125 Hickory Street
The DCA was represented by its president at the Tuesday session with the City's Planning and Environment Committee (PEC) when it dealt with the proposal by Starwood-Mastercraft for a 16 and 20 storey condo towers at the corner of Champagne and Hickory.
The small area around this intersection is a hotbed of condomania, with Domicile constructing 8 and 13 storey buildings, Arnon 14-19 storey structures, and eventually the Humane Society site will sprout condos too.
Our purpose at the meeting was to emphasize the proposed pedestrian and cycling bridge over the OTrain cut at Hickory. The bridge greatly improves a whole bunch of neighorhood connectivity possibilities. At our request, our Councillor put forward a motion tieing the rezoning of the site to the building of a bridge (with developer/condo buyers putting up part of the money) and also requiring the bridge to be finished before the units are occupied.
The first part was passed, the money from the developers is now part of the rezoning agreement. But WHEN we get the bridge is unknown. Staff at the hearings seemed optimistic that the bridge could be designed and built quickly, but there are no guarantees.
The small area around this intersection is a hotbed of condomania, with Domicile constructing 8 and 13 storey buildings, Arnon 14-19 storey structures, and eventually the Humane Society site will sprout condos too.
Our purpose at the meeting was to emphasize the proposed pedestrian and cycling bridge over the OTrain cut at Hickory. The bridge greatly improves a whole bunch of neighorhood connectivity possibilities. At our request, our Councillor put forward a motion tieing the rezoning of the site to the building of a bridge (with developer/condo buyers putting up part of the money) and also requiring the bridge to be finished before the units are occupied.
The first part was passed, the money from the developers is now part of the rezoning agreement. But WHEN we get the bridge is unknown. Staff at the hearings seemed optimistic that the bridge could be designed and built quickly, but there are no guarantees.
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