[Stoney Creek] 860 Queenston Road | ?m | 14 fl | Under Construction

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[ScreamingViking]

But the Ward 9 councillor expects a few raised eyebrows when the proposal is presented to the city’s planning committee.

“Nineteen floors bothers me a little bit,” said Conley. “I don’t think there’s anything in Stoney Creek that’s 19 floors.”

Sigh. So what, Dougie?

It will be a tower on a commercial strip, <150 metres southwest of a 14-storey building and just a few hundred metres south of several apartment buildings that are ~16 storeys tall, and it's also half-a-click east of Eastgate.

It's about new development and intensification along a major artery, not 19 floors being "a little bit" bothersome.

[ScreamingViking]

Not sure how many of you will remember, but the commercial building on the right side of the picture above used to be the Corkscrew restaurant back in the early 1980s.

[CaptainKirk]

Come on Conley, what is with this governance by timidity.

Act like a leader.

There are other highrises across the street and a block or 2 over.

No wonder our council has its rep.

[king10]

Ya really, 19 stories in this area isn't a big deal. Across the street there's a dozen 15 story apartments.

[fuller]

From the Hamilton Community News piece above:

The proposed site is landlocked between Stoney Creek Optimist Park to the east and Battlefield Plaza to the west. The proposed development would include 279 parking spaces, which includes underground parking.

So this street-facing lot, located on Highway 8, is somehow landlocked?

How is the property landlocked, because they haven't installed the driveway yet?

Ref:

In real estate, "landlocked" refers to a property that has no direct access to a public street, so the only way on or off the property is to cross land owned by someone else. Usually, a landlocked property gains street access through a legal permission called an easement.

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[davidcappi]

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[Rg2016]

Kind of looks like the new tower in Mississauga, but this one is short and wider.

[Beedok]

I mean, it's not amazing, but 19 floors outside the core is good news, and more density to one of the city's densest areas will only increase the demand for LRT to be extended out there.

[king10]

doesn't look like planning committee is going to approve this project

[NortheastWind]

Correct. Stoney Creek Clr Doug Conley introduced a motion to deny the Queenston development, saying 19 floors is too hi. It meets provincial regulations but not Hamilton's. Hamilton's regs are for 12 floors for this size of property. The Planning Committee approved the motion, turning down the proposal.

[Rg2016]

Bs... this is the reason why some call it LRT to nowhere, rejecting great projects

[SteelTown]

It still has to go to council for approval or deny. Either way the developer has a good case if the proposal meets provincial standards and could fight it to OMB. The best case scenario is if the City negotiates with the developer to reduce the height or else the developer could win everything at OMB.

[Beedok]

Hoping something significant goes up.

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[LRTfan]

I've said this before: I'm VERY nervous about the OMB having reduced powers and cities having more.
Hamilton needs the OMB so builders can build housing that we need. Council is led around the nose by small groups of NIMBYs who only want sprawling suburbs to be built here.