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The City of Victoria has waived a public hearing for a project that will transform a parking lot on three city lots into a four-storey mixed-use commercial building at the northwest corner of Douglas Street and Queens Avenue.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Council unanimously gave initial approval this week for the $17-million four-storey building, which will feature retail and light manufacturing space on the ground floor and a self-storage warehouse in the rest of the building.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The retail spaces facing Douglas Street will range in size from 335 to 2,534 square feet.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The 56,500-square-foot building, which takes design inspiration from stacked shipping containers, will offer retail entrances along Douglas Street and a lobby and entrance to the self-store facility off Queens Avenue.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In approving the project at 2300-2312 Douglas St., the city noted it is consistent with guidelines in the official community plan.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n And while council passed a motion last month to prohibit self-storage as a permitted use in this type of zoning, applications that were already in the queue as of June 15 of this year were allowed to continue.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n