Plains Road to get another high rise - this one , 13 storeys at Cooke Blvd

By Pepper Parr

July 9^th, 2025

BURLINGTON, ON

13 storey rental building with 161 units – some three bedroom units.

There was a last minute push to hear comments from a developers planner on a development project on Plains Road on the west side of Cooke Blvd.

The Solid Gold Adult entertainment site is on the eastern side of the street.  That site is also being developed.

Council was facing a deadline and needed to make a decision that would prevent the developer from taking the matter to the Ontario Land Tribunal

“We have one item to be considered at today’s special council meeting, the Official Plan Amendment and zoning by law amendment for 35 Plains Road East, and we’re doing that today to make sure that council registers a decision prior to the end of the statutory period.  We are required to do so otherwise somebody can appeal us for non decision.”

For now something about the development.

Council approved the 13 storey mixed use building consisting of ground floor retail and service commercial uses with 161 residential units

The development had been approved earlier for nine storeys – the new owners of the site were back asking for 13 storeys.

Renderings of the structure and its location.

Originally the structure was going to be a condominium – the new owners came to the conclusion that the small units in the proposal would not sell – and decided it would be a rental development with 161 rental units.

There were some very different views on market driven housing and rental developments.