735 Southdale Road West - 12s, 12s, 12s, 9s (Approved)

[jammer139]

Royal Premier Homes has yet another zoning application submitted.


•One (1) Residential Block consisting of four (4)
apartment buildings containing 665 units;
•One (1) Open Space Block;
•One (1) Road Widening Block; and,
•One (1) new street.


https://london.ca/sites/default/file...e%20Rd%20W.pdf

[CanadianTalk]

Found a site plan of this development from the environmental impact study

Looks like the first three buildings will be 12s/8s and the last building will be 9s.

It also appears that the base of each of the buildings will feature townhouse-style units.



The entire south side of Southdale in this area will be very transformative in the coming years between this proposal, York's high-rise subdivision by the Bostwick community centre, as well as more apartment buildings currently being constructed to the west of this site.

[jammer139]

Don't forget the proposal for some low rise apartments beside the Hellenic Centre farther to the east along Southdale. All the more reason to get on with the widening of Bradley and building the two gaps to add another east west route across the south end.

[jammer139]

Revised zoning application for this block of land includes upgrading sanitary sewer capacity to allow higher density.


https://london.ca/sites/default/file...20Internal.pdf


"Please note, the Applicant has proposed upgrading
460 meters of assumed sanitary sewers on Crown
Grant Road to obtain sewer capacity that would
support 231 unit per hectare."

[jammer139]

Urban Design Brief report now posted on site webpage.


Will be curious to see if Royal Premier Homes has the ability to actually build this proposal.



https://london.ca/sites/default/file...2024-02-27.pdf

[jammer139]

PEC meeting on June 11th to review the revised zoning application for this site by Royal Premier Homes.


Still no signs that RPH has built any apartment buildings before and they have a number of proposals that have never moved forward.



https://london.ca/business-developme...southdale-road

[CanadianTalk]

City planning staff is recommending that Council not approve the zoning changes as requested by the applicant that would allow for three 12s buildings and one 9s building.

Instead, they are recommending that Council approve the zoning changes for four 9s buildings instead.

The main rationale for this is that these lands are designated as medium density in the Southwest Area Secondary Plan (SWAP). The maximum height that the SWAP allows for medium-density buildings is 9s. The reason why the taller buildings were allowed further west (Pomeroy apartments) and further east (Southdale/Bostwick) was because those are designated as high density in the SWAP.

This goes to the planning committee on June 11th and then to full council on June 25th.

Staff report: https://pub-london.escribemeetings.c...umentId=109094

Will be interesting to hear the discussion at Council.

[CanadianTalk]

Did not watch the 5-hour planning stream but it looks like the planning committee voted 5-0 to go with the applicant's 12s proposal as opposed to the staff-recommended 9s proposal.

Goes to full council on June 25th.

[CanadianTalk]

City council voted at the June 25th meeting to approve the applicant's requested zoning changes, which would allow for the 12s buildings.