The Brockton | 75.3m | 24 fl | Proposed

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Site:

Google Street View | 117 Forest Avenue & 175 Catharine Street South, Hamilton


Info:
- 10-storey, 78-unit residential building
- Seven 3-storey townhouse units
- 41 underground parking spaces
- Located at 117 Forest Avenue & 175 Catharine Street South

More Info: forestcatharine.urbanshare.info

[davidcappi]

Ooou yaas. Tower in the park infill w. town homes, solid materials like brick and metal... I dig this.

[Beedok]

Looks good, and shouldn't have any 'it's too tall' complaints.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Love the infill. Love the scale.

Initially, however, I thought the tower was a renovated Commie Block. It does look a little, well, blocky.

[matt602]

Is this a renovation of the existing building plus some new build?

[Rg2016]

Originally Posted by matt602

Is this a renovation of the existing building plus some new build?

Nop, look at the building on the right

[eatboots]

Originally Posted by matt602

Is this a renovation of the existing building plus some new build?

Took me a minute to figure out what I was looking at as well, but the Town houses and 10 storey are going in that parking lot on the corner.

[SteelTown]

Good to see Effort Trust is back to constructing new residential buildings.

Seems like they have lagged behind since Arthur Weisz died, it's been mostly just repairing of existing buildings and doing retail (Heritage Greene)

[matt602]

I was confused because the existing red brick apartment building on the left is already named Brockton.

[Chronamut]

I'm really liking the mix of apartment building and townhouse - looks unique!

It's just a pity this area looks so dated.. the view across the street isn't that great, and this is kinda tucked away in apartmentville...

still.. any good architecture is welcomed!

[LikeHamilton]

Originally Posted by Chronamut

I'm really liking the mix of apartment building and townhouse - looks unique!

It's just a pity this area looks so dated.. the view across the street isn't that great, and this is kinda tucked away in apartmentville...

still.. any good architecture is welcomed!

The final say is not the architect! The final say on looks and anything to do with the building goes to the owner who is paying the bills. They will set the standards and look of the building no mater how progressive or innovative the architect is. Some builders/developers have a look (signature) that they love and always stick to it. That is why some building look cheap. And why with some buildings, the finished product does not look like the renderings. They change mid-stream to keep cost down. Some are progressive or want something that stands out while other only want it built as cheap as it can be built.

It comes down to the architect is given a pot of money and has to make the building fit into the pot and not over flow!

[johnnyhamont]

Anyone know if this is still on the table?

[Markus83]

Originally Posted by johnnyhamont

Anyone know if this is still on the table?

Actually, the last place I saw it was on a chair, so I dunno really?!

[Innsertnamehere]

I love the scale of this project. I hope it gets built.

[Hawrylyshyn]

I agree, this project is awesome - could use these all over downtown (+ ground floor retail)

[StEC]

Please don't be precast, please be real brick! This does look beautiful though!

[lachlanholmes]

Some nice, unexpected news - Effort Trust is looking to increase the scale of this proposal "in response to Councils direction to intensify within the existing Urban Boundary."

No new renders or plans, just a letter on the agenda from yesterday's Planning Committee meeting asking for permission to submit a Minor Variance application, which council must okay otherwise they're prohibited from seeking a variance within two years of a ZBLA under provincial legislation.

3 and 10 storeys --> 3 and 14 storeys

73 apartment units and 6 townhome units --> 99 apartment units and 6 townhome units

No change in the number of parking stalls, which means that the additional units would lower the ratio from 0.65 per unit to 0.48 per unit.

Excerpt from the letter:

[HamiltonBoyInToronto]

This is nice ... Wouldn't want these all over downtown ...looks like it's better suited for plains road or Upper Middle lol ... But a few here and there in the smaller neighbourhoods (Corktown... Locke st) will do

[Innsertnamehere]

more units downtown is never a bad thing - especially if they are all car-free units!

[Innsertnamehere]

New zoning application here to increase the height to 14 storeys:

ZAC-23-019

Proposed development entails one 14 storey dwelling containing a total of 216 residential units