1067-1071 Wellington Road South - five 10s to 27s buildings (Approved)
Major development proposal for NW corner of Wellington and Bradley. 5 buildings ranging from 18s to 22s on large podium base with over 1200 units and over 1300 parking spaces.
I want to hate it for being a massive development along the highway that is Wellington instead of a more central location, but I suppose that its actually a really good idea if the BRT ever actually goes ahead.
I don't know... Is this good or bad from a sustainable city building perspective?
Last edited by That_Chris; Oct 1, 2020 at 12:57 AM.
Everything about this development is perfect. Directly on the future south leg of the BRT, beside the mall, the south campus of Fanshawe, a green space across Wellington... it's perfect.
1069 Wellington Road
type Retail plaza
price $16,450,000
seller SRF3 Century Centre Inc.
buyer Century Centre Developments Inc.
Can't find this company so may operate under other names. There is a real estate development company that appears to be based out in B.C. called Century Group. They appear to be active building mixed used projects. Wonder if they are the same? Would also mean new players entering the London market which should be a good thing.
I want to hate it for being a massive development along the highway that is Wellington instead of a more central location, but I suppose that its actually a really good idea if the BRT ever actually goes ahead.
I don't know... Is this good or bad from a sustainable city building perspective?
OK, so I was obviously knee jerking before and it's an important project, especially if this city ever actually gets its rapid transit figured out. I just hope that they're able to get a bunch of affordable or geared to income units included in it.
CTV News confirmed last nite that the developer is in fact Drewlo in partnership with Auburn. At least we know they are real developers with a construction history of building high rise buildings. Auburn has been very active in KW with multi tower high rises and of course the proposal for Wellington and Wolfe beside Victoria Park.
CTV News confirmed last nite that the developer is in fact Drewlo in partnership with Auburn. At least we know they are real developers with a construction history of building high rise buildings. Auburn has been very active in KW with multi tower high rises and of course the proposal for Wellington and Wolfe beside Victoria Park.
Auburn has been very active in SW Ontario lately. They are also planning to build a similar proposal to this (5 towers, 16s each) in Windsor.
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I like the idea of this project being looked into for building. It will help shore up the White Oaks Mall area and give it a whole new facelift. Now if only they can start building a lot more of these projects in the downtown core and neighbouring neighbourhoods of SoHo and Old East London, but at much very much higher buildings to bring the skyline into a more explosive looking city core.
The average house price increased some $20,000 over the past month alone. We need more residential supply. The city needs more projects like this popping up all the time if we are going to address the housing shortfall.
Yes this development doesn't need a BRT line but it's a nice perk and may have influenced and possibly even intensified the proposal. The city is going to need more infrastructure capacity upgrades to service these highrises (looking at you Southdale cough cough).
I guess it fills a void in the market (rentals), in a part of the city that has not seen much fresh development in the way of highrises. Reminds me of Cherryhill village.
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Where have the planning documents and the urban design review gone? I can't find them on the CoL website anymore
The City has taken down all documents and plans for the foreseeable future - with the introduction of the new website, they removed all non-AODA compliant materials. No word on when/if any of these documents will be posted again.
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