By Pepper Parr
April 25th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
Rendering of the 409 development
Same site – different owner.
This development was originally filed by Reserve Properties Ltd. project for 401, 403, 405, 409, 411 and 413 Brant St., 444, 448 and 450 John St. and 2002 and 2012 James St. It is now in the hands of 409 Brant Street Limited.
This tower is on the south-east corner of Brant and John Street. On the north-east side of John the 27 story tower has residents
The corner of each building is cut away to give people a wider sense of what is across the street and to take away the sense that you have 27 storey rising above you.
Public art is expected to be in that open space for each building.
This developer is asking to have the zoning modified from what was previously approved as follows:
Reduce the parking rate to 0.74 parking spaces per residential unit (overall number of parking spaces),
Reduce the parking stall dimensions,
Reduce the second-floor height from 3.8 metres to 3.7 metres,
Reduce setbacks to the parking structure and
Increase the overall building height from 65m to 66 m to make room for a mechanical penthouse.”
The reshaping of the east side of Brant Street
This is the tower opposite City Hall on the north-east corner of Brant and John.
While this is a new application for the same development. All of the items that will be permitted in their previous approved application do not change. They have asked for some additional zoning amendments for specific items in the development.
Public Engagement will be in the form of a Statutory public meeting and recommendation report on May 13, 2025, 9:30 a.m. – it will be a Virtual Meeting held in hybrid format.
What will happen to Kelly’s Bake Shop – sooner or later the wrecking ball will take it apart
Imagine being forced to wear shoes that are two sizes too small. That is what the intensification mandate is all about. Then add a ton of regulations the City is forced to abide by. Add to that the lure of being close to water. No one is rushing to build tall buildings in Elliott Lake. The intensification mandate should have been to build along our rail corridor all the way to Windsor, poor as it is. Our city sandwiched between the escarpment to the North and Lake to the South was never designed to be a truly public transit friendly city.
Three comments:
.74 parking spaces per unit, too funny, why not zero.
All tall buildings need a mechanical penthouse. Not reason to grant height.
Reduce parking stall dimensions (or you will need to buy a smart car or Fiat 500 or an e-bike) or bang and dent insurance. Sorry F150 owners.
This administration has sold out our town.What happened to the plans for downtown buildings to be 6 and 8 story.Take a look at downtown Oakville for preservation of historic buildings.There was no need for any of this but way too late now.Vote them out!