Metrolinx has published an article online which speaks openly about what many think is the elephant in the room when the Crosstown LRT is discussed. Normally, it’s all about how fast the new rail line will get people across town. Seldom in the past has the provincial transit authority talked how it’s really engaged in making Toronto bigger — much bigger. The article is called As Toronto looks to future growth, Leaside Station holds design secrets to grow with. It tells how some stations are being built to accommodate high-rise development over certain transit junctions. That’s the case with the main Leaside station where the foundation at the site (located on the southeast corner of Bayview and Eglinton) is being built to support condo and/or commercial development above. It leaked in 2015 that Metrolinx had consulted with developers about a large, maybe quite high building on the station site. The government has purchased two of the four-plexes on the east side of Bayview south of the station. The station site plus the residential buildings would create a sizeable footprint on Bayview for any new structure. It would also offer stunning eastern exposures overlooking Howard Talbot Park. Fancy a nice east view overlooking Howard Talbot Park?
