s to 1990’s, but now starting to see newer and taller infill apartment/condo buildings again.
Apple Maps - Oak Bay Avenue by
JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr
The second picture shows the Songhees area directly across the Johnson Street bridge from downtown, this area should grown in density significantly based on the latest plans submitted to council this year.
Apple Maps - Songhees by
JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr
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Perhaps a looming negative to the finer grain streetscape is this five tower all rental two stage approved development for downtown by Starlight where site work for stage one has begun. On the other hand 1500 new rentals is never a bad thing for a downtown.
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And it’s not all mid or high-rises, this large development over much of a city block is now under construction (excavation stage) at the edge of the historic old town:
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