A major housing development in St. Catharines has been given the go ahead by city council.
Councillors narrowly approving a housing plan for the vacant parking lot at the corner of Geneva and Scott Streets.
Click HERE to listen to Mayor Mat Siscoe discuss the plan on Niagara in the Morning.
The 530-unit development would include a 7-storey apartment building, with 13 and 15-storey structures built behind it, and 11 townhomes.
Siscoe says he is hopeful that they could see shovels in the ground in the next year or so.