Legacy Village by Old Oak - London Psychiatric Hospital Lands Redevelopment - Page 2

jammer139 · #21 Posted **Mar 18, 2023, 11:06 PM**

Yet another fire in one of the buildings.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/fire...ze-at-vacant-london-psychiatric-hospital

inimrepus · #22 Posted **Mar 19, 2023, 3:52 PM**

Was this one of the buildings that they were supposed to keep and renovate?

jammer139 · #23 Posted **Mar 19, 2023, 4:57 PM**

Yes the Rec Centre building apparently.

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Originally Posted by inimrepus

Was this one of the buildings that they were supposed to keep and renovate?

CanadianTalk · #24 Posted **Mar 19, 2023, 10:16 PM**

Here is a CTV article from tonight regarding the heritage aspect of this: https://london.ctvnews.ca/mobile/we-re-l...ted-by-fire-cannot-be-salvaged-1.6319862

Article (and the 6pm news broadcast tonight) strangely mentions that York Developments is the property owner. I thought that it was just Old Oak that owns the entire property. Can anybody confirm this?

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York Developments, the property owner, has faced criticism in the past for failing to properly secure vacant buildings, as they move to build multiple high-rise towers at the site.

Djeffery · #25 Posted **Mar 19, 2023, 10:57 PM**

CTV Weekend crew at its best lol

jammer139 · #26 Posted **Mar 19, 2023, 10:59 PM**

I think York Demolition is the demolition company hired to clear the old buildings and prep the site. Old Oak is still the owner as far as I know.

DemoJunkie · #27 Posted **Mar 22, 2023, 9:06 AM**

I figured this was a good place to start for my first post on this forum. I worked for Delsan-AiM, the demo contractor who demolished the north complex as well as the 7 out buildings, and now work for York1, who is demolishing the remainder of the main hospital.

Old Oak is the developer, despite what CTV said, they have since fixed their error in regards to who owns the property. York1 is the demolition contractor, that is it.

As far as the project goes, the entire building requires asbestos, Lead, mould, Mercury, and PCB abatement, and that is what the interior crews do prior to structural demo. There is nothing left to salvage inside as the scavengers have had years to strip the building top to bottom.

The south complex is slated to be fully demolished in the coming weeks, and the abatement of the full hospital and any other parts of York1s scope is supposed to be completed by summertime. Full demo so the site is ready to hand back to Old Oak will be completed sometime in the late summer early fall if all goes well.

As for the CTV article, we were requested to have our excavators ready on Sunday in case the Fire Dept needed them, myself and the other operator sat around until 11:30ish Sunday before we were finally released without ever touching the Rec Hall.

If anyone has any other questions, feel free to ask and I will answer as much as I can without divulging too much.

jammer139 · #28 Posted **Mar 29, 2023, 5:38 PM**

The south wing complex is now fully down. Lot's of rubble to sort thru and process.

MolsonExport · #29 Posted **Mar 29, 2023, 5:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by DemoJunkie

I figured this was a good place to start for my first post on this forum. I worked for Delsan-AiM, the demo contractor who demolished the north complex as well as the 7 out buildings, and now work for York1, who is demolishing the remainder of the main hospital.

Old Oak is the developer, despite what CTV said, they have since fixed their error in regards to who owns the property. York1 is the demolition contractor, that is it.

As far as the project goes, the entire building requires asbestos, Lead, mould, Mercury, and PCB abatement, and that is what the interior crews do prior to structural demo. There is nothing left to salvage inside as the scavengers have had years to strip the building top to bottom.

The south complex is slated to be fully demolished in the coming weeks, and the abatement of the full hospital and any other parts of York1s scope is supposed to be completed by summertime. Full demo so the site is ready to hand back to Old Oak will be completed sometime in the late summer early fall if all goes well.

As for the CTV article, we were requested to have our excavators ready on Sunday in case the Fire Dept needed them, myself and the other operator sat around until 11:30ish Sunday before we were finally released without ever touching the Rec Hall.

If anyone has any other questions, feel free to ask and I will answer as much as I can without divulging too much.

