Corktown Co-Operative Homes

Overview

The Corktown Co-Operative Homes redevelopment proposes to merge 200 Forest Avenue and 221 & 223 Charlton Avenue East to function as one property, providing additional dwelling units to the existing not-for-profit housing co-operative, contributing to the City of Hamilton’s affordable housing targets.

The proposed development of the subject lands is to retain the existing 4-storey, fifty-one (51) unit multiple dwelling building on 200 Forest Avenue and build a new 3-storey, seventeen (17) unit multiple dwelling building fronting Charlton Avenue East. The redevelopment proposes 43 parking spaces (22 surface and 21 subgrade) that will support the overall site, being a total of sixty-eight (68) units. The new multiple dwelling building will provide four (4) 2-storey, family sized units with a flexible layout, that can provide either 3 or 5 bedrooms, and thirteen (13) one-bedroom units geared towards older residents.