The Official PEI Project Thread

[Siriusb]

St. Martha's Court

[Siriusb]

Originally Posted by Siriusb

Has anyone seen the rendering of the 5 storey going on Dale Dr in Stratford? I see nothing on their town site.

[Five Four]

8-storey building proposed for Grafton Street going to public consultation



Charlottetown city council voted unanimously Tuesday night to move a proposal for a 158-unit apartment building at 199 Grafton Street, in the parking lot behind the Polyclinic, to public consultation.

Full article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-199-grafton-apartments-1.7028602

[Siriusb]

Tim Hortons 644 University Ave

Excerpt from the Council Meeting Tuesday:

644 University Avenue (PID #387852)
Request: This is a request to accept the traffic study prepared by Coles Associates Limited and Englobe Corp
to permit a drive-thru for a Tim Horton’s restaurant at the subject location.

-Currently the site is occupied by an existing gasoline bar and these uses will remain.
-The site is currently surrounded by eating and drinking establishments among others.
-An existing Tim Hortons is located directly across the street from this location.
-Police and Public Works have indicated they are satisfied with the traffic study findings
-It utilizes the already existing access points to University Avenue.

[Siriusb]

Originally Posted by CryingAutumn

8-storey building proposed for Grafton Street going to public consultation



Charlottetown city council voted unanimously Tuesday night to move a proposal for a 158-unit apartment building at 199 Grafton Street, in the parking lot behind the Polyclinic, to public consultation.

Full article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-199-grafton-apartments-1.7028602

Big mistake taking it to public consolation. The 500 lot people are vehemently against anything new and especially this project and others. They are the reason we are in this housing mess and still don't care about housing because they live in their cozy well maintained homes in 500 lot. They are NIMBYS personified and have managed to convince the brainless twits on city council to listen to their every word!!
I doubt this will fly! I hate to be skeptical but the city council still doesn't get the message on why our downtown is dying, why businesses are worried on closing and why we have two tabled stores in the downtown mall. Wake up city hall!!

[Five Four]

Originally Posted by Siriusb

Big mistake taking it to public consolation. The 500 lot people are vehemently against anything new and especially this project and others. They are the reason we are in this housing mess and still don't care about housing because they live in their cozy well maintained homes in 500 lot. They are NIMBYS personified and have managed to convince the brainless twits on city council to listen to their every word!!
I doubt this will fly! I hate to be skeptical but the city council still doesn't get the message on why our downtown is dying, why businesses are worried on closing and why we have two table stores in the downtown mall. Wake up city hall!!

They’re acting as though they proposed the Empire state building to be built there.

[Five Four]

Town of Cornwall getting new water tower to serve growing population



Structure will cost $4.6M, with P.E.I. and federal governments helping out

Ottawa will contribute $1.6 million for the water tower project, and the province will add $1.3 million. The Town of Cornwall will cover the additional $1.7 million of the $4.6 million project.

Full article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-cornwall-water-tower-1.7030149

[Monctoncore]

Originally Posted by Siriusb

Big mistake taking it to public consolation. The 500 lot people are vehemently against anything new and especially this project and others. They are the reason we are in this housing mess and still don't care about housing because they live in their cozy well maintained homes in 500 lot. They are NIMBYS personified and have managed to convince the brainless twits on city council to listen to their every word!!
I doubt this will fly! I hate to be skeptical but the city council still doesn't get the message on why our downtown is dying, why businesses are worried on closing and why we have two table stores in the downtown mall. Wake up city hall!!

I’m hoping the recent PEI planning act changes will have an effect on this. I know it also applies to IRAC, so I think the appeals and complains process has to be an aggrieved person. So if approved by council they may not have as many appeals to slow things down. I just hope that the city sees the importance of housing and put that first.

[Siriusb]

Originally Posted by Siriusb

Tim Hortons 644 University Ave

Excerpt from the Council Meeting Tuesday:

644 University Avenue (PID #387852)
Request: This is a request to accept the traffic study prepared by Coles Associates Limited and Englobe Corp
to permit a drive-thru for a Tim Horton’s restaurant at the subject location.

-Currently the site is occupied by an existing gasoline bar and these uses will remain.
-The site is currently surrounded by eating and drinking establishments among others.
-An existing Tim Hortons is located directly across the street from this location.
-Police and Public Works have indicated they are satisfied with the traffic study findings
-It utilizes the already existing access points to University Avenue.

