300-320 King Street - 35s mixed use (Under Construction)

[jammer139]

Demolition permit request submitted for the parking garage.


No heritage value was found it seems.



Conclusion
As the property at 320 King Street is not identified as historically significant in the
Downtown HCD Plan, the existing parking garage is a suitable candidate for demolition
and replacement. The proposed development is a 35-storey high-rise building with a
podium base. The proposed development conserves significant built heritage resources,
conforms with the heritage policies of The London Plan, and is compliant with the goals,
objectives, policies, and guidelines of the Downtown HCD Plan. Mitigative measures,
recommended by the HIA, should be implemented to ensure that appropriate regard is
had for adjacent cultural heritage resources. The Demolition Request for the removal of
the existing parking garage and the Heritage Alteration Permit application for the
proposed development should be approved with terms and conditions.



https://pub-london.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=101663

[CanadianTalk]

From the city's weekly notice: "300 – 320 King Street - The Delegated Authority for the City of London intends to consider removing the h-240 holding provisions from the subject lands to allow for the development of Residential Apartment Building. "

Usually the removal of holding provisions occurs after site-plan approval and before the building permits are issued.

One step closer to hopefully seeing construction start!

[MolsonExport]

Good news!

[jammer139]

Hopefully we see the demolition contractor setting up the fencing soon to remove the parking garage structure. If they start later this year this 35s building should be finished in 2027. Far enough in the future that all the other current projects will be occupied and hopefully not competing for tenants.

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by jammer139

Hopefully we see the demolition contractor setting up the fencing soon to remove the parking garage structure. If they start later this year this 35s building should be finished in 2027. Far enough in the future that all the other current projects will be occupied and hopefully not competing for tenants.

On that note, I wonder who will be next to start downtown? With King, Dundas Talbot and Centro south wrapping in the next year, we will only have Centro north still under construction, am I missing anything? I wonder if there will be a race amongst developers to be next.

[jammer139]

Originally Posted by Djeffery

On that note, I wonder who will be next to start downtown? With King, Dundas Talbot and Centro south wrapping in the next year, we will only have Centro north still under construction, am I missing anything? I wonder if there will be a race amongst developers to be next.

Don't forget Old Oaks 13s St James and Medallions South St 19s and 23s.

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by jammer139

Don't forget Old Oaks 13s St James and Medallions South St 19s and 23s.

For sure, but I was going for more core than wider downtown. I had forgotten about 661 Talbot as well before I edited that prior post.

[Axplace]

York ... the hole at the courthouse.

[jammer139]

Well Holloway Lodging Corp let 2024 come and go and made no progress on this proposal. They even got a demolition permit in Aug 2023 for the parking garage. I suspect 2025 will be the same given the glut of new residential units opening in the downtown. The same is true for York with their downtown proposals and the company that owns the CitiPlace mall parking lot at Wellington/York. Auburn homes has not moved on their Wellington and Wolfe Street project nor has Canada Life on their two tower proposal on Wellington just north of Centennial Hall. Westdell seems to be more interested in their retail plazas then any of their residential building proposals including the 12s at Central and Richmond. Ayerswood 25s at 195 Dundas appears to be mostly empty while they digout the pit for a parking garage and figure out what to build of their phase 2 proposal.

[CanadianTalk]

Originally Posted by jammer139

Well Holloway Lodging Corp let 2024 come and go and made no progress on this proposal. They even got a demolition permit in Aug 2023 for the parking garage....

Funny you posted this today of all days .... guess what?



Those of you that are on this forum regularly know that I check the building permit database every week or so, and low and behold, a building permit was filed over the holidays to demo the garage, as well as to construct the apartment building.

I believe the Aug 2023 application was to get permission to file an application to demo the parking garage since it was in a heritage registry (don't ask me why it was in there to begin with lol)... so it's nice to see an actual permit.

[bolognium]

I have my fingers crossed hoping this development goes forward. That corner of downtown desperately needs a developer to lead the way and show others that projects are viable there.

