London Construction - Development News Thread #1 - Page 166

GreatTallNorth2 · #**3301** Posted **Nov 20, 2024, 6:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Amazingly, a "No Frills" is slated for the former Memory Lane site. That would be 3 grocery-store-ish places in the same plaza (No Frills, Mona Farms, Giant Tiger).

https://www.westdellcorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Hyde-Park-Square-Site-Plan-1.pdf

^the "No Frills" must be some sort of new concept store, as it has only 12,000 sq. feet (which is about half the size of the nearby Giant Tiger).

Plus Dollar Tree which I am sure sells enough groceries

MolsonExport · #**3302** Posted **Nov 20, 2024, 6:43 PM**

^yes, of the sort that can be had for $1.75 or less.

jammer139 · #**3303** Posted **Nov 21, 2024, 3:16 AM**

A new report highlights just how inadequate London’s pace of home construction has been over the last six years, ranking the city – one of the nation's fastest-growing – 47th in Canada.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/why-...on-rank-47th-in-canada-in-housing-starts

Djeffery · #**3304** Posted **Nov 21, 2024, 8:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Djeffery

Delivered some equipment to the Dorchester MCDonalds today, asked the site super when they hoped to open, he said "last week". So I imagine they are under the gun to get this up and running. The No Frills from the quick peak in the windows is still a long ways off. By comparison, I was in the T&T a few weeks before it opened and it looked like it could open at any time when I was in there. It might open by Christmas, but I doubt it.

Shows what I know, Dorchester No Frills opened today lol

jammer139 · #**3305** Posted **Nov 24, 2024, 9:48 PM**

Sherwood Forest Mall owner planning to build 9s apartment on the west side of mall in what is now a parking lot.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/ultr...rey-tower-eyed-amid-london-mall-overhaul

Djeffery · #**3306** Posted **Nov 25, 2024, 11:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by jammer139

Sherwood Forest Mall owner planning to build 9s apartment on the west side of mall in what is now a parking lot.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/ultr...rey-tower-eyed-amid-london-mall-overhaul

Am I imagining or have we seen that reported before? Or maybe we were just speculating on locations when the Oxbury and Masonville proposals came out a few years ago.

jammer139 · #**3307** Posted **Nov 25, 2024, 1:38 PM**

I think we have heard rumours about these ideas for Sherwood Forest Mall before but even now they still haven't moved forward with a zoning change application. Next step is an exactly zoning change. We'll see if it happens next year.

MolsonExport · #**3308** Posted **Nov 25, 2024, 2:04 PM**

A shitty mall in some respects, but Sherwood Forest Mall is incredibly convenient (a bit less so since my bank moved to the Hyde Park Dumbcentre).

inimrepus · #**3309** Posted **Nov 25, 2024, 2:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Djeffery

Am I imagining or have we seen that reported before?

Yep, and the city was against it. https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/a-lo...rtment-towers-why-is-city-hall-resistant

jammer139 · #**3310** Posted **Nov 30, 2024, 4:12 PM**

Interesting change to minimum head room code. Will have impact on renovation projects and likely open up a few more options for residential units in older buildings. Likely no impact on new builds as the trends are to go with 9ft ceiling heights.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/spac...ng-minimum-headroom-in-homes-to-six-feet

jammer139 · #**3311** Posted **Dec 2, 2024, 12:44 PM**

LFP article looking at 3 residential projects in downtown London. Old Oaks Centro and St James and Yorks King St building.

https://lfpress.com/feature/inside-three-new-luxury-towers-downtown-london

jammer139 · #**3312** Posted **Dec 3, 2024, 9:12 PM**

Office conversion into residential in St Thomas.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/old-newspaper-building-provides-housing-boost

CanadianTalk · #**3313** Posted **Dec 4, 2024, 2:32 AM**

Looks like Westdell fully leased out their future small plaza in Riverbend at the NW corner of Oxford and Westdel Bourne.

https://www.westdellcorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Oxford-Westdel-Centre-Site-Plan.pdf

Wendy's, Osmow's Shawarma, Firehouse Subs, a dentist, and a fitness centre

Last time I checked a few months ago, it just had Wendy's on it. Now the question is when they will start construction.

jammer139 · #**3314** Posted **Dec 4, 2024, 1:39 PM**

Westdell appears to be more interested in their retail commercial plazas then their numerous residential proposals. Understandable given their history and how much easier and cheaper it is to build retail buildings. Residential buildings are far more expensive and difficult to build and take much longer.

Isn't that intersection and stretch of Oxford scheduled to be rebuild soon? If it is next year they might wait on the retail until the road is rebuilt.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CanadianTalk

Looks like Westdell fully leased out their future small plaza in Riverbend at the NW corner of Oxford and Westdel Bourne.

https://www.westdellcorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Oxford-Westdel-Centre-Site-Plan.pdf

Wendy's, Osmow's Shawarma, Firehouse Subs, a dentist, and a fitness centre

Last time I checked a few months ago, it just had Wendy's on it. Now the question is when they will start construction.

jammer139 · #**3315** Posted **Dec 14, 2024, 9:16 PM**

Brock Development Group has been making progress with the construction of a 4s 57 unit apartment building on the south side of Lucan on Highway 4. Have now got about 50% of the 4th floor pre-fab modular steel wall units installed.

https://brockdg.com/property/cloverfield/

jammer139 · #**3316** Posted **Dec 17, 2024, 12:34 PM**

Apartment construction starts expected to slow down in 2025.

Not surprising given some of the newest apartment buildings are offering upto 2 months free rent in order to find tenants. When this translates into monthly rent cost reductions we will have to wait and see.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/housing-starts-in-london-region-forecast-to-fall-in-2025

GreatTallNorth2 · #**3317** Posted **Dec 17, 2024, 2:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by jammer139

Apartment construction starts expected to slow down in 2025.

Not surprising given some of the newest apartment buildings are offering upto 2 months free rent in order to find tenants. When this translates into monthly rent cost reductions we will have to wait and see.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/housing-starts-in-london-region-forecast-to-fall-in-2025

What has Josh actually accomplished in this city?

jammer139 · #**3318** Posted **Dec 21, 2024, 2:14 PM**

Bedroom communities and the City and urban growth boundary conversations. The reality is that all these bedroom communities have new subdivisions at various stages of development now. Many of them by London based companies like Sifton. When the market forces eventually swing back the pace of single family home building will pick up again in these communities. Planning needs a regional perspective in whatever form that takes.

https://london.ctvnews.ca/exodus-of-new-...-to-lower-lot-prices-in-london-1.7154600

jammer139 · #**3319** Posted **Jan 4, 2025, 1:31 PM**

New Ontario Building Code changes take effect Jan 1st to allow Mass Timber buildings as tall as 18s.

https://storeys.com/mass-timber-18-storeys-ontario-2025/

jammer139 · #**3320** Posted **Jan 14, 2025, 1:17 PM**

The Law of Supply and Demand plays itself out with rentals dropping in the city.

Will be interesting to see the vacancy rates of the new apartment buildings opening in the coming months. How many will be offering 1 or 2 free months rent offers to secure tenants.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/london-rents-drop-4-in-2024-first-annual-decline-since-2020