Developer appeals to provincial body while local residents plan strategy By Mark Newman, Mountain News The Ontario Municipal Board will ultimately decide if a Mississauga developer can build as many as 700 condominium and town house units on the Chedoke brow lands. City planner Kirsten McCauley said the city received notice from Deanlee Management earlier [...]
Reaction Intensifying Over Upward Growth Across The Region
July 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Movin’ on up, to a deluxe apartment in the sky … – Jefferson’s theme song Peggy Chapman The Bay Observer Ontario’s cities have been working hard to meet provincial standards for growth and the control of urban sprawl. The Ontario policy statement – Places to Grow touts concepts like density and intensification – words often [...]
Intensification on brow lands doesn’t make sense
June 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Intensification on brow lands doesn’t make sense // By Terry Whitehead, Community Columnist Columns // Several years ago the province of Ontario passed two pieces of legislation that defined a greenbelt boundary to be protected and legislated municipalities to absorb 40 per cent of the future population growth within the current urban boundaries.This provincial policy/legislation [...]
Apology From Columbia College To Our Community
June 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Apology From Columbia College – Pdf file After much perseverance, City Bylaw Enforcement Staff have managed to cease construction of the temporary parking lot on Scenic Dr. (Chedoke Site). I am forwarding a copy of a letter that was sent to our office this afternoon from Mr. Jim Campbell, General Manager of Columbia International College. [...]
OMB hearing rumblings as city holds off on big project
June 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
June 11, 2010 Daniel Nolan The Hamilton Spectator (Jun 11, 2010) A Missississauga developer is making rumblings of taking the City of Hamilton to the Ontario Municipal Board after his $200 million townhouse-condominium project was delayed for approval last night by city councillors. Ward 8 Councillor Terry Whitehead won approval from the economic development and [...]
700-unit development recommended for Chedoke brow lands
June 4, 2010 By 1 Comment
By Mark Newman, News Staff Mountain News May 27, 2010 Terry Whitehead says it’s the most controversial development application he’s had to consider in his seven years on Hamilton city council. The ward 8 (west Mountain) councillor said he can’t support a city planning staff recommendation that a Mississauga developer’s plan for the Chedoke brow [...]
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
May 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMITTEE DATE: Thursday, June 10, 2010 TIME: 6:00pm LOCATION: People’s Church 510 Mohawk Rd. W., Hamilton ON L9C 1X4 Applicant: Deanlee Management Inc. Agent: Wendy Nott, Walker, Nott, Dragicevic Associates Limited Subject Property: “Brow Lands” (former Chedoke Hospital site) North side of Scenic Drive, East [...]
Hamilton Planning Committee Meeting – June 10, 2010
April 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Brow lands decision expected by June
April 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The head of the Mississauga firm looking to develop the Chedoke brow lands says he’s hoping to meet with city planning staff in the next week or two to finalize plans. “We’re still negotiating,” said Ron Starr, president of development at Deanlee Management. The company is looking at building about 650 condominium and townhouse units [...]
Chedoke brow lands plan targets retirees – Developer’s proposal expected to be considered by council early next year
January 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
???? By Mark Newman/News staff News Nov 12, 2009 Active, wealthy retirees who don’t want to do much cooking are part of the focus in the final plans for development of Chedoke brow lands that were submitted to the city late last month “We are looking at an adult lifestyle community, which basically means retirement [...]
Residents gearing up for OMB fight with developers over plans for Niagara Escarpment in Pleasant View
November 23, 2009 By 1 Comment
MPP says no retirement home Residents gearing up for OMB fight with developers over plans for Niagara Escarpment in Pleasant View BY ERIC MCGUINNESS Hamilton Spectator DUNDAS ? Liberal cabinet minister Ted McMeekin says there’s no way a 760-unit retirement community will ever be built in rural Pleasant View neighbourhood at the foot of the [...]
Brow lands plan shows lack of foresight
November 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Brow lands plan shows lack of foresight Letters To The Editor – Mountain News Nov 20, 2009 Re: Chedoke brow lands plan targets retirees (Nov. 13) It seems to be a pattern in Hamilton whereby a problem arises, a mediocre plan is developed and neither side in the dispute is at all satisfied with the [...]
Niagara Escarpment Commission
November 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Link to – INFORMATION REPORT: Niagara Escarpment Commission (March 10, 2009) In 2007, Deanlee Management Inc. submitted applications to amend the City of Hamilton Official Plan and Zoning By-law and submitted a draft plan of subdivision for a property located on the brow of the Niagara Escarpment at the intersection of Sanatorium Drive and Scenic [...]
Another Proposal by Deanlee
November 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Sanatorium Road closure
February 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Please be advised that the Operations and Maintenance Division has circulated a form requesting comments regarding the closure of a portion of Sanatorium Road which runs through the Brow Lands. If you did not receive a notice by mail and wish to comment, please download the form and submit your comments by February 13, 2009.