VanEl Condominiums
Sihler Woods
Simcoe, ON
2015-2016
Private
9 Homes, 22 Condo Units
Dr. Sihler, a prominent
member of the Simcoe community, and his family owned a large tract of land in
town immediately adjacent to the Norfolk Golf &Country Club. The family
estate was sold to VanEl Condominiums, who retained G. Douglas Vallee as the Civil
Engineer and Land Use Planner for the Sihler Woods development.
The project included a zoning and official
plan amendment to the objection of several neighbourhood members; appeals were resolved and the project
progressed as a unique combination of a standard plan of subdivision and vacant
land condominium. Special regard was had
for the natural heritage of the site, as large portions of the site are wooded embankments and these were protected. The
development is strategically planned so that these wooded slopes are retained
as heritage features and all units back onto wooded lands. This strategy takes
full advantage of the natural environment that the development land possesses.