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Plans have been submitted to redevelop a commercial property near Burlington GO station with a 25-storey, primarily residential mixed-use tower. Designed by WZMH Architects for Rester Management, the proposal at 1376-1382 Plains Road East calls for a condominium tower with ground-floor retail.
The proposal applies to a property located on the south side of Plains Road East just west of Brant Street. The irregularly shaped site is currently occupied by two one- and two-storey commercial buildings, along with associated surface parking and driveways. While the immediate block remains largely commercial, with automotive businesses and retail uses lining Plains Road East, the surrounding area also includes low-rise residential neighbourhoods to the north and the CN rail corridor to the south.
Bousfields has submitted Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the City of Burlington on behalf of the developer. The applications follow a pre-application submission that first surfaced in late 2025. The site remains subject to an active appeal relating to Official Plan Amendment 2, the City’s Council-endorsed but not yet in-force planning framework for the station area, while a separate consent application to consolidate the parcels and sever lands adjacent to the CN rail corridor has already received conditional approval.
The proposal calls for a 25-storey mixed-use building rising to 87.3m. A three-storey podium (with a single-storey extension to the south) would accommodate two retail units and the residential lobby at grade. Tower floors 4 through 25 would be have 744m² floor-plates.
The building would contain 283 condominium units within a Gross Floor Area of 19,549m², including 18,641m² of residential space and 400m² of retail space, resulting in a Floor Space Index of 8.10 times coverage of the 2,750m² lot. The residential mix would comprise 6 studio units, 220 one-bedroom units, 44 two-bedroom units, and 13 three-bedroom units. Plans call for two elevators, or approximately one cab for every 142 residential units, indicating high-speed motors would be required for adequate response times when both elevators are operating, and pointing to major issues when one elevator is down.
Retail would front Plains Road East, behind a landscaped sidewalk area, with a potential outdoor patio at the northeast corner of the site. The residential entrance would front directly onto Plains Road East. Residents would have access to 508m² of indoor and 414m² of outdoor amenity areas.
Parking would be restricted to a single underground level, supplemented by enclosed visitor parking at grade toward the rear of the building. In total, 56 vehicle parking spaces are proposed, including 45 spaces for residents and 11 for visitors. The development would also provide 159 bicycle parking spaces, comprising 142 long-term spaces and 17 short-term spaces.
Burlington GO station on the Lakeshore West line is about 1.5km east of the site, while Burlington Transit Routes are accessible from Brant Street. The site is also connected to Burlington’s cycling network, with nearby bike lanes on Brant Street, Maple Avenue, and Fairview Street, as well as a mixed-use path along Plains Road East.
A growing number of high-density projects and proposals closer to Burlington GO station include the 11-storey proposals at 1056-1060 Brant Street to the northeast and 849-855 Brant Street to the east, while the nearby Paradigm Condominiums continue construction with two 18-storey towers. To the southeast, plans include a three-tower, 12- to 21-storey proposal at 1393 Graham’s Lane, the four-tower Brant and Ghent development ranging from 8 to 25 storeys, and the 33-storey proposal at 795 Brant Street. Further southwest, the four-tower redevelopment planned for 1134-1167 Plains Road East would range from 22 to 35 storeys.
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