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1190 Main Street West (McMaster Student Residence)

McMaster/Knightstone Going Back to OLT Over 1190 Main Street West Site Plan

By Joey Coleman, Editor | June 25, 2022

Lawyers for Mac/Knightstone state “Good progress has been made towards resolution.” Their “client believes that asking the Tribunal to approve the plans/drawings and conditions of approval would be the preferred route forward.”

After Provincial Intervention, McMaster Wins Exception from Development Charges for Private Partnerships

By Joey Coleman, Editor | December 2, 2021

The City of Hamilton agrees to amend its development charges bylaw to exempt McMaster’s private-public partnerships from DCs.

McMaster and City of Hamilton Have a Deal on Private-Public Student Residence at 1190 Main Street West

By Joey Coleman, Editor | November 17, 2021

The settlement hearing will be conducted on Wednesday, December 15 by teleconference.

City Council Offers Development Charge Settlement to Mac on For Profit Housing Development

By Joey Coleman, Editor | January 30, 2021

McMaster University successfully lobbied the Ontario Progressive Conservative government for legislative changes to facilitate its new for-profit private partnership student residence.

As part of COVID pandemic omnibus legislation, the government’s Bill 213 exempted land intended to be used by McMaster University from development charges.

McMaster University Launches New LPAT Appeal Against City of Hamilton Over 1190 Main Street West

By Joey Coleman, Editor | November 27, 2020

The rare appeal claiming a failure by the City to approve a site plan within 30 days will likely be rendered moot in the coming months once McMaster’s zoning appeal is settled.

McMaster and City Close to Deal on Land Use and Zoning Bylaw for 1190 Main West Student Resident

By Joey Coleman, Editor | November 4, 2020

Lawyer for the McMaster consortium is hopeful a deal will be reached before the end of 2020. LPAT agrees to postpone hearing to give time for sides to finalize deal.

Hamilton Development Charges Appeals Head to Mediation, with Exception of McMaster Appeal

By Joey Coleman, Editor | November 3, 2020

The City and McMaster University continue to dispute the tax status of McMaster’s new for-profit private partnership student residence building.

McMaster's Main West Student Housing Project Clears LPAT Hurdle: Final Approval Imminent

By Joey Coleman, Editor | July 20, 2020

City Council approved the development in October 2019, but McMaster had already appeal to the LPAT.

McMaster Appeals to OMB on Main West Student Rez Proposal Prior to LPAT Taking Over

By Joey Coleman, Editor | April 23, 2018

McMaster’s appeal is one of over a dozen in Hamilton by development applicants seeking to protect their interests under the more developer friendly OMB rules rather than risk having to appeal under the new LPAT rules.

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