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Old Posted Sep 29, 2023, 7:02 PM
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The WSIB just announced that it is moving from Toronto to London...
I think this too deserves a "What does this mean?"
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Old Posted Oct 25, 2023, 1:23 PM
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamil...ding-1.7006380

Good ol Urban Solutions, guess Matt and Sergio will be or already have gotten a visit from the RCMP.
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Old Posted Oct 25, 2023, 1:55 PM
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Good ol Urban Solutions, guess Matt and Sergio will be or already have gotten a visit from the RCMP.

And shovels will probably be in the ground by the time anything happens on the political/legal side.
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Old Posted Oct 25, 2023, 3:18 PM
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Good ol Urban Solutions, guess Matt and Sergio will be or already have gotten a visit from the RCMP.
My understanding is that Sergio "retired" from the planning practice a year or so ago to focus on the development wing. Who knows where things went from there.. Retiring from planning conveniently gets him out of his professional obligations as a registered planner..
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If you guys wanna learn more about the core original buildings I suggest you go here:

https://downtownhamilton.org/things-to-do/memory-lane/

it's a bit sad though - most of the buildings went from high class establishments to.. the rot they are now, either physically or in what they contain as businesses..

on that note, I can't seem to find anywhere what happened to the original facades at 11-15 king st east.. were they victims of the fire that claimed the building beside it?
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Hamilton hits provincial housing target. But anticipated $12-million payout 'falls short' of funding losses: officials

Hamilton achieved 3,347 housing starts — when construction on homes begins — compared to the annual target, 3,447.

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...8bf58cba5.html

Hamilton stands to land $12 million in funding after hitting provincial housing targets last year, but that still won't fill a local fiscal gap caused by other legislation, city officials say.

To receive their share of the Building Faster Fund, municipalities must hit at least 80 per cent of their provincially mandated housing goals.

“We overqualified,” Jason Thorne, the city's general manager of economic development and planning, told council during a recent budget presentation.

Hamilton achieved 3,347 housing starts — when construction on homes begins — compared to the annual target, 3,447, or nearly 100 per cent of the mark.

That's according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) data posted on the province's online “housing tracker.”

The Ontario government “will begin to roll out” the Building Faster Fund allocations to municipalities that have hit or surpassed their targets “in the coming months,” Bianca Meta, spokesperson for the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, said via email.

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For instance, in 2023, the city issued permits for 4,263 units compared to the 3,347 actual starts, markers that were both “just shy” of records, Thorne noted.

Overall, it was a “pretty extraordinary year,” he said, noting a record-setting $2.5 billion in construction activity in Hamilton, which erased the previous high-water mark of $1.2 billion.

However, the city expects a dip in development-generated revenues in 2024 as the pace of applications starts to slow.

Thorne pointed to a number of factors, including “some general uncertainty” as developers see a drop in sales across all housing types.

“Their borrowing costs are up, their construction costs are up. The skilled-labour shortage is also an impact on them.”

One high-profile example of the retreating market revealed itself in December, when the firm behind the redevelopment of the downtown Hamilton City Centre mall into highrise condos announced the project was “on pause.”
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Would be curious to know the breakdown of the type of housing.
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And also where.
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Thorn himself posted that 90% was infill density.
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I mean considering Design District alone is bascially 30% of unit starts for the entire city, it shouldn't be a surprise that it's mostly intensification.
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I mean considering Design District alone is bascially 30% of unit starts for the entire city, it shouldn't be a surprise that it's mostly intensification.
that can't be right?
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Old Posted Jan 31, 2024, 2:44 PM
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that can't be right?
931 of the 3,347 units would be from Design District, so 28% of unit starts, technically.

I expect 2024 will be a strong year as well as the McMaster Undergraduate Residence will start us off with a large unit contribution, though I admit I'm unsure of how student residences get counted in residential housing starts.
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Old Posted Feb 2, 2024, 3:51 PM
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From The Spec today:


Hamilton sees big shift toward intensification
Denser, higher housing forming larger part of the mix.


https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...5c606670d.html

Teviah-Moro
The Hamilton Spectator
Friday, February 2, 2024

Another parking lot in downtown Hamilton is poised to sprout highrise residential.

