Is this a rumour or a project that have not yet be announced, or is it on hold!!!!!Development Planned for SOHO Neighbourhood
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES in partnership with SOHO London is inviting members of the public to a special meeting on Wednesday, October 29.
The meeting will outline Goodwill Industries' plans for a multi-use development on 2.8 acres at Horton and Wellington streets, SOHO's main intersection.
The public meeting will be held at Wellington Street United Church at 7 p.m. Although details are sketchy, the development is described as a "multi-purpose, diverse community and corporate centre."
Advance word is that Goodwill is proposing to build a 30-storey highrise complex which will include retails shops at ground level, several floors of office space and then apartments or condominiums.
The complex is expected to include some accessible housing to meet the mandate of Goodwill Industries.
This development will likely mean that several of the retail establishments along Wellington and Horton will have to relocate.
Anyone with questions is invited to contact Julie Watson at 519-850-9675, ext. 250 or by email at
watson@goodwillindustries.ca.
It is expected that the meeting will draw a large crowd since this is the first major development to be proposed for the neighborhood.
SOHO residents are already questioning how the planned upscale development will fit in with the nearby Center of Hope emergency housing complex, operated by the Salvation Army, and the geared-to-income highrise apartment building on Simcoe Street which is operated by the London Housing Authority.