Category: UrbanToronto

A rezoning application has been submitted for 405 & 415 Mount Pleasant Road, 323, 323R, 325, 327 & 329 Balliol Street.

“The Proposed Development is for an outdoor sports and recreation facility for Greenwood College School. The Proposal involves the demolition of all existing buildings and structures on the Site to enable the construction of a multi-purpose outdoor sports, recreation and amenity space. The Proposal includes an artificial turf field, soft landscaping, as well as one storage building.”

Proposal for Greenwood College School Sports Field and Outdoor Space /City of Toronto Website

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Midtown Resubmission triples proposed building size
In 2021, the proposal for 136 Broadway Avenue from developer Reserve Properties called for a 12-storey building with 111 residential units. The revised proposal roughly triples these numbers, with a 35-storey building and 366 units.

Flemingdon Golf Club Repurposed with Residential Towers and Public Open Space in Proposal
Cityzen Development Group, Greybrook Realty Partners, and Tercot Communities have partnered to submit applications for Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments, along with a Site Plan Approval, to redevelop a portion of the property at 155 St Dennis Drive.

Two Mid-Rises Form Next Phase at Crosstown Community
Aspen Ridge Homes is transforming over 240,000m² of land just north of the Ontario Science Centre in Don Mills into what they call the Crosstown Community.

UTPro Instant Reports: Development Thrives on Yonge Street in MLS Zone C09
A total of 25 projects in Zone C09, with the following distribution: 3 projects were listed as complete, 7 were listed as currently under construction, and the remaining 15 projects all fell into the pre-construction group.

UTPro Instant Reports: New Skyline Coming to Don Mills? Developers Focus on Multi-Building Projects in Ward 16
Breaking down the list of projects identified in this Ward Report, containing a total of 56 projects, eight of them are listed as complete, with another 11 in the process of construction, while the remaining 37 projects are identified as being in various stages of pre-construction.

Apartment building proposed for Danforth-Greenwood area parking lot. https://t.co/ENosQZTK6K #Toronto #development #planning #realestate pic.twitter.com/bel1zaRIcI

— UrbanToronto (@Urban_Toronto) March 7, 2023

The site is 184 Chatham Avenue, southwest of the Danforth and Greenwood.

Apartment Building Proposed for Danforth-Greenwood Area Parking Lot, UrbanToronto

We reported about Terra Bruce‘s snazzy vision for a revitalized Regent Theatre (551 Mount Pleasant Road) back in October 2022.

In February 2023, they submitted their official proposal to the City:

Proposal to fully renovate and partially reconstruct the existing theatre. The existing historic front (west) facade fronting on Mount Pleasant Road will be retained. Construction plans include a new roof, full/new excavated basement, replacing the north, east and south walls, and full interior renovation. A new, 3 storey building addition to the rear (east) is proposed of approximately 1,076 sqm, which includes back of house and new loading area. A small addition is also proposed at the front of the building to create a third floor seating and lobby area. No parking spaces are proposed.

(NORR/Hariri Pontarini Architects, 2023)

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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

Image captured from Google Streetview (Sept 2021)

Leaside Common site today (Jan 2023)

• 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

View of the Revised Proposal, looking east (URBAN STRATEGIES INC./City of Toronto)

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

The variation of building tops create visual interest and contribute to a skyline that peaks. (URBAN STRATEGIES INC./City of Toronto)

The Atrium is a weather protected north-south open space that connects transit, office spaces and residents from the corner of Yonge and Eglinton, to Canada Square Plaza. The Atrium will be animated by retail, and incorporate landscaping and opportunities for seating. It will serve as an alternative to the Yonge Street sidewalk. (URBAN STRATEGIES INC./City of Toronto)

Restaurants and retail will animate the new Mid Block Connection (URBAN STRATEGIES INC./City of Toronto)

Canada Square Plaza will create a new focus for activity along Yonge Street. (URBAN STRATEGIES INC./City of Toronto)

Mid Block Connection North Elevation (URBAN STRATEGIES INC./City of Toronto)

OVERLEA ELEVATION Rendering from architectsAlliance’s architectural plan via Site Plan Approval Application (City of Toronto)

WEST FRONTAGE Rendering from architectsAlliance’s architectural plan via Site Plan Approval Application (City of Toronto)

CENTRAL HALL Rendering from architectsAlliance’s architectural plan via Site Plan Approval Application (City of Toronto)

MULTIPURPOSE SPACE Rendering from architectsAlliance’s architectural plan via Site Plan Approval Application (City of Toronto)

INTERIOR HALL Rendering from architectsAlliance’s architectural plan via Site Plan Approval Application (City of Toronto)

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

80 Overlea Boulevard (Google Maps, September 2021)

Via UrbanToronto.ca: Map view shows transit infrastructure in the area surrounding the subject site, image from submission to City of Toronto

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.

1075 Leslie Street, image from submission to city of Toronto

Rendering of 656 Danforth Avenue, image from submission to the City of Toronto

Rendering of 656 Danforth Avenue, image from submission to the City of Toronto

Rendering of 656 Danforth Avenue, image from submission to the City of Toronto

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

Northeast corner of Pape & Danforth Avenues (Google Maps)