Surrey North Delta Leader, June 12, 2012

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Tuesday June 12, 2012 Serving Surrey and North Delta www.surreyleader.com

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Renaissance The tallest tower south of the Fraser is the latest addition to Surrey’s vision of a vibrant City Centre

SURREY’S EMERGING downtown core continues to shine, thanks in part to the latest announcement of a 50-storey hotel and residential development to be located next to the new city hall and flagship library. Hundreds of people gathered at the City Centre Library Thursday for the unveiling of what will be the tallest building south of the Fraser – 3 Civic Plaza. The bottom floor will house the restaurant

Mukhtiar Panghali’s lawyer says evidence was lacking and judged erred by Sheila Reynolds THE LAWYER for convicted

An artist’s rendering of 3 Civic Plaza, a $125-million, 50-storey hotel and residence development to be built in North Surrey by 2015.

by Kevin Diakiw

Appeal begins for man who killed wife

for the Civic Hotel, while the 13 floors above will have 160 suites for hotel guests. The next 34 storeys will be 330 residential units. The development will also include office space. The $125-milliion project is being built at Surrey Civic Plaza, near 103 Avenue and University Drive – the location of the new City Centre Library, relocated city hall, and future mixed-use performing arts centre building. Construction of 3 Civic Plaza will begin in 2013 and the completion date is expected by the fall of 2015.

“Fifty-five years of doing business (and) this is the most exciting project I’ve ever done,� said Sean Hodgins, president of Century Group, which is partnering with Surrey City Development Corporation (SCDC) on the project, along with Patrick Cotter Architects, which designed the building. “I’m particularly excited that it’s here in the City of Surrey,� Hodgins told the group. “I think it’s really the most exciting place in Canada in terms of city building.� See SURREY / Page 4

murderer Mukhtiar Panghali maintains there is no direct evidence his client strangled his pregnant wife to death in 2006. But Michael Tammen suggested Friday that the B.C. Court of Appeal could either acquit his client and order a new trial, or substitute his second-degree murder conviction for the lesser charge of Manjit manslaughter. Panghali Panghali was convicted in February 2011 of second-degree murder and interfering Mukhtiar with a dead Panghali body in the death of 31-year-old Manjit Panghali. Manjit’s charred remains were found in South Delta five days after she went missing after attending a yoga class on Oct. 18, 2006. See PANGHALI / Page 8

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