Council gives intervention approval for Bentley Block redevelopment
LETHBRIDGE – Lethbridge City Council has given the go ahead for an intervention to redevelop a one-story portion of the Bentley Block in the city’s downtown and to add an additional three stories to it.
At Monday’s meeting, Sarah McKay with Pure West Developments made a presentation to council, asking that they be allowed to remove a parapet on the top of the one-story heritage site that has been designated as a “character defining element,” so a modern, three-story addition could be constructed on top of it.
Last June, the owner of the Bentley Block, at 118-5 St. S., applied for and received a Municipal Historic Resource designation.
According to the City, “whenever the owner of an MHR wishes to carry out works to the property, which might affect its heritage value or character defining elements, they must first request an Intervention Approval.”