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RE: 1593 & 1603 Highland Rd W | 13 & 16 fl | Proposed - KevinL - 11-13-2020
The neighbourhood is a bit odd - while this would replace some single homes, the adjacent properties are all light industrial (transport, storage, etc). That entire wedge between Ira Needles and Trussler is a bit of an orphan of road planning, in a way.
RE: 1593 & 1603 Highland Rd W | 13 & 16 fl | Proposed - jeffster - 11-13-2020
(11-13-2020, 02:27 PM)KevinL Wrote: The neighbourhood is a bit odd - while this would replace some single homes, the adjacent properties are all light industrial (transport, storage, etc). That entire wedge between Ira Needles and Trussler is a bit of an orphan of road planning, in a way.
It's like it's a different village (without shops). When going to IRA Needles, towards Waterloo, you look to your left, and yeah, that tiny neighbourhood is all by itself. Literally.
Unsure how the apartment would make a difference, but I would think it would make the neighbourhood feel less lonely and by itself.
RE: 1593 & 1603 Highland Rd W | 13 & 16 fl | Proposed - Lebronj23 - 07-11-2022
The OLT has voted in favour of this proposal. Construction to start next year
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RE: 1593 & 1603 Highland Rd W | 13 & 16 fl | Proposed - ac3r - 07-12-2022
Such a weird location for a high density development, but I guess we're past the point where all towers/skyscrapers will be built in the cores. They'll be springing up all over the region going forward.
RE: 1593 & 1603 Highland Rd W | 13 & 16 fl | Proposed - westwardloo - 07-12-2022
Hopefully we get the same result at Victoria and Park should the developer decide to take it the the Land Tribunal. I feel like there should be some sort of penalty to cities that reject proposals that are then approved by the OLB. Not sure how that would work, but this project was just delayed by a year unnecessarily. Now each unit will cost that much more to build, which ultimately will be passed on to the person occupying the unit.
RE: 1593 & 1603 Highland Rd W | 13 & 16 fl | Proposed - Joedelay Highhoe - 07-12-2022
Still a win for the NIMBYs. Less poor people in their neighborhood.
RE: 1593 & 1603 Highland Rd W | 13 & 16 fl | Proposed - cherrypark - 07-12-2022
(07-12-2022, 10:18 AM)westwardloo Wrote: Hopefully we get the same result at Victoria and Park should the developer decide to take it the the Land Tribunal. I feel like there should be some sort of penalty to cities that reject proposals that are then approved by the OLB. Not sure how that would work, but this project was just delayed by a year unnecessarily. Now each unit will cost that much more to build, which ultimately will be passed on to the person occupying the unit.
Feels like a bit of a slippery slope... I'm open to disagree with the conclusion on this one but I see them as opposites. Here the OLT, in my view, approved something that wasn't truly a fit for the area, while Victoria and Park by relation may be more justified to its location. Not sure the city should be penalized in either or both cases.
Frankly the cost to manage that appeal and loss of compromises promised to the city should be disincentive enough (as said by pro-approval councillors in the Victoria & Park review).
RE: 1593 & 1603 Highland Rd W | 13 & 16 fl | Proposed - westwardloo - 07-12-2022
(07-12-2022, 11:21 AM)cherrypark Wrote:(07-12-2022, 10:18 AM)westwardloo Wrote: Hopefully we get the same result at Victoria and Park should the developer decide to take it the the Land Tribunal. I feel like there should be some sort of penalty to cities that reject proposals that are then approved by the OLB. Not sure how that would work, but this project was just delayed by a year unnecessarily. Now each unit will cost that much more to build, which ultimately will be passed on to the person occupying the unit.
Feels like a bit of a slippery slope... I'm open to disagree with the conclusion on this one but I see them as opposites. Here the OLT, in my view, approved something that wasn't truly a fit for the area, while Victoria and Park by relation may be more justified to its location. Not sure the city should be penalized in either or both cases.
Frankly the cost to manage that appeal and loss of compromises promised to the city should be disincentive enough (as said by pro-approval councillors in the Victoria & Park review).
I do agree that it could be a slippery slope, probably not a realistic solution. There have just been a couple downtown proposals recently that Council has allowed NIMBY's to dictate the initial outcome of the project, which stings a little.
This proposal seems odd, but the region only has so much more room for sprawl. I think we will be seeing more of these types of proposals on the fringes of the cities in years to come. Its too bad the planners at our region are not the most forward thinking people and have not created master planned community nodes on the peripheries that are dense walkable neighbourhoods, similar to what you would see in Copenhagen.
RE: 1593 & 1603 Highland Rd W | 13 & 16 fl | Proposed - timio - 08-03-2025
This property is now for sale.