[raisethehammer]

yes, Good Shepherd owns the site...they were supposed to start construction in the spring and received 10.5 million from the province or feds...I don't recall.
They will have 4 buildings on site - 2, 3 storey buildings facing the side streets - Ray/Pearl. One will be a womens shelter replacing their Martha's Place and Mary's House shelters in central Hamilton.
The other will be seniors apartments.
the two main buildings facing King will be seniors apartments...there MIGHT be a commercial space or two facing King, but given their crappy track record, I doubt it.
Overall, it's not a bad project, other than the fact that the neighbourhood is already swarmed with shelters and similar facilities. There's a huge house on George St, near Pearl that just put up a sign indicating it's conversion to a rooming house/facility of some sort.
Perhaps the crybabies in Flamborough wouldn't mind sharing the load a little.
Or at least pay their fair share of taxes while we take care of their sick, elderly, criminals, abused etc....