Ben Lui, CEO & President of Yorkton, was invited to attend a forum at the International Chinatown Conference. The forum was entitled, “Big Development: Mixed Housing”. In additional to Ben, other speakers included Richie Lam, CEO of Westrich Pacific Corp. that acquired the Edmonton City Centre Mall and Gene Dub, the architect who initiated the student housing project in South Chinatown.
During the forum, Ben revealed his plan to develop the Pacific Mall in Chinatown at 105 Avenue and 97 Street in two phases. The first phase will be to develop a 6-storey mixed used residential complex for approx. 150 units at the west parking lots. The second phase will be 2 Highrise towers of approximately 18 storeys each with street-front commercial space and approximately 250 residential units on top.
