If they get the city's approval, three major projects worth a total $52.1-million could be coming to downtown Windsor.
The city's Planning, Heritage and Economic Development Standing Committee is being asked to approve $1.8-million in grants and tax rebates for a 16-storey apartment building. The second request is for $3.4-million to help fund renovations at a hotel on Riverside Dr. W. Another request for $528,244 will assist renovations and expansion at a vacant building on Pelissier St. All three requests add up to $5.9-million through a Community Improvement Plant.
Site of a proposed 24-unit residential development on Pelissier St. in Windsor. (Photo by Paul Pedro)
At the building on Pelissier between Wyandotte St. W and Park St. W, the proponent wants to renovate the ground floor for commercial space and add three additional storeys for a total of 24 residential units.
Nearby, at the corner of Victoria Ave. and Park St. W, plans are in the works to turn a parking lot into a 16-storey, 120 residential unit apartment building. The $32.9-million project would include two or three retail units on the ground floor.
A google map image of the proposed site of a 16-storey apartment building in Windsor. (courtesy of www.google.ca/maps)
The third project is at the former Radisson Hotel on Riverside Dr. W. Fahri Holdings wants to spend $13.6-million on both interior and exterior renovations and turn the hotel into a DoubleTree Hilton Suites. That project would include a new restaurant, and facade improvements facing Riverside and Church St.
Once the proponents have the standing committee's approval, all three requests for grants will go to city council.