CityHousing Projects
500 MacNab Street North
Neighbourhood
North End
Ward
2
Unit Composition
114 Studio
31 1-Bedroom
1 2-Bedroom
Building
7,435 m2/ 80,030 ft2
Status
Completed 2021
Units
146 homes
Tenure
78% deeply affordable rent geared-to-income
22% moderately affordable ‘half-market’ rent
Non-residential
None
Project Lead
Kaywana Gargarello
Senior Project Manager
Image credit: Codrin Talaba
Originally built in 1967, 500 MacNab is the oldest high-rise multi-residential building in CityHousing Hamilton’s portfolio. The building has been retrofitted to substantially renew and modernize for the next century, providing best-in-class housing for seniors with 146 units.
At 18 storeys and more than 80,000 sq.ft., the Ken Soble Tower is the largest EnerPHit multi-unit residential building in the world and one of the most ambitious social-housing transformations in the country.
The design tackled several challenging technical issues common to residential apartment towers, including the modernizations of ineffective ventilation systems; replacement of aging mechanical, plumbing and electrical distribution systems; and elimination of thermal bridging at balconies. The retrofit was designed for changing climate, using 2050 temperature projections to test thermal comfort in all seasons.
Occupancy began September 2021.
Project Timeline
2017 - Feasibility
2017 to 2020 - Funding
2018 to 2019 - Design
2020 - Approvals
2020 to 2021 - Construction
2021 - Completion/Lease up
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