Mystery Tower

drpgq · #1 Posted **Jan 31, 2011, 12:45 AM**

There's a Jeffrey Simpson article in the globe that refers to some condo tower:

"Just now, for example, the OMB is about to hear an appeal from a developer in Hamilton for a huge condo tower in a residential neighbourhood , despite the fact that city council unanimously turned down the project"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...article1885494

Anyone have any idea what project he's referring to?

realcity · #2 Posted **Jan 31, 2011, 1:05 AM**

WHAT?????

This must be a bad rumour to tease me....

How/when could council vote it down?

I do love the sound of "an appeal from a developer in Hamilton for a huge condo tower in a residential neighbourhood".

matt602 · #3 Posted **Jan 31, 2011, 1:10 AM**

I bet it's an over-exaggeration. I'm sure theres no surprise, probably something we already know about.

SteelTown · #4 Posted **Jan 31, 2011, 1:12 AM**

It's probably the St. Joseph's Villa condo planned for Dundas.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=173750

drpgq · #5 Posted **Jan 31, 2011, 1:29 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteelTown

It's probably the St. Joseph's Villa condo planned for Dundas.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=173750

That seems plausible.

flar · #6 Posted **Jan 31, 2011, 1:53 AM**

That could be it, although that's not really a residential neighbourhood. Not one single family home in sight. There are some condos and apartments across Governor's Rd, including four relatively new 9-storey buildings, a Metro, and a plaza with Shopper's Drug Mart on the next block. Oh, and an existing 18 story building. There is also a bus stop right there.

If this is what he's talking about, it sounds like a great place to put a huge condo.

Nords · #7 Posted **Jan 31, 2011, 2:30 PM**

If memory serves me correct, there are single family homes right by one of the towers in the St. Joseph's villa project. It was the homes on Walnut Grove that caused much of the issue as the tower was going to be right by those homes. The 2nd tower proposed right at Governors and Ogilve is probably less an issue.

flar · #8 Posted **Jan 31, 2011, 3:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nords

If memory serves me correct, there are single family homes right by one of the towers in the St. Joseph's villa project. It was the homes on Walnut Grove that caused much of the issue as the tower was going to be right by those homes. The 2nd tower proposed right at Governors and Ogilve is probably less an issue.

I definitely wouldn't support a tower back there by the ravine. But those houses are well insulated from Governor's and Ogilvie. The nearest houses to the latter location would be the rowhouses on Ogilvie across from Amica.