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On Downtown Burlington’s shoreline, Vrancor Development Corporation has filed plans to redevelop 2076 Old Lakeshore Road, three and half blocks east of Brant Street and backing directly onto Lake Ontario, with a 23-storey mixed-use tower designed by NEUF architect(e)s, combining hotel suites with rental apartments. The project would add to the growing cluster of tall buildings near the city’s shore.
The 0.22-hectare property sits at the southeast corner of Old Lakeshore Road and Pearl Street. It is currently occupied by the Marquis Lakeside Inn, a cluster of one- to two-storey motel buildings with an associated surface parking lot. Surrounding uses show an area in transformation, with mid- and high-rise residential towers to the north and east.
Bousfields has submitted Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the City of Burlington on behalf of the developer for the mixed-use building that would rise 79.4m. The design features a three-storey podium programmed with hotel functions and a café space oriented to Old Lakeshore Road, while its design incorporates datum lines that reference the neighbouring Estaminet heritage property. Above, the tower would rise with a compact 635m² floor-plate, containing 154 hotel suites on floors 1 through 14, and 50 rental units on floors 15 to 23.
The building would bring a total Gross Floor Area (GFA) of 13,914m², equating to a Floor Space Index of 8.95 times lot coverage. Of the GFA, 6,725m² would be dedicated to hotel uses, 4,330m² to residential, and the remainder to commercial and amenity space, including the spill-out café and a colonnade to animate the public realm. Outdoor amenities would total 547m², alongside 666m² of indoor amenities.
The design calls for four elevators, equivalent to one for every 51 units, indicating prompt service response. Given the compact site, two vehicle elevators are proposed for underground parking across four levels, where most spaces would rely on a stacked parking system managed through valet service. There would be 50 spaces for residents and 32 for visitors and hotel use. Bicycle parking entails 32 long-term spots located on the second floor, and three short-term spaces provided at grade along Old Lakeshore Road.
The plan includes a 631m² land dedication to the City, accommodating both a five-metre-wide upper trail and a secondary lower path closer to the Lake Ontario shoreline, designed in consultation with Conservation Halton. This new shioreline park segment would transform what is currently a private lakeside edge into publicly accessible space, linking with the existing trail to the west.
Transit connections are close at hand, with Burlington Transit Routes running along Lakeshore Road, or from the Downtown Burlington Bus Terminal located about 400m away, which offers service to Aldershot, Burlington, and Appleby GO stations and therefore connections to the full Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Cycling infrastructure includes bike lanes on Pearl Street and planned painted bikeways along Lakeshore Road.
The proposal joins multiple tall building projects within Burlington’s waterfront and downtown core. To the north, Martha James Condos is rising to 14 storeys, while the 26-storey Nautique Lakefront Residences and 29-storey BeauSoleil are both wrapping up construction nearby. To the northeast, a cluster of proposals includes 407 Martha Street (14 storeys), The Burleau (20 storeys), 2083 Old Lakeshore Road (27 storeys), 2107 Lakeshore Road (27 storeys), and 2096 Lakeshore Road (28 storeys). To the northwest, 409 Brant Street calls for 18 storeys, while further west along the waterfront, 2020 Lakeshore Road is proposed with a pair of towers rising 31 and 36 storeys.
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| Related Companies: | Bousfields, ERA Architects, Grounded Engineering Inc., LEA Consulting, NEUF architect(e)s, RWDI Climate and Performance Engineering |
