News   Apr 03, 2020
 7.2K     3 
News   Apr 02, 2020
 7.4K     0 
News   Apr 02, 2020
 2.5K     0 

Windsor Park 118 Street DC2 - 6 storeys

IanO

Senior Member
Member Bio
Joined
Sep 23, 2015
Messages
9,657
Reaction score
29,668
LDA22-0373 - Windsor Park 118 Street DC2

159afb9f37ba655d83ae0a2637bccce0_Improvements_Map.png


db5e9d1b307980232b0ec9db14446078_Applicant_Rendering.png


Screen Shot 2022-11-14 at 2.15.29 PM.png


Screen Shot 2022-11-14 at 2.15.37 PM.png


The proposed DC2 Provision would allow for the development of a short mid-rise residential building with the following key characteristics:

Maximum heights ranging from 14.5 metres at the north end of the site to 20 metres at the south end (approximately 4 to 6 storeys)
A maximum of 172 residential dwellings with at least 50% having two bedrooms or more and a maximum of 10% being studio dwellings.
A maximum Floor Area Ratio of 3.0
Any provided vehicle parking located underground and accessed from the rear lane
As a result of feedback received from the City’s technical review and planning analysis and through public engagement conducted in September and October 2022, the applicant has made some revisions to the proposal. Key changes include:

Reducing the maximum height from 21.5 m to 20 m
Removing child care services
Adding a restriction on the amount of studio dwellings
Increasing the south setback from 3.0 m to 4.2 m and adding a sidewalk along the lane
Adding a bicycle wash, repair and maintenance station to the building
Adding regulations to increase privacy and reduce overlook from balconies and rooftop amenity areas
Adding the requirement for transportation related upgrades, including two new crosswalks nearby
A comparison document between the initial and revised proposed DC2 Provisions is found on the right hand side of this page.

 
"While acknowledging Edmonton's needs to increase densification, Joe Miller, with the Windsor Park Citizens Coalition, said the location is not ideal."

Classic. Literally two blocks away from the provinces largest university is not an ideal location for density. Nope.

Edit: also I love that one of the arguments is that it's the size of a football field. Isn't that more of an indictment of single family housing that 172 homes can fit into the area of a football field, which currently only fits 7 single family homes?
 
Last edited:
Today we broke many preconceptions and silos:
- density should be on arterial roads
- density should also be away from schools
- there is one type of family arrangement, and it can only live is a 3-bed units
- anything is affordable in WP if you have $1mi to buy a house…
Also, to the comment from the person wanting to leave the neighborhood and go back to the SW, enjoy the exact same apartments everywhere in the hamptons, edgemont, magrath, windemere, chapelle, etc. those just get built into the original community design so there’s less fighting. But the traffic and shade any everything is still there
 
"While acknowledging Edmonton's needs to increase densification, Joe Miller, with the Windsor Park Citizens Coalition, said the location is not ideal."

Classic. Literally two blocks away from the provinces largest university is not an ideal location for density. Nope.

Edit: also I love that one of the arguments is that it's the size of a football field. Isn't that more of an indictment of single family housing that 172 homes can fit into the area of a football field, which currently only fits 7 single family homes?
Frankly the university area should be dense beyond all dense but nooooo, we must maintain the sanctity between SFH and wasted space.
 
"It is not [going to be] built on the corner site that fronts onto an arterial or service road," echoed Eliza Li, a fellow group member and resident. "In fact, it is built in the interior of our community."
Oh come on! It’s ~40 yards from 87 ave. Tyreek Hill could run that in under 4.3 seconds. I think they’ll be okay.
 

Back
Top