People plus Park Place might just equal more than a Barrie shopping destination.
City council will consider final approval of a motion Wednesday night to rezone and redesignate 109 Park Place Blvd., to facilitate buildings ranging from six to 16 storeys in two buildings on six acres of land.
This would allow as many as 475 residences and a minimum of one parking space per residential unit.
Rezoning and Official Plan (OP) amendments were submitted by North American Development to permit residential uses as part of a mixed-use commercial/institutional and residential development on land located in Park Place, a regional shopping centre in south Barrie.
At a neighbourhood meeting held virtually in February, 2022, approximately 23 people attended, including Ward 8 Coun. Jim Harris. Questions and comments were raised regarding the integration of residential uses into this area, the potential increase in traffic on Mapleview Drive East, the type of units to be and the timeline for construction.
At last September’s public meeting, North American officials said residential growth would allow Park Place, located at Bayview Drive and Mapleview Drive East, to evolve as a mixed-use area that will support the longevity of what it calls an existing regional shopping destination.
This application proposal accommodates residential intensification, tall buildings and higher density, for a pedestrian-friendly, transit-supported community, North American officials said, and grind-floor commercial use.
This property fronts three private roads — 200 metres along Park Place Boulevard, 110 metres along South Village Way and 200 metres along Live Eight Way.
There are commercial uses north, east, south and west of this property.
The original Park Place concept was approved in principle at the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB, and now called the Ontario Land Tribunal) in 2006. An OP amendment and site-specific zoning bylaw were drafted for the entire North American Development land holdings, and the decision was implemented by the OMB in June 2010.
