Wigs said:
Are they at floor 18?
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Looks like floor slab for 17 right now:
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GenerationLee said:
Those houses next door look like an easy site for intensification (the bungalow, low ones, not the historic, tall ones*)
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While that's certainly the case, I think I'd like to see more focus on sites closer to LRT and the existing core that are largely vacant parking lots first. That almost never happens because parking lots are so lucrative (a big reason I want changes to property tax system), but regardless we still have dozens of parking lots right downtown that are ripe for redevelopment.

See the map on this page I helped with: https://downtownsparrow.ca/resources/map-urban-boundary/

That map does includes many things that can't and won't be redeveloped as it's been done by volunteers and often simply includes backyards of private residences (which shouldn't have been included), but it highlights the sheer amount of undeveloped space in the core as being one of the worst contenders for wasted space for cars.
 
Oh, I agree by far, I've been hoping to see many parking lots along Main or John of any of the downtown streets knocked down.

I'm just noting a decent lot thst could be ripe for intensification down the road, especially since they have a little less historic/heritage value compared to older properties in the area.
 
Personally im not so enthusiastic about that idea because as it stands there is no incentive for storefronts - it will just be vast seas of unpassable giant lobbies monolithic buildings and nothing that actually serves people. Until that's addressed these become more detrimental from a street-view perspective than beneficial. We're just cramming people into boxes essentially. Do we REALLY need giant 20 foot high lobbies that take up half the podium space?

Every giant podium should have at least one business offered for the area imo.

Also GenerationLee you sound like a hungry shark eying it's next meal lol.. OM NOM NOM HOUSES.
 
innsertnamehere said:
The March 2023 minor variance application plans have a ground floor plan showing the retail spaces:

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I count 7 different retail units - there is actually quite a lot of retail here.

For those who know Toronto development well, note that the loading space requires trucks to back out onto Hunter St W - this is strictly verboten in Toronto. Good to see Hamilton being more flexible as it creates a much nicer ground floor plan for development to not have to accommodate truck turn-around on site.
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At least THIS one seems to have retail though, whether it remains empty will remain to be seen though.
 
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