01-27-2019, 11:35 AM
(01-26-2019, 08:16 PM)urbd Wrote:(01-26-2019, 05:48 PM)tomh009 Wrote: The future will surely be a taller redevelopment, there is not much value in tearing it down and rebuilding it next to the street with the same two-storey height. With residential bonusing, they could easily build a 10-12 storey mixed-use building, literally next door to an LRT stop (and only a block away from the westbound stop). But I don't expect to see this in the next five years. Maybe ten, though.
Nope, I'm sure it will be another 25+ storey tower. If they consolidate a few properties they can assemble land a bit larger than Charlie West. It's perfect, with 3 street frontages! And yes, I know about the church at the corner of Church and Queen... not sure if its designated heritage or not.
Ahhh … so I checked this, and it's actually not so simple. Apart from the church at Charles/Benton, there are six separate properties. And more than that, the parking lot in front of the plaza is actually owned by the city.
If someone bought the plaza and convinced the city to sell the parking lot, those two would add up to 0.23 ha, a bit larger than Charlie West (0.22 ha). Northern Thai, the one small house at 10 Church St and the vacant lot would increase that to about 0.33 ha, even without the house on the corner of Queen and Church, which is a 0.05 ha property.