The Ontario Land Tribunal has accepted a settlement settlement between Hamilton Metropolis Council and Vrancor’s Hamilton Queen and Market Inc. to allow a 975 rental unit redevelopment of the 1.97-acre (0.79 hectares) website on the west facet of Queen Avenue within the Strathcona neighbourhood.
The deal permits the development of a six-storey seniors housing on the west facet of the property and two tall buildings of 30 and 31 storeys on the east facet of the lands.
Lawyer Denise Baker, representing the developer, says the settlement resulted from tribunal-led mediation and is conscious of considerations from the Metropolis and close by neighbours.
Baker says the constructing heights can be equal to the Metropolis’s peak restrict of the geodetic peak of the escarpment, one thing she described as “important to the city.”
The taller constructing can be 88.46 metres tall, with a geodetic peak above sea stage of 192.76 metres.
The floorplate proposed for every tower is 850 sq. metres, barely above the Metropolis’s most well-liked measurement. The developer expects to have 12 residential models on every ground.
No less than 25 p.c of the models can be two-bedroom or bigger. The present unit combine is 730 studio or one-bedroom, and 245 bigger models.
The towers can be related by a six-storey podium that can comprise ground-level industrial.
There can be 317 car parking areas, and 498 long-term bicycle parking areas.
Registered Skilled Planner Franz Kloibhifer, testifying because the developer’s professional witness, acknowledged fronting alongside Queen Avenue South which maximizes the separation from the neighbourhood to the west of the Topic Lands.
Elevation graphic for the accredited Vrancor tall constructing 30 and 31 storey redevelopment on Queen Avenue South between Napier and Market.
“Respecting shadows, the Shadow Study demonstrates that both the podium and the tower components of the development will cast shadows onto the surrounding properties. However, in accordance with the City of Hamilton Shadow Study Guidelines the shadows move away from the residential dwellings in a period of less than 3 hours which meets the intent of the guidelines and is an acceptable shadow impact. The study shows that by 12:30pm, the shadows move entirely away from the private yards in the low density neighbourhood. ”
The event transportation examine states the Metropolis might want to set up pace cushions alongside each Market and Napier Avenue to “deter traffic from flowing into the existing neighbourhood.”
The unique proposal sought permissions to construct taller towers of 29 and 41 storeys, with out ground-level industrial.
Vrancor select to bypass Metropolis Council by submitting a non-decision enchantment to the Ontario Land Tribunal on January 19, 2024.
The settlement settlement resulted from months of negotiation between metropolis employees and Vrancor’s representatives.
Metropolis Council accredited the settlement on November 13.
Ward 1 Metropolis Councillor Maureen Wilson states she is going to converse to the settlement following right this moment’s Council conferences.
Vrancor developments submitted this space context graphic to the Ontario Land Tribunal that reveals the fundamental define of its accredited 30 and 31 storey tall buildings on Queen Avenue South
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