FOUR APARTMENT TOWERS PROPOSED FOR ALLANDALE SITE

Buildings Would Range In Height From 20 To 37 Storeys

CHRIS SIMON chris.simon@simcoe.com

Forget twin towers — quadruplets could be arriving in the Allandale neighbourhood soon.

The City of Barrie's planning committee hosted a public meeting Nov. 23 for a proposed fourtower project planned at 41 and 43 Essa Rd. and 259 and 273 Innisfil St. If redeveloped as scheduled, the 1.79-hectare site would include four buildings ranging in height from 20 to 37 storeys.

There would be 1,276 residential apartments, along with ground-floor commercial, more than 6,300 square metres of amenity space and 1,306 total parking spaces.

The site is in the historic Allandale community and generally bounded by the aforementioned roadways and the BarrieCollingwood Railway corridor.

It once included a TSC Stores location, and developer Tonlu

Holdings needs to get a zoningbylaw amendment in order for the project to proceed.

Tonlu is seeking permission for the height of the buildings, and reduced railway and sideyard setbacks, among other special provisions.

"Staff will continue to work with both the applicant and residents to address feedback received through the public consultation process, as well as the comments raised through the technical analysis of this application by staff and agency partners," city senior planner Celeste Kitsemetry said.

Astaff report will be prepared for committee debate sometime in 2022, she said.

Residents have expressed concerns over the potential for traffic, parking, height, development timeline, unit sizes, target market and short-term rental issues. They also want more green space added.

Larry Brewer, on behalf of Lavernon Inc., which owns several neighbouring properties along Essa, is calling for a "high solid concrete barrier fence (to be) installed across the rear boundaries" of the site.

"The installation would benefit the residents and occupants of the completed development, giving an aesthetic feature pleasing to the eye as well as protect the property owners on Essa, generally adding to the gentrification process for the area," he said in correspondence to the city.

"Furthermore the neighbouring properties must have protection ... and restitution for errant drainage during construction (and) structure damage as a result of movement and deformation of soil ... caused by pile driving and excavation."

The meeting can be viewed online at youtube.com/ watch?v=v3iXyDLZXFo.

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