1414 Dundas Street - new Humane Society building (Under Construction)

jammer139 · #1 Posted **Mar 24, 2021, 10:09 PM**

The land formerly used for the lawn bowling club is looking for rezoning for a new Humane Society facility. - https://pub-london.escribemeetings.c...cumentId=79184

jammer139 · #2 Posted **May 6, 2022, 7:47 PM**

Zoning application for the new Humane Society building. Old Oaks is a supporter for this new facility.

https://london.ca/sites/default/file...%20Meeting.pdf

inimrepus · #3 Posted **May 7, 2022, 2:50 AM**

Looks like a nice building, seems like an excessive amount of parking space though

CanadianTalk · #4 Posted **May 7, 2022, 3:28 AM**

This zoning application is from March 2021. Not sure why the city posted it to the planning website today.

Council did approve the zoning change at their meeting on April 13, 2021.

https://pub-london.escribemeetings.c...ab=attachments

CanadianTalk · #5 Posted **May 17, 2022, 9:30 PM**

The new Humane Society building has officially broke ground. The new building will be called the "Old Oak Animal Campus".

https://globalnews.ca/news/8842570/h...-new-facility/

Fun fact: the article mentions that they have been at their old Clarke Rd location for 123 years!

Djeffery · #6 Posted **May 17, 2022, 10:33 PM**

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The new Humane Society building has officially broke ground. The new building will be called the "Old Oak Animal Campus".

https://globalnews.ca/news/8842570/h...-new-facility/

Fun fact: the article mentions that they have been at their old Clarke Rd location for 123 years!

And that's not a typo either. I can only imagine the day trip that was back then to go look for a puppy lol.

CanadianTalk · #7 Posted **May 17, 2022, 11:16 PM**

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And that's not a typo either. I can only imagine the day trip that was back then to go look for a puppy lol.

Haha true!

Funny enough when I read that in the article, I thought for sure it was a typo as well lol so I checked out their website, and low and behold they were established in 1899, which is pretty impressive! It's about time they upgrade.

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Here is a rendering of the new building (looking northeast from Dundas):

jammer139 · #8 Posted **May 17, 2022, 11:26 PM**

They have a lot of fund raising to do to raise over $10M themselves for this $21M+ building. Old Oak is kicking in the land and some money which helps alot.

MolsonExport · #9 Posted **May 18, 2022, 7:51 PM**

that sign...is oversized.

jammer139 · #10 Posted **Dec 28, 2022, 5:32 PM**

A lot of fund raising left to do before construction of the new facility begins it seems.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/londo...mpus-1.6693352

K85 · #11 Posted **Dec 29, 2022, 2:38 AM**

could become an obstacle course for small critters?

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that sign...is oversized.

jammer139 · #12 Posted **May 10, 2023, 4:02 PM**

The current building on Clarke Rd has now been sold. Imagine they have a lease agreement until such time they can get the new building funded and built.

jammer139 · #13 Posted **Jun 30, 2023, 12:09 AM**

Article on the status of fund raising for the new building. Still $2M short of their $21M goal.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9802248/h...t-fundraising/

jammer139 · #14 Posted **Aug 19, 2023, 9:16 PM**

Property is fenced off now and site prep is underway with heavy equipment clearing top soil.

jammer139 · #15 Posted **Aug 24, 2023, 9:05 PM**

Looks like Southside Construction won the contract to build this project. They have a construction trailer parked on site now.

jammer139 · #16 Posted **Sep 28, 2023, 4:39 PM**

Looks like they are prepping to start forming for footings now.

jammer139 · #17 Posted **Oct 18, 2023, 7:24 PM**

Southside Construction has made good progress with large section of the foundation footings and walls now poured. Immediately to the west Vandel Construction has fencing up and site prep underway for something. Signage says Southbridge. Don't recall seeing any zoning application for a project on the site.

Djeffery · #18 Posted **Oct 26, 2023, 1:39 AM**

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Southside Construction has made good progress with large section of the foundation footings and walls now poured. Immediately to the west Vandel Construction has fencing up and site prep underway for something. Signage says Southbridge. Don't recall seeing any zoning application for a project on the site.

It's Southbridge Medical on the sign, but information is hard to come by yet. There is a LTC called Southbridge, on Wharncliffe Rd S that opened last year, and is the parent company of Chelsey Park on Oxford St. Not sure if they are the company behind this work on Dundas or not. There is also a health care clinic chain called Southbridge, but again, no idea if this is them either. Maybe CanadianTalk can sleuth this out as he seems to do good at finding that stuff out.

CanadianTalk · #19 Posted **Oct 26, 2023, 2:53 AM**

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It's Southbridge Medical on the sign, but information is hard to come by yet. There is a LTC called Southbridge, on Wharncliffe Rd S that opened last year, and is the parent company of Chelsey Park on Oxford St. Not sure if they are the company behind this work on Dundas or not. There is also a health care clinic chain called Southbridge, but again, no idea if this is them either. Maybe CanadianTalk can sleuth this out as he seems to do good at finding that stuff out.

Hahaha thanks for the compliment. I forgot how I came across the city's online permit registry (I believe I first used it to find some permit dates for my home) and it has apparently been a useful tool for this forum lol.

But yes, the parcel immediately to the west of 1414 Dundas (the future home to the humane society) has an address of 1390 Dundas according to the official city map. When I put that address in the online permit registry, a site-plan was approved by the city in May 2023 for a "new 5 storey long-term care facility" with 256 beds, so djeffery is probably correct with this being related to the Southbridge LTC on Wharncliffe.

Site-plan approval can only occur if the zoning is there, and I, too, don't see a zoning application on the city's website. However, the map I mentioned earlier shows this parcel as part of the same zoning block as the former psychiatric hospital lands to the north, so a long-term care home most likely would fit within the "institutional" zoning parameters that are already there, but not sure about that.

jammer139 · #20 Posted **Oct 26, 2023, 2:15 PM**

Another LTC home is more then welcomed and its a good location as well. If we could magically snap our fingers and build 10,000 additional new fully staffed LTC beds today they would be all filled tomorrow given the current waiting lists in the province.

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Hahaha thanks for the compliment. I forgot how I came across the city's online permit registry (I believe I first used it to find some permit dates for my home) and it has apparently been a useful tool for this forum lol.

But yes, the parcel immediately to the west of 1414 Dundas (the future home to the humane society) has an address of 1390 Dundas according to the official city map. When I put that address in the online permit registry, a site-plan was approved by the city in May 2023 for a "new 5 storey long-term care facility" with 256 beds, so djeffery is probably correct with this being related to the Southbridge LTC on Wharncliffe.

Site-plan approval can only occur if the zoning is there, and I, too, don't see a zoning application on the city's website. However, the map I mentioned earlier shows this parcel as part of the same zoning block as the former psychiatric hospital lands to the north, so a long-term care home most likely would fit within the "institutional" zoning parameters that are already there, but not sure about that.