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Neighbourhood Open House

Choice Properties REIT Proposed Commercial Development – 2025 Guelph Line

March 23rd, 2016

Neighbourhood Open House Agenda

• Introductions • Site Context and Surrounding Area • Policy Context • The Developer • Proposed Development • Required Applications • Next Steps • Question/Answer Period

Site Context – Subject Lands & Surrounding Area

Subject Lands

• Comprised of 1 property (2025 Guelph Line)

• 6.84 hectares/16.89 acres in

size (total) • Existing stand-alone

Shopping Centre development (approx. 190,000 sq ft)

• Access from Guelph Line,

Upper Middle Road, Uplands Drive

Site Context – Subject Lands

Site Context – Subject Lands

City of Burlington Official Plan: • Site is designated “Community Commercial”

• Permitted uses include all types of retail uses; supermarkets; service

commercial (i.e. restaurants) and personal service uses; department stores; financial institutions and services; offices; entertainment; recreation; and community facilities.

• Development shall take the form of a planned commercial centre and/or in a

grouping of separate (free-standing) buildings. • Streetscape appearance shall be enhanced by encouraging buildings to

present their main building facades to arterial and collector roads or to enhance their treatment to avoid the appearance of blank buildings at service entrances.

Policy Context

Policy Context City of Burlington Official Plan:

Subject Lands

Schedule B – Land Use Plan, Urban Planning Area

City of Burlington Zoning By-law 2020: • Site is zoned CC1-Exception 64 (Community Commercial)

• Uses permitted in CC1-64 Zone include a wide range of retail, service

commercial, office, community, hospitality, automotive, entertainment & recreation, and residential uses, including a supermarket, retail stores, and restaurants (standard/fast food convenience)

• Exceptions to the Zone include several regulations that were specific to a

previous site design (Diagram 64)

Policy Context

Subject Lands

Policy Context

City of Burlington Zoning By-law 2020:

Zoning Map Diagram 64 to CC1-64 Zone

• CP REIT is an owner, manager, and developer of retail and commercial real estate across Canada.

• Portfolio includes 519 properties consisting of 41.6 million sq ft of GLA.

• Principal tenant is Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s largest retailer. • CP REIT is internally managed, operated and led by an experienced

management team with a strong understanding of, and vast operating experience in the Canadian real estate sector and public markets.

The Developer

Proposed Development

Proposed Development • Three (3) new stand-alone building pads within southeast corner of subject

lands. • Four (4) units consisting of possible retail and restaurant uses with a

combined floor area of 14,000 sq ft. • Buildings positioned in close proximity to Upper Middle Road and Upland

Drive frontages. • 880 on-site parking spaces provided.


Current view – facing north along Upper Middle Road


Proposed view – facing north along Upper Middle Road


Current view – facing northwest at Upper Middle Road & Uplands Drive intersection


Proposed view – facing northwest at Upper Middle Road & Uplands Drive intersection


Current view – facing southwest at Uplands Drive entrance


Proposed view – facing southwest at Uplands Drive entrance

• Zoning By-law Amendment required to alter regulations on subject lands.

• Site specific regulations to permit: – Reduced setbacks between restaurant/patio uses and residential zones – Reduced parking requirement – Permit drive-through facilities in association with restaurants in the SE quadrant

of the subject lands (Building E) – Revert back to CC1 standards for minimum front yard and street yard setbacks

along Upper Middle Road and Guelph Line – Reduced landscape buffer abutting a residential zone

• Site Plan Approval also required to permit proposed development once ZBA

has been approved (to be submitted)

Required Applications

Required Applications Supplementary Submission Material: • Planning Justification Report Zelinka Priamo Ltd.

• Functional Servicing & Stormwater Management Report The Odan Detech Group

• Traffic Impact Study LEA Consulting Ltd.

• Noise Impact Study Valcoustics Canada Inc.

• Tree Assessment Report Ron Koudys Landscape Architect

• Circulation and processing of application by City Staff

• Formal comments received from City Staff, external agencies, and

interested members of the public

• Public notification of Statutory Public Meeting • Staff Recommendation Report to be presented during Statutory Public

Meeting in front of City Planning Committee

• Planning Committee Recommendation/Council Decision

Next Steps

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