Moncton council on Monday unanimously voted in favour of a downtown building that could have up to 30 floors.

Icon Developments Inc. is proposing a mixed-use building with about 288 residential units on vacant land at Main and Harper streets.

If built as proposed, it would be the city’s tallest-occupied building.

Councillors voted to change a conditional agreement in place since 2017 with the property’s previous owners that only allowed a hotel of up to 14 floors.

The amended agreement would allow a mixed-use building of six to 30 floors.

City staff told council Icon still needs to complete various steps that could affect its scale, including detailed designs and financing.

“It was a great first step tonight, but it sounds like there’s still a lot of work to do,” Mayor Dawn Arnold said after the vote.

Jamie Shea, Icon’s president, and Phil Ripley, the company’s project manager, both declined to comment after the vote.

It’s unclear how quickly the company could start construction.

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