Oakville Beaver, 17 Sep 1993, p. 3

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Aesthetics are one thing,â€" but TCRA activists are also worried about the impact the towers will have on traffic in the area - particularly a pro- posed entrance from Trafalgar Road. McKnight - who said thatKaneff has conducted traffic studies - is now con- sidering re-locating that access point. As both developers and builders, McKnight continued, Kaneff is com- mitted to designing and constructing the most suitable structures for the site. Members ‘of the Trafalgar Chartwell Residents Association (TCRA) are so vehemently opposed to the project, however, that he believes little will satisfy them. “We're doing what we can, but they're not going to be happy with it because it’s a highrise site,” he said. “We’re doing our best to have it blend in with the neighborhood,” he By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Stafi‘ he developer of a series of I high-density highiise projects near the Oakville GO station says that while compromises will be made the projects will go ahead as According to Kaneff Properties Inc. spokesman Eric McKnight, the company has met with ratepayers and, based on their comments, is consider- ing revisions to its original plans “to see if we can accommodate their con- Developer says GO station highrise complex will blend in with surrounding area McKnight expects Kaneff to file a zoning amendment application with the Town by the end of September. Depending on the approvals process, he hopes Kaneff can begin construc- tion on one tower next year. Although he feels the market will be receptive at that time, McKnight explained it’s more likely the first building will go up in 1995. Since 1987 Kaneff has bought up several parcels of land between the GO station and Trafalgar Road and is now finalizing negotiations with the owners of Grace House for another. If all goes according to plan, McKnight said the company will build two tow- ers on the south side of the Cornwall extension plus two more towers north of Cornwall. While McKnight said he is uncer- tain of the exact number of units being proposed (TCRA chair Janet Rodger says 550) he admitted that it will be slightly more than that allowed under the Official Plan. Pan'of Kaneff’s pm- posal to the Town, therefore, will include an amendment to the Official Unlike the Genstar Development Company, which is much further along in the approvals process, McKnight said much of the informaâ€" tion relating to Kaneff’s project is simply up in the air at present. The properties in question are cur- rently zoned general industrial. In 1983, Town Council amended the Official Plan to permit high-density residential on the site. (@112 ifiing’s firms 323 Church St. (in MiHer Mews) Church Reynolds 845-1010 Saturday, September 18 . 11 amxl am Cerenwm‘alRibbon Cum'ng by Her Worship Mayor Ann Mulvaler12‘30 pm. COMPLIMENTARY FINGER FOOD COME CELEBRATE WITH US . . . "Sample our delicious selections" ‘(flhe ifiing’s firms AUTHENTIC BRITISH BAR, FRIENDLY, OVIAL ATOMSP RE ENTERTAINMENT by Pat McCrossan and Johnny Walker Church

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