| Date | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Demolition of Mount St. Joseph Orphanage | Previous use for the site. Site sat vacant for next four years |
| September, 2017 | Vrancor proposes an 11-storey hotel and a 25-storey student residence for the site. | Community not informed |
| October 12, 2017 | Vrancor presents 11-storey hotel and 25-storey student residence to City’s Design Review Panel. | Community not informed |
| April 2018 | Vrancor submits a Site Plan Control Application for a six storey multiple dwelling and a ten storey hotel and six two-storey “townhouse looking” units on Market | wording from GSP’s December, 2019, Planning Justification report, Page 5. |
| August, 2018 | Vrancor applies for minor variance on site to allow for the ten storey hotel. | The height restriction in Strathcona had been 22 metres, now adjusted to 36.5 metres on the site. Also got accesses to site increased from one to four. |
| November, 2018 | Variances approved | |
| October, 2019 | Building permit issued for six storey multiple dwelling, ten storey hotel and six two-storey “townhouse looking” units on Market. | |
| October, 2019 | Construction begins in earnest on site. | |
| November, 2019 | Vrancor appears at Committee of Adjustment with proposals for 10-storey hotel (112) units and a six-storey multiple dwelling (91units) for King and Queen. Also proposes, for 200 Market St. a 15-storey, mixed use building with 141 residential units and seven two-storey townhouses on Market St. | It was at this meeting that Vrancor representatives promised neighbours a public meeting about the proposed developments. That meeting never took place. |
| December 2019 | Vrancor applies to the City for changes to the Strathcona Secondary Plan, the Transit Oriented Corridor Plan and the Hamilton Official Plan to allow for a 25-storey student residence and 12-storey hotel on the King and Queen site. | Neither the developer nor the City inform the community of these applications |
| January 20, 2020 | GSP Group announces to the Strathcona Community Council executive that the proposed development at King and Queen will be a 12 storey hotel and a 25-storey tower with two storey dwellings on the south side of Queen St. They also show a preliminary rendering of the proposed development at 200 Market St. | At this meeting no mention is made of the amendment requests Vrancor made to the City the month prior |
| January 21, 2020 | Strathcona Shadow Dwellers is born | |
| February 21, 2020 | Public meeting organized by Shadow Dwellers at Staircase Theatre | |
| March 23, 2020 | Vrancor Open House about development | cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| May 14 | GSP Webinar on Vrancor development | |
| May 4, 2021 | Planning Committee approves two more storeys for Hotel at 354 King W. | |
| September 1, 2021 | Ontario Land Tribunal officially acknowledges Vrancor’s appeal on its 354 King St. West development. | Vrancor leapfrogged City Council saying it took too long to decide about the proposed 25-storeys. |
| Jan 12, 2022 | Case management conference call for OLT hearing on 354 King St. West | Shadow Dwellers get Participant status. Hearing date set for June 20, 2022. |
| Feb 1, 2022 | We learn Vrancor has filed plans and studies for its second development at 125 Napier | |
| March 16, 2022 | Shadow Dwellers host a virtual public meeting about the proposed 125 Napier development | Watch video of the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_EUuvAC1Bk&t=3680s |
| March 22, 2022 | Vrancor holds its own public meeting about the proposed 125 Napier development |
Strathcona Shadow Dwellers 