Hamilton 1629-1655 Main Street West | 76.8m | 24s | Society Developments | McCallum Sather

[Paclo]

1629-1655 Main Street West: a proposed 24, 21 & 16-storey mixed-use student rental, retail & office development designed by McCallum Sather Architects for Society Developments on the southeast corner of Main Street West & Ewen Road in Hamilton's Ainslie Wood neighbourhood.

Massing perspectives from the Planning Justification Report & Urban Design Brief:

Various views from the Visual Impact Assessment:

 

[Northern Light]

Site as it is:

Don't know what the zoning is here, but it's certainly not something for which the case will rest on precedent!

(site on your right, below):

Facing the opposite direction, we see the area's tallest building is 9s:

Essentially, you have commercial/industrial bordering on the south and east mixed with intermittent vacant parcels, and a large hydro ROW to the west. From a dealing w/NIMBY pov that would seem encouraging.

Though there is SFH to the north which may face some shadow impacts.

I don't take any real issue w/the height here, I do take some with architectural detail, though the massing is mostly ok. But I think the extensive aerial connections between towers aren't well thought out.

They will both contribute to shadow issues and discourage residents/students from going down to grade level and socializing outside.

I see some value in the connection, but I'd rather see that done through the lower podium levels at or near grade.

 

[JoeyColeman]

My files have SPA-22-157 at 1630 Main Street West as the Society Development Inc application. "Develop a 9 storey purpose built student accommodation with associated surface and underground parking."
I do not have the full submission package yet.