On February 21, Parksville city council voted to move ahead with an application to allow the development of a non-market rental building at 1225 Franklin Gulls Road by the Parksville Lions Society. 

The land for the development is a city-owned lot and the plans are for a four-storey 36 unit rental apartment building with 18 one-bedroom, 15, two-bedroom and three three-bedroom apartments. 

According to Councillor Mary Beil, the city will continue to own the land but lease it to the Lions Housing Society on a long-term basis.

Tom Roy, president of the Parksville Lions Housing Society, said that the building will be targeted at working-class tennants. The society has applied for funding from BC Housing that would help subsidize some of the units.