By Pepper Parr
May 23rd, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
The drive to get the thousands of homes that are going to be needed has resulted in some pretty tall buildings. How one raises a family in a 35 storey building is a challenge I would not want to have to face.
Lockwood Auto has a development before the City Planning department that has scale and something that to me at least says “real people live here”.
It is designed like a C with a decent court yard in the middle.
The proposed development features a 12 storey C shaped building with a central court. The proposal will have 307 square metres of community space and 247 square metres of retail on the ground floor. A total of 338 units are proposed with various unit sizes and types ranging from bachelor units to two-bedroom+ dens. The ground floor includes two-storey, three-bedroom townhouses.
Someone somewhere deserves credit for a design like this. The presentation to the community has been made – next is the Statutory meeting – not yet scheduled.
Rendering of the development showing the court yard with a view of the street
Rendering of the development planned for Fairview from the rear.
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On several occasions I have suggested that development proposals should be required to demonstrate that a qualified architect has been involved in designing the building(s) and provide some element of eye appeal to the unfortunate people nearby and citizens in general. Enough of the anthills being thrown up everywhere, such as the barracks next to the Aldershot GO. This plan looks like a good one.