MacLac
Senior Member
Can you refresh our memory of what’s going on the freshly demo’d SE lot on 114st and 76ave? Is that what you’re referring to?
Metro 78 | 23m | 6s | Pinto Properties | Frank Hilbich
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fromyeg
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Address: 11343 - 76 AVENUE NW
Planner Description: The City has received a rezoning and plan amendment application from Green Space Alliance. The current zone is the “Small Scale Residential Zone (RS)” and the proposed zone is the “Medium Scale Residential Zone (RM h23)” which would allow: - A maximum height of 23 metres (or approximately 6 storeys). - A maximum Floor Area Ratio of 3.0 - 3.7. - Commercial opportunities at ground level. - Vehicle access from the alley. In The City Plan the site is located at the convergence of the 76 Avenue and 114 Street Secondary Corridors. A proposed amendment to the McKernan/Belgravia Station Area Redevelopment Plan is required to facilitate the proposed rezoning.
Status: In Review
Council Public Hearing Date: Jul 02, 2024
Was this approved on July 2nd? Or are we still waiting?
@Marcolangzi do you have any pictures you can share?
Great to see all this action around McK/Belgravia Station.
Also thanks to everyone at Green Space Alliance for all the great projects they have helped with and continue to help with.
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Marcolangzi
Active Member
Yes, this was approved on July 2nd - McKernan @76. I will post imagens soon.
But picture this: Metro 78, Belgravia Heights and McKernan @76. We got 3 corners of the LRT station. The other one is the school. TOD at its best!
fromyeg
Active Member
Excavation appears to have begun.
Marcolangzi
Active Member
McKernan @76 is another TOD rezoning project that was approved in July.
As in other rezonings, we are helping the developer to approve the development permit which was submitted three weeks ago.
Here is a rendering of the building.
More information about the rezoning can be found in my presentation to City Council: https://pub-edmonton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=227413
We have now approved TOD on three corners of the McKernan-Belgravia LRT station!
Seamusmuldrew
Active Member
Oh I love
Platinum107
Senior Member
That representation of all 4 nearby projects is awesome!! McKernan/Belgravia might go from being one of the least special LRT stations to the most with all this mixed-use TOD. The station is literally surrounded by new TOD and amazing
Out of Towner
Active Member
Not sure if I'd be too happy if I was an adjacent home owner.
Platinum107
Senior Member
...Okay yknow what? Sure. If I lived in a house immediately adjacent to a development I may not be ecstatic either, with construction noise especially.
Thing is, Edmonton is a big and growing city. McKernan and Belgravia are neighbourhoods in the middle of this big city, and changing character and density are par for the course in an urban environment like ours. Adjusting isn't gonna be an easy ride, especially since change has been artificially suppressed for decades, thus giving people a false idea of what a city is supposed to be. With that said, if someone hates change around them and can't stand the idea of more people in their neighbourhood, the middle of the a big growing city might not be the right place for them to live, frankly.
David A
Senior Member
There has been a major road going through this area for years, also LRT for quite a long time and it is close to the University. So just having SFHs next to this really made no sense.
As cities grow and change, neighbourhoods do too and a lot of the areas that were developed around or post WWII with small now older houses will change because they are now fairly central in what is a much bigger city.
crisp
Active Member
Any properties facing a road that has two lanes for both directions of traffic should allow for infill up to 6 storeys in size. This should apply across the entire city.
Out of Towner
Active Member
Construction noise is temporary and most people will accept and live with it. The more important thing that you didn't mention is the monetary impact that a project can have on an adjacent property. In many cases the impact is positive but that's not universally true and the people who are negatively impacted by a project are usually the people who don't have the means to defend themselves from an undesirable encroachment. Can people living in Glenora expect any multi story, multi family development in their neighbourhood anytime soon because they're closer to the middle of the city than McKernon and Belgravia are. I'm going to take a guess and say that they're safe from anything that would disturb the character of their neighbourhood.
thommyjo
Senior Member
Wait, are we calling the people of mckernan Belgravia oppressed??
They’re some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in our city…
Out of Towner
Active Member
No. Not calling Belgravia oppressed. Saying that a multi story, multi family build next to a single family dwelling can have a negative impact on the monetary value of the single family dwelling. The owner of a corner lot will typically do well but the residential properties next to a multi generally become less desirable and harder to sell unless the owner is willing to accept a discounted price. I don't think that that's a groundbreaking observation.
Seamusmuldrew
Active Member
Speaking as a Belgravia resident here: this neighbourhood is second only to Glenora when it comes to neighbourhood opposition to development from wealthy residents. They have had the means to stop this kind of thing and have been doing so for a long time, the city has just stopped listening and thank god for that.