Milton 388 Main Street East | 63.18m | 18s | Mikmada | KNYMH

[ben.thebean1]

New proposal in Milton just east of the historic downtown. U-shaped, 6-storey podium with two towers on either side, one 16 and the other 18 storeys. The proposal includes 570 residential units, 845 square metres of ground floor commercial space, and a total of 417 vehicle parking spaces across 3 underground levels. The total of 311 bicycle parking spaces (many of which will be wall-mounted) is not surprising given the cycling culture in Milton, thanks to its geography as well as the national velodrome nearby.

re: cycling culture, note the very large "bike room" in the bottom-right of the ground floor plan:

The site is currently a small multi-unit commercial property fronting Mian E, and six detached single-family homes fronting Prince and Pearl, three 2-storey and three 1-storey.

Same angle as the main rendering (from Pearl and Prince)

And the opposite corner (Main E and Bruce)

https://www.milton.ca/en/business-a...ations.aspx#Supporting-studies-and-drawings_2

Worth noting, a citizen-made petition to reduce both the overall height and the podium height has reached almost 500 signatures in just two days. To summarize locals' concerns; It's too tall and too modern for its proximity to the historic downtown, it sets a dangerous precedent, and local road infrastructure (mostly low-density residential streets) cannot support the traffic generated by 570 new units.

 

[ben.thebean1]

As for my personal comments, I don't really disagree with the NIMBYs entirely. I do think an 18-storey grey glass box is not a good fit for this location, but for me it's about the grey glass box, not the height or density. At least they've used other materials in the podium. It's located 2 blocks from Milton's true historic downtown, but that's kinda exactly the opposite point too, it's very easily walking and biking distance to both the downtown core and the GO station, both within 1.5km. It's much better to see development here where there's mostly 1 and 2-storey commercial with zero historical value. I predict this will likely be sent back to the developer by the Town of Milton with a request to reduce height slightly and/or make it more architecturally interesting. Milton has been known to do this before.

 

[christiesplits]

I'm fine with the scale, but that is a very cold and oppressive looking building, especially on the edge of a very cute, prototypical Ontario Main Street.

I hope they go back to the drawing board and consider red brick to match the local heritage vernacular.

 

[mferna]

Read our new update for this development here: https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/11/16-and-18-storeys-proposed-main-street-east-milton.59761