Controversial Broughdale builds before London planning committee [Video]

More than 20 years after it began, plans for the residential development often referred to as the Towers of Spite continue to pit the developer against homeowners in the Broughdale neighbourhood.

On Tuesday, the Planning and Environment Committee (PEC) considered an application by KAP Holdings to build a pair of three storey back-to-back cluster townhouses with 11 new residential units in addition to the existing three units at 2-4 Audrey Avenue and 186-188 Huron Street.

Arnon Kaplansky of KAP Holdings sparred with city hall and neighbours at various times over two decades as he pushed to build a higher density development on the site.

Not surprisingly, his latest proposal to add more residential units to the unique development near Western University, despite concerns from the Broughdale Neighbourhood Association that it would be incompatible with the neighbourhood.

“Just stop and say no,” said Marie Blosh of the Broughdale Neighbourhood Association. “This …