04-06-2018, 01:26 PM
(04-06-2018, 12:28 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(04-06-2018, 12:02 PM)welltoldtales Wrote: Although this tower is 12 floors it is actually slated to be 63 meters high. That is the actually the same height as One Victoria. This is not a small building going in and it does border on residential neighbourhood. Most residents asked for a scale back in the height and some actually asked for the inclusion of multi-unit residential. It's a legitimate concern.
The tower is tall, and the property abuts (a fairly small number of) single-family residential -- but the tower itself does not abut those properties. The parts abutting residential consist of the mid-rise office building and the parkette (shadow study shown below). And it should be noted that the developer did make a number of changes to address the original resident concerns, and the shadow impact, for example, is far smaller than in the original.
You're right about this. Actually, the properties shown as abutting in the rendering you posted are mostly multiple dwelling or duplexes. It only directly abuts (actually, across the laneway) four single-family residences.
I think the accommodations made should be sufficient for anyone living on Wellington. A lot of the complaints come from people further into the neighbourhood, and I really wonder what their motivation is. Shanley, for instance, is a much different street than Wellington. Wellington is quite busy with traffic now. And this site is a very short walk from King and Victoria.
As someone who lives in Mount Hope, though, my opinion is the same as welltoldtales: we need more amenities, and to justify them there will need to be more residents or employees, or ideally both. So this is a great development for the neighbourhood.