Cornwall housing consultants unveil plans for more sites in town

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Cornwall Housing Services and consultants have announced plans for 538 homes to be built over the next 10 years at seven locations across the city and region at an estimated gross development cost of $177.7 million.

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Jesse McPhail, a city planner with Montreal-based Republic Urbanism, told city council Tuesday night that the estimated equity needed is $123.3 million.

“It’s a 10-year plan from 2024-2034,” McPhail said. “The plan is a good starting point for addressing the need and (and) the plan will specifically help guide the City of Cornwall Department of Human Services as a regional community housing provider in developing housing on several select sites.

“This mandate also seeks to set a strong precedent for future housing initiatives the City and County undertake. We want to set the bar high for the kind of affordable housing that we would like to see for affordable community housing.”

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Of seven sites identified, three are for 2024-2027: 133 homes in total at a development cost of $43.1 million for 1520 Cumberland St. (Massey Commons, 72 homes, $25.8 million), 330 Montreal Rd. (44 homes, $12.2 million) and on County Road 2 in Morrisburg (17 homes, $5 million).

One project from 2028-2031 is for 79 homes at a development cost of $31.5 million on Wellington Street West in Cornwall – this is the site the city has already announced plans to develop as two-bedroom homes in 2023 .

For 2032-34, projects are scheduled for Joe St. Denis Park in Cornwall (180 homes, $56.6 million), Glen Walter Park Road (84 homes, $28.95 million and 517 Albert St. in Winchester (17 homes, $17.5 million) .

The information was part of the city’s long-term housing and development plan and presentation, and McPhail highlighted two developments in Cornwall, including Joe St. Dennis Field.

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“It’s one of the largest properties in the portfolio,” McPhail said as he took a look at the development concept.

The development will be a mix of townhomes, six-plexes, eight-plexes and apartments, McPhail said, though he noted it’s all a concept at this point and the plan could change.

McPhail, a former football player and coach with the Cornwall Wildcats, said he was well aware the site was a popular leisure center in the city and that “we wanted to create a design that included prominent recreation and open space features community to celebrate the history here. .”

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The current plan is for a community park on the west side of the site, and Turner Courts open space on the east side.

McPhail also took a deeper look at Massey Commons and said the master plan would see development of the former school yard north of the existing structure, primarily for housing. He said a total of 72 new homes are planned for the site, with two or three-storey buildings being built.

Managing Director of Human Services and Long-Term Care Mellissa Morgan he introduced the guests as they made their way to the board table, and she made introductory remarks.

“Lisa (Smith, housing services manager) is very excited to share (the plan) with you tonight – this plan will guide us as we move forward with future developments and allow us to prepare the projects so that she can lobby the higher levels of government for funding,” Morgan said. “The only way we’re going to get there is by maximizing the land we have, protecting more land and getting the resources to build the affordable and affordable homes we’re going to need.”

McPhail, joined by Republic Urbanism founder Paul Hicks for the presentation, reminded council that in 2020 the city’s Housing Revitalization Plan assessed the region’s needs and identified 741 homes. After the pandemic and another recent upward revision, the total required is 995 affordable homes, leaving a shortfall in current plans of 457.

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