APPROVED
644 University Avenue
Development Permit to allow for a drive-thru.

APPROVED
644 University Avenue construct a 4082 sq. ft. commercial building.

[billy1]

Originally Posted by Siriusb

There will be two 5-storey buildings in this development.
There are specs on these builds on the Stratford website somewhere. The first floors will be commercial/retail.

[StatelyElms]

Originally Posted by billy1

There will be two 5-storey buildings in this development.
There are specs on these builds on the Stratford website somewhere. The first floors will be commercial/retail.

Think I found them.

Plans
Exterior & site renderings

[Siriusb]

Originally Posted by StatelyElms

Think I found them.

Plans
Exterior & site renderings

Thank you! I searched hi & lo for these.

These are from a publicly released pdf.

[Five Four]

Originally Posted by Siriusb

Thank you! I searched hi & lo for these.

This are from a publicly released pdf.

As expected, it’s surrounded by a sea of parking

[StatelyElms]

Originally Posted by CryingAutumn

As expected, it’s surrounded by a sea of parking

Yeah, sadly it's not really addressing anything and the shops all front on parking lots instead of a street. Not really a top-tier pedestrian experience. Even just having it address the street with parking in behind would make it much better. But hey, having residential floors makes it better than the alternative of just having another standalone suburban strip mall, and for one of the first developments of its kind it's not too bad.. those are always lackluster.

But developments can really only be as good as the plan they're following.. I took a look at Stratford's 2020 urban core plan. The heart and soul of an urban area is the focus on pedestrians, but this doesn't do it much at all. It's a suburban street layout with tall, large-grain buildings plopped in which has a number of issues. The large grain restricts developments to huge developers & keeps out smaller developers (like local ones, which usually are more attuned to local needs), and the suburban street layout (disconnectedness, large setbacks/roadways) keeps the priority on vehicular traffic, and paired with the spaced-out built form makes it inconvenient/uncomfortable to walk to places. So their urban plan seems pretty bad at the "urban" part.. it's basically just a suburban development with more floors and a pedestrian network figured out alongside the roadway network instead of after it. Only part I really do actually like about it is preserving greenspace but I'm pretty sure they can still do that with a properly urban built form.

I guess maybe it's because Stratford is basically 100% suburban, so their planners only have experience in suburban planning?

[Siriusb]

PEI Energy Systems Expansion Proposal

This was presented at the last monthly city council meeting.

Here is a view of the building which will go beside the present PEI energy building on Riverside Dr. It's height is 33400mm or 109.58ft. It will be one of the tallest buildings in Charlottetown.
I don't want to hear another person complain about building height again in this city. If they can build a building this high for garbage then what is the problem with height for apartments, etc. at this height. I feel it has nothing to do with height at all but something else. And you know what that is especially in the 500 lot.

This image is from a public released pdf.

[Five Four]

Originally Posted by Monctoncore

I was just about to say the same thing, before they just had ideas and plans of what they would like to see. Nothing was ever written in stone. I think this is a great development for Summerside and look forward to hopefully more development to come.

I know I'm 4 years late, but for a while I've been trying to find any image renderings, but it appears the website which once held it isn't around anymore.

[josh_cat_eyes]

Originally Posted by CryingAutumn

I know I'm 4 years late, but for a while I've been trying to find any image renderings, but it appears the website which once held it isn't around anymore.

What development are you referring to?

[Five Four]

Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

What development are you referring to?

I'm referring to the Summerside 11 storey hotel, from around 15 years ago.

[josh_cat_eyes]

Originally Posted by CryingAutumn

I'm referring to the Summerside 11 storey hotel, from around 15 years ago.

Oh that’s the one that the city proposed for Credit Union Place. I think it was more a rendering of was was possible and less of this is what’s going to be built. I did post a picture of what the hotel looks like that just opened back in the summer.

[Siriusb]

Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

Oh that’s the one that the city proposed for Credit Union Place. I think it was more a rendering of was was possible and less of this is what’s going to be built. I did post a picture of what the hotel looks like that just opened back in the summer.

That 15 storey was scrapped and the present hotel attached to the Credit Union was it's replacement. The hotel is listing rooms now.