Multi-Storey Affordable Housing at 681 Monaghan Road
What's happening?
A new multi-storey affordable housing development is proposed to be built at 681 Monaghan Rd. The property location is between Gillespie Avenue and McKellar Street on the west side of Monaghan Road.
Preliminary plans are for a 42,328 square foot building up to 6 stories high that would include 53 units including 37 one-bedroom, 11 two-bedroom and 5 three-bedroom units with amenity space and utilities on the ground floor. The site plan design proposes to align the building to front Monaghan Road with the relocation of a driveway entry off McKellar Street and new driveway entry off Gillespie Avenue. The property will have 29 parking spaces including 4 accessible spaces. There will be landscape buffers on either side.
The project is in the preliminary design stage and has undertaken initial compliance reviews in regard to zoning and planning requirements. A shadow study has been completed to measure the impact of the height of the building on the amount of sunlight neighboring properties receive.
The design and construction documentation will be designed to comply with Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) requirements, and as such, exceed the minimum threshold required for accessibility and energy efficiency. The City is planning to apply for funding through the CMHC Rapid Housing Initiatives round 3 with the project schedule set up to meet the funding requirements timeline. It is anticipated that construction on site would begin in July 2023 and be completed in mid-2024. The overall project is contingent on funding applications.
How can you be heard?
As part of the project process, feedback from the community was collected to ensure the project is meeting the community's needs. The Questions section is now closed but the results of the Q&A process can be found at the bottom of this page. We value your feedback, and though we will review and consider all input we receive, changes to the project based on community input will only be made where deemed feasible by the project team.
Drop-in Session
A drop-in session was held on February 7, 2023 to learn more about the multi-storey affordable housing project at 681 Monaghan Rd. The displays boards presented with preliminary site plan, floor and unit plans as well as the render are available in the document section of this page.
* Design rendering prepared by Lett Architects - view from Monaghan Road.
Please review the Q&A on the Multi-Storey Affordable House located 681 Monaghan Road.