Oakville The Wilmot | ?m | 8s | WP Development | BNA

April 23
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This one is complete now, with occupancy well under way and landscaping done. There is still some construction equipment, but it seems most of it was for taking down fencing and landscaping, which is now complete. So they will probably be removed in the coming week. Photos from today:
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mininamib said:
The facade looks... busy... I don't know why, but the end product looks like a polytechnic or an industrial building.
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Can't disagree with you there 😅
But from some angles, you can definitley see the intention of the "fins" like that last image.
 
KAR246 said:
Can't disagree with you there 😅
But from some angles, you can definitley see the intention of the "fins" like that last image.
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I think the idea of the golden lines (like in the digital mock-ups to promote the project) looked sophisticated, but the end project is unrecognisable. Perhaps some of the lines and boxes could have been reduced in order to create more harmony with the windows and balconies. Also, the boxy structure of the building and in particular the white boxes for the utility suites/level give it that high school/polytechnic/industrial building look where it would surprise one that people live in that structure. It just is more of an eyesore to me. I also feel that the main level - especially on the Dundas-facing side - was missed opportunity for commercial or retail space. Dundas is so loud and busy and in my view hostile to condos and townhomes which open out to the ground floor (probably with zero privacy also!). If we wanted to create more walkable neighbourhoods, reduce *some* car traffic and reduce the dependence on the box-store plaza at an intersection model, some basic amenities that residence need or office space for small businesses / franchises could have been incorporated here. Many of the develops along Dundas in Oakville surprise me for this reason, because the city mascaraing as a town, typically has / had very strict zoning regulations around aesthetics and privacy - but maybe it only applies to building uses nowadays? I remember when my parents bought a house in a new subdivision along Dundas and Prince Michael (Jackson) in 2002, the "town" of Oakville was really strict with the frequency of house elevation and brick-colour for every street to prevent uniformity or making a section of road look too "matchy-matchy".
 
mininamib said:
I think the idea of the golden lines (like in the digital mock-ups to promote the project) looked sophisticated, but the end project is unrecognisable. Perhaps some of the lines and boxes could have been reduced in order to create more harmony with the windows and balconies. Also, the boxy structure of the building and in particular the white boxes for the utility suites/level give it that high school/polytechnic/industrial building look where it would surprise one that people live in that structure. It just is more of an eyesore to me. I also feel that the main level - especially on the Dundas-facing side - was missed opportunity for commercial or retail space. Dundas is so loud and busy and in my view hostile to condos and townhomes which open out to the ground floor (probably with zero privacy also!). If we wanted to create more walkable neighbourhoods, reduce *some* car traffic and reduce the dependence on the box-store plaza at an intersection model, some basic amenities that residence need or office space for small businesses / franchises could have been incorporated here. Many of the develops along Dundas in Oakville surprise me for this reason, because the city mascaraing as a town, typically has / had very strict zoning regulations around aesthetics and privacy - but maybe it only applies to building uses nowadays? I remember when my parents bought a house in a new subdivision along Dundas and Prince Michael (Jackson) in 2002, the "town" of Oakville was really strict with the frequency of house elevation and brick-colour for every street to prevent uniformity or making a section of road look too "matchy-matchy".
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The lack of retail disappoints me too, but I can see why the developers opted to not have it considering the proximity to Longos plaza a 5-10 minute walk away. The empty lands along Dundas on the east of this one are zoned for mixed use, so it is possible they have some commercial, but with the current market I'm not sure what the timeliness for those will be. But they have been trucking away all the dirt from the dirt hills on those lands recently.

Regarding the town's input on building exterior design, it seems that the town, since 2022 does not have any input (nor do any other municipalities in Ontario):
The Province introduced Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022, which made changes to the Planning Act to help speed up housing development and lower costs for applicants. These changes limited the scope of site plan control by exempting residential developments with ten units or fewer and removing the ability for municipalities to review and secure exterior design elements.
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From: https://www.oakville.ca/getmedia/25...5386/planning-site-plan-application-guide.pdf
 
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