Canadian City Proposals II

[WhipperSnapper]

This is what Pearle does looking at their portfolio. It's a huge investment for them but, it also isn't a small business owner proposing a 75 storey condominium. I give it a chance.

https://pearlehospitality.ca/properties/

[zoomer]

If they pull off the restoration of the power station as outlined in the video it will be outstanding. I'm not really motivated to go to Niagara Falls, but if that delivers I would likely make the trip if I was in Toronto. Maybe I couldn't afford to stay at the hotel, but have a meal there, check out the hotel - for sure.

Also really like that Hamilton proposal just above - it's really good. The only thing I'd change is reduce the banding height at the roof level to match the width along the sides and reduce the height of the second tower by 6 floors. Matching heights just doesn't work.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Fingers crossed it moves forward.

source: https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2023/11...-station.54606
This week, Niagara Parks announced it has signed a Letter of Intent with Pearle Hospitality for the redevelopment of the station, which will be a transformational $200+ million private sector investment to establish it as a world-class visitor experience for the Niagara Region. Pearle Hospitality will be both a new tenant and the company managing the site.

Included in the redevelopment plans designed by +VG Architects and The Ventin Group will be Niagara’s first and only five-star boutique hotel, a variety of restaurants, a craft brewery, a wellness and social spa, a museum and art gallery, the E.J. Lennox Theatre, event and programming space, and educational programming.

Fabullous project, if they can pull it off, although I don't see how it's possible for only $200million.

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

Here's hoping that Niagara Falls power station renewal goes ahead. The history behind that place is quite something, and the programming for the newly repurposed space is a great mix of uses, especially the museum for E. J. Lennox.

There's certainly a lot of proposals coming online for that area of Hamilton, that's encouraging.

[Zeej]

Originally Posted by niwell

Nice enough proposal on Bloor but proposed to take out one of the best pubs in that part of the city (Bryden's).

First the movie theatre and now Bryden's?! All of my old Bloor West haunts are disappearing.

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[cranes]

Waterloo Region Update

https://www.therecord.com/news/water...08865b46f.html
Taller downtown tower with more affordable units approved by Kitchener council
Vive Development could break ground on Weber Street building next year
Brent Davis Record Reporter November 1, 2023

KITCHENER — Council has approved revised plans for a Weber Street highrise that will add more storeys while including more than two dozen affordable units.
The revised development proposal for 83-87 Weber St. E. was approved at a special council meeting on Monday.
Vive Development intends to build a 32-storey rental tower with about 440 one-, two- and three-bedroom units, 26 of which would be considered affordable at 80 per cent of market rent for a 20-year period.
The company’s initial plan was for a 25-storey building with 336 apartments, none of which fell under Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation affordability definitions....

Initial rendering of a proposed apartment building at 83-87 Weber St. E. in Kitchener. A revised 32-storey plan that includes some affordable units was approved Monday.
Reinders + Law Ltd.


https://www.waterlooregionconnected....1850#pid111850
Lower Kitchener (534 Charles St E) @ac3r 11-14-2023

Just dropping full sized renders of the updated building design. The architecture is certaily interesting...it reminds me of the sort of designs you see in England or Netherlands.
Whether or not this even gets built is up in the air. Like most recent Vive projects, they never seem to actually do them even though they get them approved. Also, the heights are confusing. The architectural plans say 11 and 30 floors. The City of Kitchener site plan application document says 11 and 29 floors. I guess we'll see...should it ever get built.

https://www.therecord.com/news/water...8223e37fc.html
No changes to tower heights as Kitchener condo project approved
Fischer-Hallman Road proposal includes 373 units, commercial space
Brent Davis Record Reporter November 14, 2023

KITCHENER — Plans for a Kitchener condo project have been approved by council, with no changes to the heights of the two proposed towers.
The development will build 14-storey and 22-storey buildings at 1198 Fischer-Hallman Rd., as part of a project that also includes a separate phase with 138 townhouses.
...developer Activa...

Rendering of a highrise development on Fischer-Hallman Road in Kitchener that’s been approved by council. Martin Simmons Sweers Architects


Four houses, 35 trees to be razed for 168 apartments as Waterloo intensifies campus neighbourhood
Redevelopment dooms all trees on the site but the developer may be able to plant more
Jeff Outhit Record Reporter November 21, 2023

WATERLOO — City council has approved another apartment building in its central campus neighbourhood, authorizing more than twice the bedrooms permitted under city planning rules.
The six-storey building is proposed to replace four detached houses at Hemlock and Hickory streets in the Northdale neighbourhood. City planning rules permit up to 78 bedrooms but council voted 7-0 Monday to allow 186 bedrooms in 168 units.
...The firm developing the site, DCB Development...

