Tag: London developments
Growing pains: Five fought-over London building projects
In a growing city struggling to keep up with housing demand, London still gets hung up on small-city opposition – appearances, height, traffic, building density, shadows and more – as new building proposals come on stream.
Tweaked Hyde Park towers approved despite growth, density concerns
A scaled-down proposal for a twin-tower residential development in London’s booming northwest won city council approval Tuesday, but still ran into political opposition. The developer, Highland Communities Ltd., shaved three storeys off each of the two towers, bringing them down to 17 from 20, but even that haircut to address neighbourhood opposition and city hall […]
Opposition to proposed Hyde Park twin towers continues despite downsizing
A neighbouring business and a business group are still raising concerns about a proposed twin-tower residential development in Hyde Park, even though the developer has shaved three storeys off the highrises. City council will be asked at a meeting Tuesday to approve the project at 978 Gainsborough Rd. Originally presented as two 20-storey towers connected […]
A tower at 200 Albert St. that came to the city last December as a12-storey, 257 unit development has hit a growth spurt, and will go to the city’s planning and environment committee Monday as a 16-st
What a difference a year makes. In the case of one proposed downtown highrise, about four floors and nearly 70 units. A tower at 200 Albert St. that came to the city last December as a12-storey, 257-unit development has hit a growth spurt, and will go to the city’s planning and environment committee Monday as […]
Letters to the Editor: November 4, 2023
Investment in peril