The Arnada neighborhood skyline is growing.
While the city of Vancouver’s website touts Arnada as “characterized by vintage homes,” offering an “overall traditional feeling,” recently opened modern apartment buildings now punctuate the downtown neighborhood.
And more apartments, this time for low-income residents, are on the horizon.
But as the neighborhood grows, Arnada Neighborhood Association members worry what the impact might be on parking. The concerns echo those raised by the Arnada Neighborhood Association about a year ago, as property management company EkoLiving was in the process of constructing new complexes in the area.
“Our neighborhood association isn’t opposed to more housing in the areas zoned for higher density but worries about parking impacts,” said Heather Beecher, neighborhood association secretary, by email last week.
The Vancouver Housing Authority will early next year begin construction on a 98-unit affordable apartment complex bordered by D, E, 16th and 17th streets at the neighborhood’s south end, VHA Executive Director Roy Johnson said. The housing authority will use federal tax credits to support the project. The development is one of three other VHA projects slated for construction within the next year.
