[ben.thebean1]

Four 14-storey buildings proposed across from the Victoria Hospital's main campus in London, near Wellington Road. Each building is proposed to have just over 200 units for 862 total across the complex, ranging from 1 to 3 bedrooms. Two of the buildings are connected by common amenity space. No retail is part of the current proposal.

A total of 933 vehicle parking spaced are proposed across - brace yourself - two 3-storey above grade parking structures, and surface parking. 862 bicycle spaces are proposed. The site is located immediately adjacent to a low-lying wetland area and floodplain, so underground parking is not an option here unfortunately.

https://london.ca/business-developm...s/planning-applications/845-875-commissioners

No retail is disappointing but not surprising to me. Would be a great spot for it, near the hospital and the amount of units in the complex could support at least a few small businesses on their own. As for parking, totally understand the inability to put anything below ground right next to the wetlands, but having all that surface parking instead of putting most of the parking in the centre of the complex makes no sense to me, especially because there is no outdoor amenity whatsoever other than a small rooftop patio.

 

[Towered]

OMG, kill it with fire (in fact, do that for all London proposals)

 

[ericmacm]

This is a pretty typical kind of development for these suburban high-density residential nodes you see in London. They can actually be pretty nice to live in if well-situated and with walkable amenities, I lived in a neighbourhood with similar built form (Sugar Creek) for almost 3 years and it was fantastic.

This section of Commissioners could use some help with streetfront retail. Having the Westminster Ponds nearby is really nice, and being located very close to Vic is good too (especially for prospective healthcare worker tenants), but the other amenities are a bit lacking. Building this out with mixed-use retail would have a huge impact, I hope it is eventually included once the design is refined. London is slowly starting to get better about getting (and allowing) developers to incorporate retail into the podiums.