Rezoning application next step in redeveloping former hospital in Sudbury

Greater Sudbury's planning committee will vote Nov. 25 on a rezoning and official plan amendment for the former hospital in Sudbury, a key step in a major redevelopment of the Paris Street site.

Greater Sudbury's planning committee will vote Nov. 25 on a rezoning and official plan amendment for the former hospital in Sudbury, a key step in a major redevelopment of the Paris Street site.

Panoramic Properties' plan includes three buildings on the site, along with a restaurant and a three-storey underground parking garage.

Included in the plans is a 12-storey, 109-unit retirement home, along with a 16-storey building with 199 units and a 20-storey building with 222 units.

"The site design includes realigning the Paris Street driveway to align with Boland Avenue, construction of a sidewalk on the south side of Facer Street between Paris Street and Bell Park Road, the reconstruction of Bell Park Road south of Facer Street to a 6-metre-wide private driveway, widening of the sidewalk on Paris Street and inclusion of bike lanes and a bus lay-by," a staff report on the plan said.

The 16-storey building would be rental units, mostly two-bedrooms, while the 20-storey building would be condominiums.

Plans also include a restaurant on the top floor of the 20-storey building and a café on the ground floor of the retirement home.