102 Fountain Street South (former Preston Springs Hotel) | 26, 24 & 22 fl | Proposed
https://www.waterlooregionconnected....1469#pid101469
@ac3r Nov 21 2023

Updated November 2023.
As detailed in this post by by bravdo, the new project by Haaston Holdings Inc has 3 towers. The architecture is done by both Architecture Unfolded and Urban Agency, the latter of which is a fairly skilled team of designers.
The project is to have 3 towers of 26, 24 and 22 floors each containing a total of 753 residential units ranging from studio units to 2 bedroom units. Commercial space within the podium is proposed. Private-public amenity space is also proposed outdoors. Please click on the linked post above in which bravado shares more details of the project. Alternatively, you can view all submitted documents here
- just click the first submission titled OR09/23 at the top of the list.

Two-tower project near downtown Kitchener to include daycare, grocery store
Lindvest development also includes townhomes for a total of 932 residential units
Brent Davis Record Reporter November 23, 2023

KITCHENER — A development including 33- and 37-storey towers, townhomes and plans for a grocery store and daycare has been approved for a site near downtown Kitchener.
A number of minor variances to zoning rules were approved this week by the city’s committee of adjustment, paving the way for the project by Toronto-based Lindvest to proceed.
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The development encompasses properties at 787-851 King St. E., 432 Charles St. E. and 5 Stirling Ave. S., and is directly across King Street from the First Mennonite Church and cemetery.
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Plans call for a total of 932 residential units within the two towers that front onto Charles Street and in two three-storey blocks of townhouses facing King Street.

Developer is Lindvest, out of Toronto - never heard of them. Architect is Kirkor.

[MonkeyRonin]

Not so much a proposal as it is a prototype for an adaptable 1-4 unit "Vancouver Special":

Triptych

Leckie Studio Architecture + Design
By Canadian Architect On Dec 1, 2023

WINNER OF A 2023 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF MERIT

A wonderful, contemporized interpretation of the Vancouver Special using prefabricated components. This systematic approach makes it easy to imagine a wide range of ways to intensify single family lots in ways that can support multiple households. — Michael Heeney, juror

For Leckie Studio, the starting point for a new Vancouver prefabricated housing prototype was a precedent that had gone from being widely built to being widely disparaged. In 1965, plans for what became known as the Vancouver Special could be purchased at City Hall for $65. Initially targeted to immigrant families looking for an affordable modern house that was an off-the-rack fit for Vancouver’s standard, 33-foot-wide city lots, Vancouver Specials whooshed through permitting and could be constructed in less than a month. By the 1980s, these boxy jiffy-builds were so reviled that bylaws were passed to prevent their further construction, particularly in Vancouver’s more affluent west side neighbourhoods, where colonialist heritage was defended as the status quo.

Fast-forward to the present: Vancouver’s housing prices are insane… and it may once again be time to think within the box. But this time around, “gentle densification” is a desired outcome, which lends itself well to a box that can be easily subdivided. Leckie Studio’s Triptych prototype is an adaptable housing system with three possible interior configurations within one standardized 2400-square-foot structure, consisting of three 800-square-foot ‘modules’. The ‘3 Module’ configuration is a standard 2400-square-foot residence; the ‘2+1 Module’ configuration consists of one 1600-square-foot unit (2 modules) with a secondary 800-square-foot unit (1 module); and the ‘1+1+1 Module’ configuration consists of three 800-square-foot ground-oriented dwelling units. Standardized wall, window, door and service locations allow for minimal renovation between the three configurations. An additional 800-square-foot laneway module can be added to further increase density on any urban lot to four units—all ground-oriented.

[cranes]

525 to 565 Conestogo Rd W Waterloo | Turner Fleischer Architects Inc.

https://www.therecord.com/news/water...f4e5b3b01.html
12-tower redevelopment of Kraus carpet factory aims to ‘cater to modern urban families’ in Waterloo
Former factory site could see almost 6,000 people living in rented apartments
Jeff Outhit Record Reporter December 5, 2023

WATERLOO — Waterloo council is poised to vote on a massive redevelopment that would put a dozen highrise towers with 3,353 rental apartments on the site of the former Kraus carpet factory.

If built, the housing project that city council will consider Dec. 11 could be home to almost 6,000 people. It was first proposed in 2021 and has been twice revised by developer Northfield Properties after discussions with city planners.

Park space and open space has been added; office buildings have been removed, parking spaces have been trimmed. There are three fewer apartment towers, but the remaining towers are generally higher and bigger, ranging from 20 to 35 storeys.

