[Paclo]

190-194 Pinebush Road: A proposed 3, 3, 3-storey condo townhouse development by Will-O Homes on the northwest corner of Pinebush Road and Wayne Avenue, in Cambridge.

The applications will be presented at a Public Meeting set for February 14th, 2023 at 6:30pm.

 

[ben.thebean1]

Crazy how much space 39 units take up compared to 59 parking spaces

 

[Matt.R.WR]

Going to throw this file here. PDF of presentation I gave to council. Looking back, I have indoor parking with only one entrance/ exit, which might not meet building codes, I honestly have no idea. Just a concept of what we COULD have here (and everywhere if we're actually serious about addressing housing shortages), and some reasoning to justify my thoughts to the NIMBYs. Didn't bother talking about env, social, economic benefits to density and bike- and transit-oriented development, because I think the NIMBY Councillors and Mayor will never grasp (or care) about that argument. So frustrating, but whatever.

Here's a summary:
Units:
- current concept: 39
- alternate concept: 60

Parking:
- current concept: 59 cars, 0 bikes
- alternate concept: 52 cars (42 residents, 10 visitors), 60 indoor bikes with room for more outdoor storage

Hypothetical property taxes:
- current concept: $195,000/ yr @ $5,000/ yr/ unit
- alternate concept: $210,000/ yr @ $3,500/ yr/ unit

Have since been in fairly consistent contact with Cllr. Hamilton about low- and mid-rise housing city-wide, and have had some contact with Cllr. Ermeta on the subject as well, though not as constant or promising as with Cllr. Hamilton. Cllr. Devine wants to further intensify along the 401 corridor through the city, but seemed none-too-enthused about this presentation lol

I doubt anything site-specific will come of what I put together, but figured this group might be interested in it.

(edit: inserting screenshots of PDF, as PDF wasn't appearing)

Make it mass-timber, too. That'd be cool (and smell good lol).

 

[rbt]

Make it mass-timber, too. That'd be cool (and smell good lol).

It is only 5 floors. Couldn't it be a traditional wood construction (regular old 2x4's, plywood, etc.)?

I'm not familar with Ontario building code in that respect. I know the USA gets 5 floors of old-school wood construction.

 

[Matt.R.WR]

It is only 5 floors. Couldn't it be a traditional wood construction (regular old 2x4's, plywood, etc.)?

I'm not familar with Ontario building code in that respect. I know the USA gets 5 floors of old-school wood construction.

Probably. Also not familiar with the Ontario building code. I think you can do a handful of floors with usual stick construction, but sound insulation is typically pretty bad, whereas solid, cross-laminated timber can provide similar default sound insulation standards to solid concrete with a significantly lower carbon footprint, more cool factor, similar costs to concrete. But I'd take concrete or stick-framed over no housing at all.