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1251 KING ST E
AdoptedOfficial Plan Amendment · Kitchener
- File number
- OPA22/007/K/CD
- Type
- Official Plan Amendment
- Status
- Adopted
- Filed
- 2022-06-20
- Area
- 1251-1253 KING ST E & 16 SHELDON AVE S
- First seen here
- 2026-11-01
Description
The City of Kitchener has received an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment from King Sheldon Kitchener Holdings Inc., the property owner of 1251-1253 King Street East and 16 Sheldon Avenue South, who is proposing an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment to allow a 24 storey mixed use residential building (Building A) and an 8 storey residential building (Building B) with a shared amenity area and shared structured parking facility with a proposed floor space ratio of 7.94. The mixed use building proposes a total of 372 units with approximately 484.3 sq.m. of commercial/retail space at-grade (planned for two storeys in height) which wrap around the structured parking facility within the block development. The commercial units are proposed along the King Street East frontage (providing and active streetscape at a pedestrian scale) and 5 residential units (in the form of townhouse style units within the building base), being proposed along the Charles Street East frontage. A total of 178 parking spaces are provided in the development within one storey of underground parking and two storeys structured parking. The proposed combined parking ratio of 0.5 spaces per unit will include 142 spaces for tenants and 36 visitor parking spaces that are planned to be shared with the proposed commercial/retail uses.
What this kind of application is
An Official Plan amendment changes the city’s long-term land use policy for a property or an area. It goes to a public meeting before council decides.
History
- 2026-11-01