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DeSantis condo to be redesigned at 4 storeys By Mike Williscraft NewsNow Gabe DeSantis said he was listening to the citizens of Grimsby and now he is set to deliver on that declaration by delivering a downtown condo design with Official Plan guidelines. During an open house on DeSantis’s proposed eightstorey Century Condos project planned for the old
Roxy Theatre site on Main Street East, many members of the public and all members of the Town’s Planning Committee noted their opposition to the initial design. The message delivered to DeSantis and his team was consistent with that voiced repeatedly at an open house he hosted himself earlier in the month at the Carnegie Building: basically, stick to
the Official Plan (four storeys) and maintain a heritage look in keeping with the core’s atmosphere. “We got the message loud and clear,” said lead consultant on the project, John Ariens. “It was much the same as the open house the developer had, but every member of the Planning Committee was clear and unified
that a different direction was needed. The redesign will not cause the project to lose a great number of proposed units as more ground will be utilized. Ariens explained that the initial design had gone to great lengths to accommodate a nine-foot wide town-owned lane which connects Ontario Street to the land being de-
veloped. Ariens said the initial eight-storey design was developed using direction provided by Niagara Region and Grimsby’s planning department during a pre-consult meeting in July 2017. “The pedestal base and clock tower, that is straight from the Region, and Grimsby’s planners said they See CONDO, Page 3