Category: UrbanToronto

Cadillac Fairview (CF) and First Gulf have announced that CF will acquire 100 percent ownership of Toronto’s East Harbour project, the historic 38-acre industrial area south of Eastern Ave and east of the Don River. The announcement Friday speaks of the completion of a plan “to create a vibrant destination and new eastern commercial core.” The transaction is expected to close on September 25, 2019.

• Urban Toronto
• Previous (2017) Bulldog account

Residential and commercial concept for O’Connor and Curity

Urban Toronto has published updated information on a residential and commercial project planned for the corner of O’Connor Drive and Curity Ave. just east of St. Clair East. Major revisions to the proposal include a roughly 500 m² reduction in Gross Floor Area, resulting in a decrease in overall units, down to 117, while increasing the number of three-bedroom units from 1 to 13, to meet the City’s 10 percent requirement. Because of the car-dominated nature of the neighbourhood, spaces for below-grade parking have increased from 66 to 101. Urban Toronto

Replacement for 60-year-old St. Monica’s Catholic Church at 44 Broadway Ave. At top is church today

St. Monica’s Catholic Church at 44 Broadway Ave. opposite North Toronto Collegiate will divide its property at the site to permit construction of a 44-storey condominium and a modern new church in front of it. The plan is in the hands of builder Collecdev.  The current church was built in 1959. Contents of the church such as statues and stained glass windows will be incorporated in the building. The plan calls for severing the property into two and selling one half to Collecdev. The money generated from the sale will be used to build a new, $17-million modern church in front of the condo.

Sherwood Park Modern Towns

The most-recently submitted plans for the scaled-down Sherwood Park Modern Towns project would limit it to 36 units. The development has been strongly opposed by residents over the years. They called the project “Density Creep.” It is planned for 200-214 Keewatin Ave. Urban Toronto

Corner of Millwood Rd. and Randolph

Makow Associates Architects is proposing a five-storey residential building at the site of the former Stanley Cleaners at Millwood Rd. and Randolph Rd. The building would be heavily geared towards one-bedroom units, with 25 proposed; 5 two-bedroom, 4 three-bedroom and 1 bachelor units would fill out the rest of the building. The developer is proposing 32 below-grade parking stalls, slightly less than the 41 spaces required in this part of the City, as well as 36 bicycle parking spots. Urban Toronto

Proposed residential infill looking southeast on Randolph

Councillor Mike Colle and resident defenders of Station K in front of restored post office

Built in 1936 and bearing the arms of the late Edward VIII

Montgomery Square at Yonge St. and Montgomery Ave. has been re-opened after five years of construction during which condominiums were built over the historic Postal Station K. A ceremony took place June 27 to celebrate the survival and renewal of the square. Station K sits on the site of Montgomery’s Tavern, a gathering place for members of the Rebellion of 1837. As reported here earlier, the restored Station K will become home to a lavish new restaurant. Letters in the window indicate it will be called Stock TC. It’s not clear what this means. The partners in this venture are said to be operators of the restaurant Terroni and Cumbrae’s butcher stores.

Three views of the proposed Union Park: Top looking north, centre, aerial to the northwest and at bottom, public space/Oxford Properties

Oxford Properties, the real estate arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, is proposing to build a huge $3.5-billion development in downtown just north of Rogers Centre. Oxford proposes a 4.3-million-square-foot, mixed-use complex on a four-acre site to be called Union Park. Stories Wednesday recall that it is Oxford Properties that is building the nearly completed Hudson Yards project in Manhattan. Union Park plans call for two office towers, 58 and 48 storeys, about 800 rental apartments across two buildings, and 200,000 square feet for retail. Three acres will be devoted to public space, including an urban park over the Union Station rail corridor, which spans Blue Jays Way to the John Street Bridge. Urban Toronto Also Toronto Sun

At Eglinton Station

Trains roll on above

A newer video describing the process of underpinning Line One subway stations at Yonge and Eglinton (Eglinton Station) and at the Allen Expressway and Eglinton (Cedarvale) is seen here. It also appears on Urban Toronto with an account of a media tour last week conducted by Crosslinx Transit Solutions President Bill Henry. Service on Line One will continue to carry on even as the LRT underneath is dug out.

Proposed for 409 Huron St.

As it stands

Crystal adjoins ROM

Urban Toronto has posted details of plans to enlarge the student residence of 409 Huron St. in a way that evokes the style of the “Crystal” addition to the Royal Ontario Museum around the corner. In fact, the affliction is not quite as serious as it is on Bloor St. and possibly much more functional. Urban Toronto says the plan calls for a total of 90 rental units, including 40 replacement units for existing rentals on site. These are planned in a mix of 66 studio units, 16 one-bedroom units, 7 two-bedroom units, and a single three-bedroom unit, while the 40 rental replacement units would include 39 studio units and a single one-bedroom unit. The replacement units are proposed to be generally larger in size than the existing units they are set to replace.

Flashy promotional schematic on Metrolinx site

Crosstown LRT car

Phil Verster, Metrolinx President and CEO, presided Wednesday at a positive news opportunity showing off one of the units that will run on the Crosstown (Eglinton) LRT line in, it is expected, 2021. On Track Urban Toronto

Bounded by Yonge, Heath St. E, Alvin Ave. and the property line with 2 St. Clair East

Looking southeast. Orient yourself with Yorkminster Baptist Church on the left.

The website Urban Toronto has obtained information on a proposed three-tower development north of Yonge and St Clair that will, if approved, create a huge boost in density to the area. It would stand at Yonge and Heath St. East and offer a rival to the growth and height of skyscrapers at Yonge and Eglinton. The northern three-fifths of the block to the northeast of the Yonge-St. Clair intersection is targeted for redevelopment as Wittington Properties Limited seeks rezoning to permit the development. It includes condominiums rising above significant ground-level retail and pedestrian space and would no doubt add density and attractive business growth. It will also change the character of the area profoundly. The low-rise businesses north of the intersection will go, as will Wally Crouter Walk and the familiar Alvin Ave. Green P lot. Homes and businesses on the east side of Alvin will sit in the permanent shadow of the new towers.