Politicians endorse 17-storey Victoria Park apartment building
A contentious development proposed for the edge of Victoria Park, delayed for years after it was repeatedly punted by council, just got a whole lot closer to…
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A contentious development proposed for the edge of Victoria Park, delayed for years after it was repeatedly punted by council, just got a whole lot closer to…
LONDON, ONT. -- The long-simmering debate over highrise developments next to Victoria Park is about to heat up again. City Hall has sent notices to neighbours that Auburn Developments is applying to rezone 560-562 Wellington Street for a 17-storey, 173-unit residential building. “It is disappointing,” admits Mary Ann Hodge, who lives in the Historic Woodfield neighbourhood. “We are back in the same spot we were a couple years ago.” The pandemic has delayed City Hall’s completion of the Victoria Park Secondary Plan that would include maximum height guidelines for future devel...