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In 2021 the developer (Gairloch Developments) acquired 5 additional lots to the north and south of the original subject site and resubmitted their plans.

The number of proposed residential units has increased from 123 to 216. The previously proposed ground floor retail space has been replaced by 12 live-work units fronting on Bayview Avenue. UrbanToronto

• Gairloch adds properties to grow 1718 Bayview condo plan – April 16, 2021
• Now Gairloch proposes to build 123 condos north of Soudan – June 24, 2020

Oxford and CT REIT have submitted a thoroughly revised proposal, still for a mixed-use community of five towers plus public space, but significantly reworked.
More: urbantoronto.ca/news/2023/01/revised-plans-5-tower-canada-square-site-ups-public-space-more.50893

architectsAlliance has resubmitted plans for the new Ismaili Community Centre And Jamatkhana at 80 Overlea Boulevard.

“This application for Site Plan Control proposes a four storey multipurpose facility, consisting of a community centre and place of worship having offices, meetings rooms, and two levels of underground parking.”

UrbanToronto Discussion

The City has received a proposal for a development for 1075, 1077 & 1083 Leslie Street, for five new residential and mixed-use buildings with heights ranging from 13- to 49-storeys containing a total of 1,846 dwelling units and a new 2,734 square metre (0.27 hectare) public park. Read more about the proposal at urbantoronto.ca.

The proposal is to construct a new 49-storey mixed-use building with three levels of underground parking. The ground level includes a shared residential and office lobby as well as retail and commercial uses fronting onto Danforth Avenue and a portion of Pape Avenue. Office uses are proposed from the third to fifth floors and the residential use is proposed from the sixth to 49th floors. Above the 49th floor is the mechanical penthouse and an indoor and outdoor amenity space. Additional indoor amenity spaces are located on the sixth and seventh floors and an additional outdoor amenity space is proposed on the sixth floor with access to the indoor amenity space. The proposal includes a total of 496 dwelling units.

UrbanToronto reminds us that this will be the location of two subway lines in the future. “Already highly accessible via TTC’s Danforth Line 2 subway at Pape station immediately to the north, the station is targeted to have an interchange with the future Ontario Line around 2030. Several surface transit routes also serve the existing station.”

More: https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2022/09/49-storeys-proposed-future-pape-danforth-subway-station

Urbantoronto compiled a summary of new developments that received approvals in July. Included in the mix are some midtown towers and businesses.

Visit UrbanToronto for all the details and the full list.

Four two-storey retail plazas designed by Turner Fleischer Architects for SmartCentres REIT on Wicksteed Avenue at Laird Drive were approved. The main amendment was an ask by the City for $1.25 million from the developer to be put towards the expansion of Leaside Memorial Community Gardens and/or streetscape improvements in the vicinity of the site.

A 35-storey, 398-unit mixed-use residential building designed by Rosario Varacalli for Bazis will be located near the southwest corner of Mt Pleasant Road and Eglinton Avenue East in Midtown.

13, 27, 39, and 44-storey mixed-use condominium buildings will have a total of 1,361 units. Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects for Wittington Properties Limited and Capital Developments, the development will be located on the southeast corner of Heath Street East and Yonge Street, in Toronto’s Deer Park neighbourhood.

A 40-storey, 419-unit mixed-use condominium building designed by IBI Group for Metropia will be located on the west side of Yonge Street north of Balmoral Avenue, in the Deer Park neighbourhood.

Designed by Kirshenblatt Urban Architecture for The Broadview Group, the eight-storey, mixed-use rental and condominium building will house 89 condo and 18 rental units. Located on the northwest corner of Broadview Avenue and Pretoria Avenue just north of Danforth Avenue.

Source: UrbanToronto

Capital and Metropia have applied to build a 46-Storey tower that would replace a mid-rise co-ownership building at 170 Roehampton Avenue. UrbanToronto update.

legalline.ca explains the concept of co-ownership buildings:

An alternative to co-operatives and condominiums is co-ownerships. Instead of shares in a corporation that owns the building, purchasers buy a percentage of the building’s real property, or “title”, becoming an “owner in common” with every other purchaser. This also comes with the right to occupy a specific unit.

In the co-ownership system, buyers are legally bound by the terms in their contract rather than by any legislative provisions, such as the Condominium Act. Like the co-operative, the co-ownership involves only one mortgage and one tax bill for the entire property, with each person being responsible for his or her proportionate share of the costs.

Here’s a collection of development updates that we think may interest Bulldog readers. All information from UrbanToronto, a website that contains an exhaustive wealth of data about GTA developments.

Three Towers, Public Park Proposed at Laird Crosstown Line 5 Station

The Pemberton Group has submitted Zoning By-law and Site Plan Approval applications to the City of Toronto for its 1.42 hectare site located it 849 Eglinton Avenue East. The developer is proposing a redevelopment of the site with three buildings including a 32-storey residential mixed-use building, a 21-storey residential building, and a 6-storey office building, in addition to a new public park and private road. The site is located on the south side of Eglinton, east of Laird Drive. It is currently occupied by a Mercedes-Benz car dealership and its associated surface parking. https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2022/07/three-towers-public-park-proposed-laird-crosstown-line-5-station

12-Storey Mixed-Use Building Proposed at Yonge and Roxborough

North Drive Investments Inc has submitted a Zoning By-law Amendment application to the City of Toronto to construct a 12-storey mixed-use residential and commercial building at 1086 Yonge Street, on the southwest corner with Roxborough Street, a short walk north of Rosedale Subway Station. https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2022/06/12-storey-mixed-use-building-proposed-yonge-and-roxborough

The Hampton Soars Onto Midtown Skyline
Have a look at the breathtaking image showing the view over The Hampton (89 and 101 Roehampton Avenue) by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Lamor. https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2022/06/hampton-soars-midtown-skyline-grows-over-roehampton-rental

31-Storey Proposal Would be a Record Mass Timber Height

Unix Housing Group have proposed a 31-storey rental building at 191 College Street in Downtown Toronto constructed with a mass timber structure. 154 Wicksteed Avenue, coined The Leaside Innovation Centre, was slated to be one of Toronto’s first mass timber buildings taking advantage of recent changes in the Ontario Building Code allowing the use of heavy timber structure up to 6 storeys. https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2022/06/31-storey-proposal-would-be-record-mass-timber-height

Gupta Settles With the City, Resubmits SPA for 4050 Yonge at York Mills

The Gupta Group has submitted a revised Site Plan Approval (SPA) application to the City of Toronto on behalf of the property located at 4050 Yonge Street in North York. The developer is looking to build a mixed-use complex consisting of condo, hotel, institutional, office, and retail spaces, within two towers connected by a podium upon land that is currently used as a commuter parking lot at York Mills subway station. https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2022/06/gupta-settles-city-resubmits-spa-4050-yonge-york-mills

One Delisle’s Jeanne Gang Talks to Alex Bozikovic About Designing Tall
‘How can tall buildings be good neighbours?’ a Fireside Chat between internationally acclaimed Chicago architect Jeanne Gang and Alex Bozikovic, The Globe and Mail’s Architecture critic and an UrbanToronto Forum contributor. https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2022/06/one-delisles-jeanne-gang-talks-alex-bozikovic-about-designing-tall

A 35-storey brick condominium is proposed for 214 Merton St west of Pailton Crescent. Urban Toronto

Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application has been submitted for a 35-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 452.7 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 25,208.50 square metres. 346 residential dwelling units are proposed.

Revised plans for a 40-storey tower on the site of the Sobey’s Urban Fresh grocery store at 22 Balliol St just east of Yonge St are shown at Urban Toronto.