The Area of Niagara has submitted a conceptual redevelopment plan for 68 Church Avenue in Downtown St Catharines on the location of the previous Niagara Regional Police headquarters. Designed by MacDonald Zuberec Ensslen Architects, the mixed-use residential and industrial complicated entails a 4-storey low-rise together with a 12-storey mid-rise and a 27-storey tower.
Wanting southeast to 68 Church Avenue, St Catharines, designed by MacDonald Zuberec Ensslen Architects for Niagara Area
The low-rise former Niagara Regional Police headquarters, in-built 1963, was vacated attributable to structural and environmental points together with a leaking roof and insufficient temperature controls that compromised document conserving.
Wanting southeast to the present web site, picture retrieved from Google Avenue View
Within the wake of the constructing’s closure, various proposals had been thought-about for the location. Whereas regional councillors advocated exploring reasonably priced housing choices for the redevelopment, the location was deemed suboptimal for such use. The appliance notes that proceeds from potential gross sales can be reinvested to fund reasonably priced or attainable housing tasks at different places.
Located on the southeast nook of Church and Carlisle Streets, the location spans roughly 6,231m². The realm homes a mixture of institutional makes use of alongside Church Avenue, residential townhouses to the northeast, and residential properties on both aspect of Academy Avenue. Business, residential, and workplace areas line the close by King Avenue.
An aerial view of the location and surrounding space, picture retrieved from Google Maps
Purposes for Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments embody a 4-storey (16.4m) low-rise stretching northeast alongside Academy Avenue, a 12-storey (40.19m) mid-rise on the web site’s northwest nook, and a 27-storey (88.96m) high-rise on the southeast nook. The conceptual redevelopment plan, envisaged to be executed by a future third-party developer, has been pre-zoned to permit flexibility in design and utilization.
Wanting southwest to 68 Church Avenue, St Catharines, designed by MacDonald Zuberec Ensslen Architects for Niagara Area
The appliance proposes 305 residential models in all. Though a conceptual redevelopment, the ground plans embody two elevators every within the mid- and high-rises, and none for the low-rise, indicating affordable wait occasions for residents within the taller towers.
Typical flooring plan for the low-rise (backside proper), mid-rise (high proper), and high-rise (left), designed by MacDonald Zuberec Ensslen Architects for Niagara Area
The Gross Ground Space (GFA) for all the challenge is segmented with 3,496m² for the low-rise, 17,064m² for the mid-rise, and 26,156m² for the tallest constructing. The non-residential GFA of 4,620m² can be situated totally on the primary two flooring of the tallest constructing and the primary three flooring of the mid-rise.
The design contains personal amenity areas located between the high-rise and mid-rise. Two ranges of underground parking are proposed, providing 162 vehicular parking areas, together with eight accessible spots, and 40 bicycle parking areas.
Website plan, designed by MacDonald Zuberec Ensslen Architects for Niagara Area
68 Church Avenue is positioned only a three-minute stroll from the St Catharines Downtown Transit Terminal, offering entry to the Niagara Area Transit community.
To the west of the location, one other low-rise at 179 Ontario Avenue is proposed at 3 storeys. To the east, Beard Place Condos and 151 Queenston Avenue are proposed at 6 and seven storeys respectively, alongside a redevelopment proposal for the St Catharines Normal Hospital with 9 buildings reaching as much as 16 storeys. Shifting south, 229 St Paul Avenue is proposed at 7 storeys and the 18-storey Carlisle Sq. is underneath development. Further proposals embody 88 James Avenue at 30 storeys, 14-20 Queen Avenue at 31 storeys, and additional south, 7 St Paul Avenue West at 37 storeys.
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