Shovels are in the ground as construction on the massive 525-unit City Gardens project in downtown Kamloops is underway.

Speaking during a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, Kelson Group President, Jason Fawcett, says construction on the entire project will take about eight years to complete.

“The first step is to build the parkades which are going to house over 800 parking stalls, he said. “That is really the first part of the construction, to build most of the parkade and then within a year we’ll start on the first tower, which is going to be 24 storeys.”

The City Gardens project will also comprise of a 20-storey high rise building as well as four mid-rise buildings, each with six storeys. The total project is valued at over $200-million.

“It is challenging in the size. A parkade that is three storeys down in a one year project just on its own,” Fawcett added.

“Typically, residential buildings, even our wood frame that we’ve been building will take a couple of years to build and so you add in the parkade and 24 storeys of concrete, that first building will take us three years to complete.”

Located on Battle and Nicola streets between 4th and 5th avenues, this is the largest residential project in the City of Kamloops. By this time next year, he says to see the that 24-storey tower start to rise from the ground.

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