Nicola Wealth Real Estate has submitted their rezoning application for the former City Centre Motel site at 2111 Main Street, on the West side of Main between East 5th and East 6th Avenues in Mount Pleasant.
Nicola acquired the 35,000 SF site in late 2020 and it has operated at an artists lodge since. The original motel, which occupies a full city block, was built in the early 1960s.
The site is located in Mount Pleasant Centre (MCE) subarea of the Broadway Plan.
The proposal is for two rental towers at 24-storeys and 22-storeys, and includes:
- 446 rental units;
- 22% studios, 38% one-bedrooms, 31% two-bedrooms & 10% three-bedrooms;
- 20% of units below market;
- 5,000 SF of arts & cultural space;
- 14,710 SF of retail;
- a total density of 9.93 FSR;
- 197 below-grade parking stalls;
- 1065 class A bicycle stalls;
- 40% family housing (2 to 3-bedroom units)
- A building height of 231 ft. with additional height for rooftop amenity space.
This application is being considered under the Broadway Plan.
The architect for the project is Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership.
The full application can be viewed here: https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/2111-main-st