Thanks for the info, and welcome to the forum

jammer139 · #30 Posted **May 13, 2023, 4:45 PM**

The lecture hall theatre that fronted Highbury is now demolished. Alot of debris sorting and processing still going on for the south wing rubble.

jammer139 · #31 Posted **Jul 23, 2023, 5:45 PM**

They have brought in a extended boom excavator with the demolition claw to start taking down the central hospital tower. They have started on the east end of the building. They have also setup a concrete crusher machine and conveyor and are working thru the mounds of concrete and brick. No indications yet that Old Oak has received approval of their draft sub division plan from City Hall. They haven't started yet on building the storm water management pond in the SE corner either. There are years of site prep still ahead before any new buildings start going up. The economy and financial situation may be very different in a few years.

jammer139 · #32 Posted **Jul 28, 2023, 11:41 AM**

LFP article on history of the former LPH.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/a-re...history-of-londons-asylum-for-the-insane

jammer139 · #33 Posted **Aug 15, 2023, 3:28 PM**

Have got about half the central tower down now. Taking it slow and easy likely for safety reasons. They will be working for many months to clear the crushed concrete and brick and sort the steel.

jammer139 · #34 Posted **Aug 25, 2023, 4:07 PM**

Milestone this week with the centre tower of the LPH Hospital now taken down. Will likely be months of work to dig out the basement foundations and crush and sort all the concrete and steel and remove it. Likely they will backfill the hole until such time that Old Oaks gets around to starting construction on future high rise towers.

jammer139 · #35 Posted **Nov 9, 2023, 4:46 PM**

Interesting that the demolition company was loading up the heavy equipment onto flatbed trailers and appear to be done with their work leaving behind small mountains of crushed concrete and brick. A few hours later they were unloading the heavy machines at the Landlords former LFP office on York Street. Could there have been a demolition permit approved for the former LFP offices? There is still signage up for Lease for Sale. Maybe the "landlord" has decided to demolish the building to create a large surface parking lot?

CanadianTalk · #36 Posted **May 21, 2024, 4:38 PM**

The zoning changes that will allow for the revitalization of the old hospital lands will be discussed at the July 16th planning committee meeting and then at the July 23rd council meeting.

https://london.ca/sites/default/files/2024-05/T21503-OPA-ZBA-DPSCombinedRevNotice.pdf

jammer139 · #37 Posted **May 21, 2024, 5:27 PM**

Not sure why they are arbitrarily limiting heights to 22s today in 2024 when in 10-20 years those blocks at 22s makes no sense and some of the buildings should be 30s plus tall. The construction of these lands will definitely take at least 20 years to be built out and the needs for more density along a BRT line will dictate the increase in height.

I would not be shocked that Fanshawe College takes over the Robarts School for the Deaf property in the next 20 years for future expansion. The demand for residential density in the Highbury and Oxford area will be very high.

CanadianTalk · #38 Posted **May 22, 2024, 3:26 PM**

Here is a subdivision plan which shows how the site will be divided into blocks/zones/streets. The colours represent the following zones:

orange - high density mixed-use
purple – medium density residential
pink – medium density mixed-use
yellow – low density residential
red – neighbourhood facility (ie: school, community centre) OR residential
blue – heritage blocks (you can actually see the outlines of the old buildings)
green – open space / parkland / stormwater management pond

The numbers are the maximum heights that buildings can be in that particular block.

GreatTallNorth2 · #39 Posted **May 22, 2024, 3:38 PM**

I am happy to see that kind of density. London does not have a lot of that "missing middle" and so having some buildings in the 4-6 floor range is fine. I like that there is a decent amount of "mixed use" as well - meaning you can shop right in your neighbourhood, hopefully similar to West 5.

jammer139 · #40 Posted **Jul 25, 2024, 2:01 AM**

New revised zoning plan with changes to height and density.

https://london.ca/sites/default/files/2024-07/T21503-OPA-ZBA-DPSCombinedRevNotice1.pdf

Key changes:

Key changes to the previously circulated proposed zoning include increasing the maximum
permitted heights from 42m (12 storeys), 54m (16 storeys), and 75m (22 storeys) to 80m (25
storeys) and 92m (30 storeys) on blocks fronting Highbury Avenue North and Oxford. The
maximum permitted densities on these blocks are also proposed to be increased from 250,
300, and 320 units per hectare to 350, 410, 440 and 560 units per hectare. In addition the
previously proposed R9-7 special provision zone requested for medium density residential
blocks in the southeast portion of the plan, has been replaced with an R8-4 special provision
zone with similar height and density special provisions.