Projects

North Shore Shelter & Transitional Housing

North Shore Shelter & Transitional Housing

Terra worked with long-time client Lookout to complete this project, the first of its kind in North Vancouver, developed to address the growing issue of homelessness on the North Shore. It was spearheaded by the North Shore Homelessness Task Force, funded through...

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Bridget Moran Place

Bridget Moran Place

Terra worked with the Society to develop this low barrier homeless shelter and homeless/at-risk housing project. There was an urgent need for the project at the time as two downtown hotels had been demolished to make way for the court house, displacing 40 to 50 low...

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Maria Keary Cottage

Maria Keary Cottage

Terra worked with the Society to achieve the successful renovation and conversion of twin heritage houses originally built in 1887. The development provides housing and support services to up to 20 homeless men and 15 provincial and federal offenders on conditional...

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Jubilee House Redevelopment

Jubilee House Redevelopment

Terra provided development management services to the 127 Society throughout the rezoning and redevelopment of Jubilee House, a project which had originally been constructed in the 1980s and was in need of significant repair and upgrade. The first Jubilee House housed...

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Nanaimo Youth Residence

Nanaimo Youth Residence

This project has 20 one- and two-bedroom units for homeless and homeless-at-risk youth, between the ages of 16 and 19, as well as a suite for a resident manager. The two-bedroom units house young single mothers. The project provides safe, supportive and...

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Bridge Housing

Bridge Housing

This project was created to provide a safe haven for women of the Downtown Eastside. It features 36 units of permanent housing and 12 short-term stay shelter units for homeless and homeless-at-risk women. The Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre occupies the first...

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Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture

Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture

This two-storey, multi-use facility was built to replace an older, inadequate community centre. The 15,000-square-foot project was privately developed by the Vancouver Peretz Institute, in partnership with VanCity Enterprises. The capital cost of the new community...

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The Independent Centre

The Independent Centre

This project involved the re-imagining of the Independent Centre, to better meet the social and academic needs of students at Thompson Rivers University. Terra worked with the Student Union and the University to accomplish a transition from a primarily commercially...

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