600 James Street North | ? | 9 fl | Approved

[thomax]

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[LRTfan]

spectacular views from this location....wonderful to see solid infill proposals like this creeping north.

[Chronamut]

the harbour is already a great place to be - itll be the shining jewels of hamilton once the factories slowly melt away..

..and centuries worth of decontamination happen by.. someone.. haha...

[lachlanholmes]

The agent is Bousfields, so someone reputable. Lamb uses Bousfields, could be one of his projects. Anyone have any more info?

http://prntscr.com/k2p77w

[davidcappi]

http://www.pinemount.ca/project.php?...-Hamilton-ON-5

[king10]

Not bad not bad.

[TheRitsman]

I hope there are more flattering renders coming, however it seems like an interesting design in a good location. A rounded corners is really cool. Hopefully costs and arguing with the city of this height won't cause the design to get stunted.

[Berklon]

Hard to say for sure without a more detailed render, but I think it'll look decent.

The design looks like it'll be "lighter" and "airy" and seems like a good fit being close to the harbour, and will mesh better with the Port Authority building across the street.

[lachlanholmes]

Not totally sold on the design... but much better than what was there. I'll take it.

[LRTfan]

Wow...very nice...love the glass corner mixed with the brick side walls. The city should be falling all over themselves to encourage this type of mid-rise development on streets like James N and all retail streets in the city.

[davidcappi]

I am hearing this will be purpose built rentals aimed at empty nesters.

[Chronamut]

so where's the parking? I see a road behind it - will it be an L-shaped building with parking in the back or underneath?

I am loving the curve on the corner though. I tired of square buildings personally. Good to see more curviness.

[lachlanholmes]

FYI

[lachlanholmes]

This is nine storeys now and also looks much better to my eye. RAW Design are the architects.

These renderings are not 100% up-to-date, but they give a good idea of what it will look like. See the site plans and elevations further down for the accurate current design.





Note the use of parking stackers here - neat!











Site plan and elevation link

Thankfully this is recommended for approval at the September 3rd planning meeting.

City of Hamilton agenda link

Recommendation report link

[TheRitsman]

This is awesome, and much needed density that far north. Medium density should be approved much easier around the city. Toronto is currently midrise central right now. I get a new ad for a new midrise nearly daily.

I'm not sure what it is though, but newer buildings almost never have the same walkability feel of older high or mid density areas, I don't know what it is. Any ideas?

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Like it. This could be a fine intersection...

[lachlanholmes]

For god's sake, the committee denied this against staff recommendation. I have no words. Only John-Paul Danko voted in favour.

This is going to mean more wasted taxpayer dollars at the LPAT. Where are our city's priorities?

[HamiltonBoyInToronto]

I honestly don't understand how something like this gets denied !!! Who the hell is running the show ? And what are the true intentions of city council .... In favour of putting an entertainment venue in the suburbs and denying density right downtown and by a Go station .... Something isn't right

[TheRitsman]

During a housing crisis... Wtf is going through their heads?

Has the minutes been released with a rationale?

[king10]

Originally Posted by TheRitsman

During a housing crisis... Wtf is going through their heads?

Has the minutes been released with a rationale?

I doubt the minutes will provide a rational. Would have to check the video if one is available.