This creates “more spacious rental units that cater to modern urban families and shared housing arrangements while providing for economic benefits without significantly altering the cityscape,” according to Kristen Barisdale, a planning consultant for the developer...

https://www.engagewr.ca/525-to-565-c...r-146172-29451

[cranes]

410 Queen St. Cambridge | Blacks Point Development

https://www.therecord.com/news/water...d956c5ab8.html
Blacks Point development in Cambridge will add up to 1,300 units with towers topping out at 16 storeys
On Tuesday Cambridge council approved an amended development application for 410 Queen St. that reduces maximum tower heights from 30 to 16 storeys.
Paige Desmond Reporter December 6, 2023

CAMBRIDGE — Cambridge council unanimously approved a revised version of a development project at 410 Queen St. Tuesday that will add up to 1,300 residential units with towers as high as 16 storeys. This is the second rendition of the Blacks Point Development project near Holiday Inn Drive. The original proposal came to council last year and was for five buildings from 12 to 30 storeys, with up to 2,200 residential units plus 8,800 square metres of office space. The proposal was updated in response to concerns about the built form of the project, compatibility with the surrounding neighbourhood, shadow impacts, servicing requirements and traffic.
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The mixed-use project will have up to 1,300 housing units and up to 5,000 square metres of office and commercial space, in seven buildings ranging from 10 to 16 storeys...

[cranes]

93-99 Benton Street, Kitchener Rendering Update

https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/1...using-project/
‘Our hands are tied’: Kitchener councillor speaks on housing project for ‘rainbow row’
CityNews Kitchener Staff Dec 6, 2023

Affordable homes out and residents displaced, but more housing in Kitchener? That’s the situation city council is in after Ideal Capital Ltd. purchased the townhouses at 93-99 Benton Street and 39-43 St. George Street, and proposed a 13-storey condo project on the land. The building includes 96 dwelling units.
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At Monday’s committee meeting, councillors deferred the decision to January 22, so that the developer and the tenants can discuss a path forward that serves both sides...

The townhouses at 93-99 Benton Street and 39-43 St. George Street are also known as "Rainbow Row".


First rendering of proposed building for Benton and St. George (left). Updated rendering based on staff and resident comments (right).

[logan5]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

Not so much a proposal as it is a prototype for an adaptable 1-4 unit "Vancouver Special":

Great idea and all, but nobody is going to build this when every lot in Vancouver is zoned for FSR 1, ie you can build 4000 sq feet on a 33' lot, instead of the 2400 sq feet shown in the prototype.

[thomax]

4933 Victoria Avenue North, Lincoln, Ontario


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[TorontoDrew]

Love that little Lincoln Proposal. That should sell out fast. I'm glad to see no farmland will be destroyed for it. I'd be happy living in that building with a lake view.

[WhipperSnapper]

It's three high rises with one above a large 6 storey podium. Little is not how I would describe it. This is something you would encounter in a city centre. It's a denser vision than Bayside on QQE in Toronto. It's surrounded by parks however, it's not like this development is contributing all that much to that open space.

I would call this one of the zaniest proposal out there. However, this is a typical proposal for the lake shore between Hamilton and St Catharines. I don't know. Towers lining waterfronts around the world aren't new. They tend to be designed for vacationers and tourism.

[Coldrsx]

Canmore, AB is in the midst of a next boom cycle with a good amount of projects in the hopper.

A pretty well thought out mixed-use project got approval. Light industrial, retail, employee housing and market rental housing.


Three Sisters mixed-use


New Downtown/mainstreet infill


New GMC dealership


Another condo


Condos and 'tourist homes'


Also, some good looking new purpose built rental.


New commercial mixed-use at the end of Main Street


Next to a newly renovated hotel a 'nordic spa'


New hotel


Another new hotel


A unique project on unused lands of a school board that will have 20 staff housing, 20 non-market and 80 market townhouses.


Source
https://www.canmore.ca/your-communit...ngapplications

[river]

Coldrsx, do you know where the two new hotels will be located? Not talking about basecamp mtn house project (Also find the concept of a Nordic spa next to a firehall and cemetery strange for a project like this).

Only project I find off in town is the school board one. I get why they are doing it, but essentially developing land that acts as additional park space feels like a big miss

[Maldive]

589 Eglinton East | 124.75m | 35s | BayviewEg Investment Corp | TACT Architecture l pre-construction

Height jumped a bit for this one on Eglinton East near Bayview Avenue.


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[Coldrsx]

Originally Posted by river

Coldrsx, do you know where the two new hotels will be located? Not talking about basecamp mtn house project (Also find the concept of a Nordic spa next to a firehall and cemetery strange for a project like this).

Only project I find off in town is the school board one. I get why they are doing it, but essentially developing land that acts as additional park space feels like a big miss

Both hotels are on Bow Valley Trail.

I am of the opinion that it is a big win and one of the best projects in town. Adjacent to it is a very large park/sports field and so it is a win win.

[WhipperSnapper]

Are there strict architectural guidelines in Canmore?