1340 Fischer Hallman Rd | 22 fl | Proposed

[ZEBuilder]

Activa is requesting a ZBA/OPA and Subdivision plan for 1340 Fischer Hallman Road. This is one of the last areas of the Rosenberg Secondary Plan that hasn't had a proposal. The intent of this application is to change permissions to allow for high rise and mid rise development, this will effectively align the as of right permissions with the intent of the Rosenberg Secondary Plan and similar proposals in the area (1198 Fischer Hallman). Historically Activa has developed SFH with little to no high-rise or even midrise developments however they are slowly shifting towards high-rise development through their various projects, 1198 Fischer Hallman, 495 Huron Rd, now this. Activa by no means is done with SFH they still own well over 700 acres, roughly 2/3rds of what can legally be developed in South Kitchener, however Activa will be including more mid-high-rise developments in these future subdivisions and may become a larger player in the apartment/condo market in the future.

Overall the OPA for this development will allow Activa to develop a 22 floor building compared to the current max of 14 floors. The ZBA will change the existing zoning from Business Park, to Mix-3 and Res-6 which will allow for a high-rise development (75 meters and 22 storeys max, up from the current 32meters and 14 floors), a max FSR of 4.0 from 2.0. Then a minimum setback from Fischer Hallman of 6.0m instead of 1.5 and finally a minimum GFA of 10% instead of 20% for non residential uses.

Planning Docs:1340 Fischer Hallman Rd Docs

Subdivision plan:
   

Conceptual site plan:
   

[neonjoe]

This actually makes sense for the area. With the commercial and mixed use at the Sunfish Shopping Centre and the somewhat decent transit access along Fischer-Hallman its good to see more density in the area.

[KevinL]

Surrounded by Huron Natural Area on three sides - I can see some types who would find that very attractive.

[Vojnik_Vahaj]

Surface parking, ew

[ac3r]

Surface parking is ugly, but less of a concern on a property with so much space. They're awful in dense areas, but something like this isn't that big of a deal. It would probably cost a lot to build underground parking as well due to the fact there is a stream within the neighbouring natural area as you'd have to pump all of that out. That cost of construction and water maintenance would just get dumped on those who live here and given the state of the global economy, it's better to give people every single fraction of a cent to use for more important things.