The Hamilton City Centre redevelopment project is now at the Ontario Land Tribunal on a Site Plan application appeal.
The file has not arrived at the OLT. Upon arrival at the OLT, the record will become available.
The City of Hamilton is processing the OLT appeal notice filed by development IN8 Developments.
TPR is trying to obtain more information during the interim.
Background Info
The 2020 Site Plan application proposes to build three 30-storey towers and one 24-storey tower with a connected nine-storey podium.
This Site Plan version proposed 1940 residential dwelling units and 3,067 square metres of commercial use.
There was a resubmission made on April 4, 2022.
In June 2022, City staff returned that resubmission with comments, and instructions to make further changes.
The Downtown Hamilton Secondary Plan permits high-density developments of up to 30-storeys without rezoning or official plan amendments.
When developers and the City’s planning staff agree on the site plan submission, any variances from the Downtown Hamilton Secondary Plan are submitted to Hamilton’s Committee of Adjustment as minor variances.
The City Centre Mall was closed at the end of December 2022, in preparation for demolition.
In late 2023, the developer publicly confirmed construction timelines were paused due to the ongoing economic slowdown in condo construction.
Production Details v. 1.0.0 Published: October 9, 2024 Last updated: October 9, 2024 Author: Joey Coleman Update Record v. 1.0.0 original version
Just do something good with the space. If it’s for housing then use it for young families or anyone that wants to call hamilton, home. Let’s keep it structured and clean. Hamilton is a beautiful city that I grew up in and downtown ,it was kept safe and beautiful . Can we keep it that way!
They better leave Jackson square in those plans and low income apartments and geared to income apartments also ….and please leave the Salvation Army where it is ….also please leave Gore Park alone and our Statues belong there also ….
What you don’t want the homeless in your neighborhood, why is it ok for the downtown area to house them. Let’s see a Salvation Army up on the mountain.
I hope Jackson Square gets bulldozed to the ground as thr historic mistake it was and something innovative like Toronto’s “The Well” is built in its place.
Conceptually, The Well is just the latest variation on the indoor mall.
In my opinion, Hamilton needs to begin planning commercial to residential conversions.
New condos are being built but who is buying them? I hope downtown is revived again, it’s not the Hamilton that I grew up in. I hope the redevelopment of the city centre happens and it doesn’t just sit there empty, it was a beautiful building.
People from the GTA are buying them.
Downtown Hamilton needs far more park /greenspace directly downtown than just tiny postage stamp but pretty Gore Park to make it a liveable core. How much greenspace is attributed to this Eaton Centre redevelopment????
There is nothing wrong with the growth in the downtown or the changes planned. Majority of Hamiltonians don’t even care about the downtown of their city. They rarely support the independent small businesses who are struggling since Covid. The arena project will be great for being life into the downtown, and visitors to our city. As for all the condos going up, it’s a downtown and density is needed as well as customers for small businesses that line James and John streets, the Farmers Market, Jackson Square and King street. People continue to talk about affordable housing, there are many city housing apartments in the downtown area, with low incomes. Sadly they cannot support small businesses in a downtown of any city. We need middle class young professionals looking to build their life into Hamilton.