1842 King St E (Brock U Campus Redevelopment) | 44.2 m | 4 x 12 fl | Proposed

[Chronamut]

Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

While there is some commercial property along King, and King Rose Place plaza, the spaces for more are fairly limited. E.g., there are funeral homes to the east and west and they need their lots, the Croatian church and hall, Lutheran Church, plus another one across the street from this aren't going anywhere, the Wear's garden centre and a few small apartment buildings nearer to Kenilworth are probably not going to change. Maybe the used car lots evolve to a more intensive use at some point, but probably a long time from now.

It's a missed opportunity.

Yeah I mean this place isn't a low intensity place to begin with - there are like 4 colossal apartment buildings just past the metro - you know though, I could use a royal bank though - ever since they vacated cochrane it's been a pain to get to the one by center mall..

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by Chronamut

Yeah I mean this place isn't a low intensity place to begin with - there are like 4 colossal apartment buildings just past the metro - you know though, I could use a royal bank though - ever since they vacated cochrane it's been a pain to get to the one by center mall..

It's a bit of an odd mix, that really hasn't changed a lot in 40 years aside from some of the businesses coming and going. I wonder if the city originally figured that more apartment buildings would go up in the area.

[Chronamut]

Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

It's a bit of an odd mix, that really hasn't changed a lot in 40 years aside from some of the businesses coming and going. I wonder if the city originally figured that more apartment buildings would go up in the area.

The powerlines running through the apartment complex wasn't the most brilliant of ideas in that area either..

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by Chronamut

The powerlines running through the apartment complex wasn't the most brilliant of ideas in that area either..

I would wager the lines were there first though.

[SteelTown]

Condos to rise 13 storeys on former east Hamilton university site
New Horizon Development to build 1,341 units on King Street East
https://www.thespec.com/news/council...g-st-east.html

City councillors have backed a plan for condos reaching 13 storeys at a former university campus in east Hamilton.

New Horizon Development plans to build 1,341 units at 1842 King St. E., where Brock University once had a satellite campus in a squat building.

The development’s seven- and nine-storey components will be visible from the street, planning consultant Matt Johnston told councillors.

“You can’t see the 13-storey elements because they’re recessed back.”

The plan, which also includes four-storey maisonettes and ground-floor commercial space, features a pedestrian thoroughfare connecting King to Lawrence Road.

Permeable surfaces, solar panels and geothermal energy are green elements of the future buildings, which accord with the city’s goal of compact form within Hamilton’s fixed urban boundary, Johnston said.

“So in the end we have an application that represents good land-use planning.”

But area residents begged to differ, arguing the future mid-rise buildings would add to traffic woes and mean a loss of privacy and hours of sunlight.

“People will stare right into my backyard,” Bruce Picken told councillors at Tuesday’s planning committee, asking them to “downsize this monstrosity.”

Dave Wilson, who noted he lives about 200 metres away, said the development’s “proximity to existing single-family homes is overwhelming.”

Councillors, however, applauded the residential intensification of the grassy nearly seven-acre property.

“It’s really great to see some significant infill development, especially on a former school site,” Coun. John-Paul Danko said.

But a “major concern” is a lack of two- and three-bedroom units — amid 1,080 singles — for families, Danko added.

New Horizon will be “mindful” of that during the site plan process, Johnston said.

Danko also suggested New Horizon could commit to upping the development’s energy efficiency like some non-profit builders have.

Coun. Jason Farr expressed sympathy for the neighbours’ concerns but backed the development.

“Change is difficult, but on the other hand, we need to grow and when we grow, that’s good for everybody in the city.”

The committee’s approval awaits a final nod at council.