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MARR PHILIPPO HOUSE IN GRAVE DANGER AS DEVELOPER RE-FILES FOR AN 8 STOREY BUILDING IN ANCASTER VILLAGE CORE
The new application is the same building that failed to gain approval in 2024 despite an attempt to take the matter to Ontario Divisional Court. The proposed development stretches from 392 to 412 Wilson Street East. It includes a plan to move Marr Philippo House from its streetscape location to…
It takes a village – to create a traffic problem
This story originally published 10 years ago, but what has changed? It’s worse now than then, reputed to be the busiest intersection in the Region. It is dangerous. An Amica development of 170 units filled with seniors, many having cognitive and mobility problems, living at possibly the busiest intersection in…
Proposed for former Brandon House property in Ancaster application is back
THE 7 STOREY PROPOSAL FOR THE CORNER OF WILSON STREET EAST AND ROUSSEAUX IS BACK A Neighborhood letter delivered in early March 2025 from the developer, 2691893 Ontario Inc, confirms that the developer will reapply for exactly the same 7 storey building that did not get approval in 2024. The…
DEVELOPER RE-FILES FOR AN 8 STOREY BUILDING IN ANCASTER VILLAGE CORE
The new application appears to replicate a previous proposal for the same building that failed to gain approval in 2024, even after an appeal to the Ontario Divisional Court. The proposed development spans from 392 to 412 Wilson Street East and involves relocating the Marr Philippo House from its current…
MARR PHILIPPO HOUSE IN GRAVE DANGER AS DEVELOPER RE-FILES FOR AN 8 STOREY BUILDING IN ANCASTER VILLAGE CORE
The new application is the same building that failed to gain approval in 2024 despite an attempt to take the matter to Ontario Divisional Court. The proposed development stretches from 392 to 412 Wilson Street East. It includes a plan to move Marr Philippo House from its streetscape location to…
It takes a village – to create a traffic problem
This story originally published 10 years ago, but what has changed? It’s worse now than then, reputed to be the busiest intersection in the Region. It is dangerous. An Amica development of 170 units filled with seniors, many having cognitive and mobility problems, living at possibly the busiest intersection in…
Proposed for former Brandon House property in Ancaster application is back
THE 7 STOREY PROPOSAL FOR THE CORNER OF WILSON STREET EAST AND ROUSSEAUX IS BACK A Neighborhood letter delivered in early March 2025 from the developer, 2691893 Ontario Inc, confirms that the developer will reapply for exactly the same 7 storey building that did not get approval in 2024. The…
DEVELOPER RE-FILES FOR AN 8 STOREY BUILDING IN ANCASTER VILLAGE CORE
The new application appears to replicate a previous proposal for the same building that failed to gain approval in 2024, even after an appeal to the Ontario Divisional Court. The proposed development spans from 392 to 412 Wilson Street East and involves relocating the Marr Philippo House from its current…
MARR PHILIPPO HOUSE IN GRAVE DANGER AS DEVELOPER RE-FILES FOR AN 8 STOREY BUILDING IN ANCASTER VILLAGE CORE
The new application is the same building that failed to gain approval in 2024 despite an attempt to take the matter to Ontario Divisional Court. The proposed development stretches from 392 to 412 Wilson Street East. It includes a plan to move Marr Philippo House from its streetscape location to…
It takes a village – to create a traffic problem
This story originally published 10 years ago, but what has changed? It’s worse now than then, reputed to be the busiest intersection in the Region. It is dangerous. An Amica development of 170 units filled with seniors, many having cognitive and mobility problems, living at possibly the busiest intersection in…
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