Global asset manager BGO's plan calls for three 27-storey towers and roughly 900 rental units on a sloping property on Main Street West just southeast of Hess Village.

That's a lot of humanity and potential customers for the nearby strip of bars and eateries.

“Which is definitely what these ma and pop places need, for sure,” says Maggie Foseid, supervisor at Electric Diner on George Street.

“So it will be exciting to see a whole new wave of potential customers.”

The tower plan, which recently received conditional site-plan approval from city hall, is part of a cresting wave of projects bolstering urban intensification around Hamilton.

Denser forms of housing in the city's built-up area have claimed about half of applications in the past five years or so, says Jason Thorne, general manager of planning and economic development.

“In 2023, we were 90 per cent intensification. That's a huge number,” he told council in a recent budget presentation.

And a big change. A decade ago, when he started with the city, single-family homes commanded about 85 per cent of the mix, Thorne said.

“That's turned on its head now. We're seeing only about 15 per cent singles, and where we're really seeing the development in housing is multis, apartments, stacked towns … and in intensification.”

A “staging of development” report presented to council late last year offers a snapshot of this shift.

The study flagged potential intensification projects of at least 100 units that have been pitched in the past three years. It found that roughly 18,100 units subject to later-stage planning approvals could be on the horizon.

That doesn't mean necessarily mean they'll be move ahead as pitched, planners note. Some are subject to Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) challenges. Also, approvals are one thing, but shovels in the ground another, as evidenced by some local development plans delayed by a slowing market.

Among the projects are the 27-storey towers planned for the Main West parcel between George, Caroline and Hess streets. Consultants representing the developer didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

Here's a sample of others that stand to change the urban landscape:
  • 163 Jackson St. W.: Television City calls for two 32-storey residential towers and 642 units at the former CHCH headquarters;
  • 41 Wilson St.: The Design District involves three 30-storey towers and 931 units at a downtown parking lot;
  • 488 Upper Wellington St.: Labour union LIUNA and partner Fengate are building a six-storey rental building with 261 units at Inverness Avenue East, a former Mountain police station site;
  • 211 John St. S.: Slate Asset Management plans to construct 14-storey and 27-storey buildings with 769 units at the Corktown Plaza and parking lot.
  • 360 King St. W.: Vrancor is working on a 25-storey building with 300 units near Queen Street as part of a multi-phase project at the grounds of an old orphanage;
  • 60 Caledon Ave.: Victoria Park Community Homes and Hamilton East Kiwanis Non-Profit Homes are teaming up on 266 units of affordable housing at a former school site off Upper James;
  • 20 Reid Ave. N.: Roxborough Park, at the site of a former school and public housing in the east end, involves 164 townhouses. A new 10-storey, 103-unit CityHousing building stands nearby;
  • 1842 King St. E.: New Horizon envisions four 13-storey buildings and four four-storey townhouses with 1,341 units between them where Brock University once had a satellite campus in a squat building.

In a different measure, the staging report also examined subdivision applications:

About 17,000 units “could be realized” through draft plans between now and 2026, with an expected mix of 2,800 singles and semis; 4,800 townhouses; 9,400 apartments.

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Old Posted Feb 2, 2024, 9:20 PM
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1842 King St. E is right across from where I live - I am not sure if this one will ever come to fruition - it's been planned for years now..

I'll miss the trees if they build this - hopefully they can keep some of them on my end - it's nice to be able to walk to on the way to metro..
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It was going to OLT^ I don't remember if it's been yet and/or what the verdict was.
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Old Posted Feb 3, 2024, 1:32 AM
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It was going to OLT^ I don't remember if it's been yet and/or what the verdict was.
They should make it a park - I could use a park there lol..
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Old Posted Feb 10, 2024, 5:24 PM
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Noticed another crane up on the mountain. It's on Upper Wellington north of Stonechurch. Anyone know what they are building at this location.
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Noticed another crane up on the mountain. It's on Upper Wellington north of Stonechurch. Anyone know what they are building at this location.
This maybe? Shalom Hamilton Campus of Care



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