04-10-2021, 02:05 AM
The Wilfrid Laurier Housing Master Plan is taking its first visible steps after being drafted in December 2016.
If you have been in the neighbourhood, you will notice that the WLU properties at 80 Seagram Dr. and Laurier Place (St. Agatha, St. Clements, St. Jacobs and Conestoga Houses) on a Sunview Street are now demolished.
I found this cached link to an RFP for April 1, 2020 that included the following:
According to the WLU Housing Master Plan (again, circa Dec 2016, so it may have changed since then), the block bounded by Albert, University, Lester and Seagram will include:
Phase 2: Laurier Place Site fronting Albert St: six-storey, first and second year residence building of 550 beds in mix of semi-suite and suite-style units, student dining and mixed use at the first floor. ($62.3 million)
Phase 8: (The current demolition site) Laurier Place Site fronting Lester St: five-storey student residence of 200 beds in mix of suite-style and apartment units with podium parking level. The units in this building could be used as upper student accommodations. ($25.7 million)
Phase 9: Laurier Place Site fronting University Ave and Sunview St: Eight-storey residence of 162 beds in a mix of studio/efficiency and apartment units with podium parking level. The units in this building could be used as upper year and graduate student accommodation. ($34.9 million)
As of Dec 2016, WLU had a 1,960 bed capacity. After all 10 phases of the plan are complete (including renovation of existing buildings and new construction) the plan will demo 869 beds, add 2,012 beds for a total of 3,103 beds. Estimated cost in 2016 of the whole plan was ~$340 million.
The 2016 Housing Master Plan counted 2,820 beds on- and off- campus (leased from private landlords). Their market research indicated that 2,111 students currently lived off campus and would be interested in moving back to campus if the capacity existed.
If you have been in the neighbourhood, you will notice that the WLU properties at 80 Seagram Dr. and Laurier Place (St. Agatha, St. Clements, St. Jacobs and Conestoga Houses) on a Sunview Street are now demolished.
I found this cached link to an RFP for April 1, 2020 that included the following:
Quote:The residence buildings at Laurier Place are in poor condition and require demolition. The intent is to demolish these buildings and install a temporary surface parking lot until future development of a parking structure and large residence building are constructed. The University is seeking proposals from Civil Engineering firms to complete demolition contract drawings and specifications for the demolition of 5 (five) residence buildings on the Laurier Place property along with schematic design and class D costing report for a plan to incorporate temporary surface parking in place of these demolished buildings and determining a location for a future parking structure and residence building.
According to the WLU Housing Master Plan (again, circa Dec 2016, so it may have changed since then), the block bounded by Albert, University, Lester and Seagram will include:
Phase 2: Laurier Place Site fronting Albert St: six-storey, first and second year residence building of 550 beds in mix of semi-suite and suite-style units, student dining and mixed use at the first floor. ($62.3 million)
Phase 8: (The current demolition site) Laurier Place Site fronting Lester St: five-storey student residence of 200 beds in mix of suite-style and apartment units with podium parking level. The units in this building could be used as upper student accommodations. ($25.7 million)
Phase 9: Laurier Place Site fronting University Ave and Sunview St: Eight-storey residence of 162 beds in a mix of studio/efficiency and apartment units with podium parking level. The units in this building could be used as upper year and graduate student accommodation. ($34.9 million)
As of Dec 2016, WLU had a 1,960 bed capacity. After all 10 phases of the plan are complete (including renovation of existing buildings and new construction) the plan will demo 869 beds, add 2,012 beds for a total of 3,103 beds. Estimated cost in 2016 of the whole plan was ~$340 million.
The 2016 Housing Master Plan counted 2,820 beds on- and off- campus (leased from private landlords). Their market research indicated that 2,111 students currently lived off campus and would be interested in moving back to campus if the capacity existed.