Tag: London developments
Domus Developments envisions taking now vacant red brick homes at 300 and 306 Princess Avenue dating from late 19th and early 20th century London and renovating them to become nine-unit apartments, sa
Two stately heritage homes in London’s core may get a new lease on life as multi-unit apartment buildings.
London’s Eve Park garnering worldwide attention for innovative design
An innovative, ecologically minded development in London, Eve Park, is getting attention around the world.
Developers turning former long-term care home into supportive housing
London Mayor Josh Morgan announced Thursday that a vacant retirement home had been acquired to be turned into supportive housing
Ikea dream, warehouse reality: New plan floated for prime south London site
A prime site in south London where Ikea once planned to open a store could soon have the green light from the city for warehouses. City council’s planning and environment committee endorsed an application Tuesday from Goal Ventures Inc. and Goal Ventures Southwest Inc. to amend the zoning for a nearly 27-hectare site bounded by […]
More than 200 housing units on the table to kick off London’s new year
The new year is getting off to a solid start on the housing front in London, with hundreds of proposed new housing units on the table
Government delays stall Londoner’s plan to build new house: ‘So much red tape’
All he wanted to do was replace a deteriorated home. But a year and a half after getting an OK from the city and months of red tape delays from the province, a London man will have to wait through the winter to get shovels in the ground.
A London highrise takes a haircut, with a notable twist
Yet another towering residential project in London, where housing demand is through the roof, is taking a haircut – and neighbours, again, are at least partly the reason. What’s different this time? The tower proposed by Westdell Development Corp. is being pitched in an area of the northeast ripe for highrise living – in the […]
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 […]