A diagram showing the effect a pair of proposed 10-story condos in Kingston's Williamsville neighbourhood. Williamsville is an urban neighbourhood immediately west of downtown, currently doted mostly by single family homes.
These condos are going to be about $350-380 per square foot which is rather pricy for Kingston, although still about 20% cheaper than the Ottawa average. It might be a hard sell. One of the buildings might have to be converted to rentals which are much more profitable in Kingston thanks to Queen's students.
One thing that's really neat is there's no NIMBY outrage. People in the area are quite satisfied and the local ward councillor is very supportive. Although the city's intensification plan for Williamsville calls for a six story height limit throughout Willamsville's section of Princess Street, this particular corner has an exception allowing 'landmark buildings' to exceed the height limit, due to its prominence (at the foot of the main street leading into Queen's, and where most downtown-bound people pass through immediately before entering the downtown).
I'm really excited to see Williamsville's transformation over the next decade or so. While there won't be much to please skyscraper fanboys, it will be a decently dense area nonetheless. Much of the properties on Willamsville's section of Princess are vacant, or consist of things like pawn shops, used car lots, etc. Many of these are anticipated to be redeveloped to mid-rise. There's already two that have been completed, another two under construction, and a few more approved.
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