I hate this part of downtown. The pedestrian experience on King and just South on York Street is as terrible as pedestrian experiences get. The downtown is still so bombed out in this area. All my life this part of downtown has been a wasteland.

With Farhi demolishing the LFPress building, we now have yet another undeveloped block to add to the area. Currently the worst part of downtown. It has no redeeming qualities.

[Rueguy]

Originally Posted by CanadianTalk

Funny you posted this today of all days .... guess what?



Those of you that are on this forum regularly know that I check the building permit database every week or so, and low and behold, a building permit was filed over the holidays to demo the garage, as well as to construct the apartment building.

I believe the Aug 2023 application was to get permission to file an application to demo the parking garage since it was in a heritage registry (don't ask me why it was in there to begin with lol)... so it's nice to see an actual permit.

is the building permit database available for the public or do you just have access?

[CanadianTalk]

Originally Posted by Rueguy

is the building permit database available for the public or do you just have access?

It's public: just go here https://bdp.london.ca/citizenportal/app/public-search

> Advanced > scroll to bottom > set Application Type to "Apartment/Multi Unit Building" > set date from/to range (I usually do from 1 month prior to today's date).

You can also change the application type to other permits like site plan, commercial building, townhouse building, etc.

[jammer139]

Good news indeed. Look forward to seeing the parking garage decommissioned and construction fencing put up. Still we might have to wait many months before that happens.

[GreatTallNorth2]

It would be the third tallest tower after Centro 1 and OLP at 112 metres.

[K85]

right? It's a great piece of land in the downtown, that could truly be developed at more than a 1 building at a time pace. If they have any grand civic pride, why not do a city/private/province/federal joint transit, living, and retail? Make it a district. Could have a bus right from there to the JLC. Would bring people to both ends of downtown. Make a proper bus depot there, including regional (Strathvegas, St. Thomas, Woodstock, (seasonal like Port Stanley and Grand Bend) etc), and distance (Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Windsor, etc) routing, as well as city. Include a provision of land for a high speed rail stop. Build it with an above ground park a la Torontos.

So many dreams

Originally Posted by bolognium

I have my fingers crossed hoping this development goes forward. That corner of downtown desperately needs a developer to lead the way and show others that projects are viable there.

[jammer139]

The image highlights three properties that are in limbo.


1 -the east side of the convention center surface lot which has been on the market for almost 2 years now
2 -the large surface parking lot south of the convention center that has also been on the market for almost 2 years now
3 -the LFP property which is now a hole in the ground and been on the market for about the same amount of time by the "landlord"


Who will end up buying these properties and when? Might have to wait for a few more years.

Originally Posted by K85

right? It's a great piece of land in the downtown, that could truly be developed at more than a 1 building at a time pace. If they have any grand civic pride, why not do a city/private/province/federal joint transit, living, and retail? Make it a district. Could have a bus right from there to the JLC. Would bring people to both ends of downtown. Make a proper bus depot there, including regional (Strathvegas, St. Thomas, Woodstock, (seasonal like Port Stanley and Grand Bend) etc), and distance (Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Windsor, etc) routing, as well as city. Include a provision of land for a high speed rail stop. Build it with an above ground park a la Torontos.

So many dreams

[GreatTallNorth2]

Does anyone know how long a company has to commence work on a project once they receive the building permit? For example, when the city approves the permit I assume work will begin fairly quickly?

[jammer139]

I believe it varies alot from municipality to municipality and project size. The owner can apply for an extension if circumstances come up. Also if any serious changes to the site plan are applied for the owner may have to get the amended site plan approved which could trigger a new building permit application to be applied for and issued. A typical timeline might be 1 year before it expires. Usually if the owner applies for a building permit they are very close to wanting to start construction.

Originally Posted by GreatTallNorth2

Does anyone know how long a company has to commence work on a project once they receive the building permit? For example, when the city approves the permit I assume work will begin fairly quickly?

[GreatTallNorth2]

This is positive news. Parking garage is now closed and demolition permit has been applied for.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/down...sets-stage-for-35-storey-apartment-tower