Losani Homes proposes 241 homes in three four-storey buildings at 140 Glen Echo Drive; the public meeting is postponed

What is proposed

The City of Hamilton has deemed complete an application for an Official Plan Amendment and a Zoning By-law Amendment for 140 Glen Echo Drive in Ward 5, file DPA-2026-00157, submitted by Losani Homes (Glen Echo Ltd). The City's notice, published September 18, 2026 and later updated, says the amendments would permit three four-storey multiple dwellings comprising 241 units, with 158 parking spaces and 195 bicycle parking spaces.

According to the City's development applications records, the application would redesignate the lands from "Institutional" to "Neighbourhoods" in the Urban Hamilton Official Plan and rezone them from the I2 zone to a modified R3 zone. The site is the former school property on Glen Echo Drive in the Corman neighbourhood, east of the Red Hill Valley Parkway.

How the plan has changed

The City's development applications data lists four earlier files at the same address. A 2018 land division application sought to sever the portion of the property containing Glen Echo Junior Public School from the rest of the school lands. A 2023 formal consultation described a medium-density development of two buildings with 310 units. In 2024, companion Official Plan and zoning applications proposed an eight-storey building and three blocks of four-storey stacked townhouses, 264 units in total.

The 2026 application is lower and smaller than the 2024 version: three four-storey buildings instead of an eight-storey building with stacked townhouses, and 241 units instead of 264. The City's records do not state the outcome of the 2024 files, and HamiltonIQ has not confirmed whether they were withdrawn or replaced.

How to comment

The City mails notice to property owners within 240 metres of the land and says the notice is the first step in the process and an early chance to comment. Comments go to the Planning Division, quoting the address and file number, and the City says they will be considered and included in the staff report. The application and its supporting material can be viewed at the Planning Division office at City Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

What happens next

The City's updated notice says the public meeting will not be held on September 29, 2026, and that neighbours will be notified once a Planning Committee date has been finalized and invited to take part before a decision is made. As of October 12, the City had not published a new date. Anyone who wants notice of the decision must make a written request to the Legislative Coordinator, Planning Committee.