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New development for the corner of Owen & McDonald Street in Barrie:

The Residences

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N.B. I'll be posting a bunch of recent development applications in Barrie. Generally, I'll only be including proposals that have had some activity in the last 2-3 years. There are a few more proposals that seem to have stalled years ago, so my posts today aren't exhaustive. But it's clear development is on fire in Barrie--another place flying relatively under the radar like KW and Hamilton. Apologies if any of these proposals have already been posted and please merge the threads.
Application: https://www.barrie.ca/City Hall/Pla...t-61-67-Owen-Street-70-78-Worsley-Street.aspx

Type of ApplicationDate Application ReceivedStatus
Site Plan Control
File # D11-016-2021		July 19, 2021Under Review
Rezoning
File # D14-1645		January 25, 2018Rezoning approved by General Committee on September 10, 2018.
Zoning bylaw approved by Council on November 26, 2018.

"20-storey Mixed-use building containing 278 residential units and 950 square metres of ground floor commercial space, together with underground and structured parking.

Zoning By-law Amendment

A proposed Zoning By-law amendment to develop a 6-storey mixed-use podium building with two residential towers above; an eight 8-storey tower at the corner of Owen Street and McDonald Street and a 20-storey tower at the corner of Owen Street and Worsley Street. A sixth floor amenity level is proposed to connect the two towers."

Mm, yes, much detail. Arch plans:

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Streetview:

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What's the future for Condos like in Barrie? It's mostly a low-rise city.

Seems like an interesting opportunity for investment nonetheless - seeing how this is in downtown and close to waterfront.
 
Arrowhead said:
What's the future for Condos like in Barrie? It's mostly a low-rise city.

Seems like an interesting opportunity for investment nonetheless - seeing how this is in downtown and close to waterfront.
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Have a look at some of @Undead 's and @AlbertC 's posts on Barrie projects.

There are several hirises, not one or two, but many in various states of progress.

Downtown Barrie is getting some ~40 storey buildings.

See this thread:

Barrie Lakeshore Developments | 139m | 45s | SmartCentres | Turner Fleischer

This is a new lakefront project in downtown Barrie from SmartCentres REIT and Greenwin.
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And this one:

Debut Waterfront Residences | ?m | 33s | Gary Silverberg | Oleson Worland

The rendering design for this project found on Scott Shields' website looks like a potential match to the line drawings found on Debut Condos website: https://www.scottarch.ca/portfolio/55-dunlop-st-w/ https://debutcondos.com/
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For a start.
 
Arrowhead said:
What's the future for Condos like in Barrie? It's mostly a low-rise city.

Seems like an interesting opportunity for investment nonetheless - seeing how this is in downtown and close to waterfront.
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I'd say as long as current trends remain unchanged (low interest rates, high population growth and restrictive zoning), high(er) density will remain viable in surprisingly distant/"untraditional" areas.
 
innsertnamehere said:
there is a huge shortage of apartments in Barrie right now actually, to the point that rents are among the highest in the country. Barrie's problem is that it has largely failed to build more apartments as it grew.
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A large part of that problem also has to do with what little supply there is being in the north end close to Georgian College. So you have demand from students on top of the usual demand from residents. The south end meanwhile has basically nothing
 
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