Dennis Fenske's DDAK Developments Inc., which built an eight-unit apartment building last year on Centennial Drive near Thompson Drive South and Maple Street, has received the green light from the city to cut the size of a second planned building at the location in half to four units from eight.
Whether the new building will be apartments or condominiums in the scaled-down project is still uncertain, according to Gary Ceppetelli, director of planning and community development for the City of Thompson.
Fenske appeared at the development review committee Jan. 22 to ask for the modification in size from a proposed two-storey eight-plex to a one-storey four-plex. The footprint for the building will remain about the same, Ceppetelli says.
Fenske said in a Dec. 21, 2009 interview he had rented the eight apartments in the first building and still hoped the second building, which was to be the condo portion of the project, would go ahead, but said at that time was unknown what size it would be if it did proceed.
Whether those four units in the second building will be condos or rental apartments remains unclear. Ceppetelli says in a Feb. 1 report to city council: "He (Fenske) is exploring the possibility of subdividing the land to create individual titles to offer the units for sale."
The city's development agreement with Fenske for the property dates back almost two years to March 25, 2008. The land was transferred to DDAK Developments Inc. on Aug. 12, 2008.
Last April 20, the city granted an extension of time until this September to substantially complete the second building, then proposed as an eight-plex, on the most easterly lot, Ceppetelli's report says.
