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Originally Posted by SteelTown

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamil...ence-1.4809498

925 Main W./150 Longwood Rd. S.

This proposal is for two towers — one 16 storeys, one 18 — with a four-storey podium connecting them. It includes 1,420 square metres of commercial space, an underground parking garage, four recreational sports fields and 512 residential units (1,024 beds) for Columbia international College students. The owner is Plaza Imports Ltd., and the applicant is Columbia International College.

The planning committee voted 7-3 to allow the zoning change. City council has to ratify that on Sept. 12.

There is opposition though. Environment Hamilton warns that artificially building out a slope by about 14 metres risks the building tipping or splitting from erosion. Hamilton Conservation Authority staff had reservations too, although the board ultimately approved the project.

Sergio Manchia of UrbanSolutions told councillors there will be studies ensuring slope stability.

"We do not build buildings to fall over."

I hope this gets built. We have such a large population of students in Downtown Hamilton. It's good to see some progress being made here. William Thomas was a huge step in the right direction. We need more students living together in Student Residences as opposed to living in the Crown Plaza....