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180 Sudbury St + 48 Abell St (Queen West Triangle, Gov't Cda+Prov ON+City TO, 2x 19s)

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I came across this proposed development sign on the property between Bohemian Embassy and Westside Gallery Lofts ... proposed 18 storey affordable housing project with 190 units jointly funed by the Government of Canada, Province of Ontario, and City of Toronto

This 18 storey building will pretty much eliminate most of the southeast views from Bohemian Embassay's 18 storey point tower ~

Design wise ... the red brick proposed on this building will tie in pretty well with the brick podiums on Bohemian Embassy + Westside Gallery Lofts :)

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This one is supposedly on hold. In any case, I don't think it's under construction as 48 Abell was still standing the last I saw.

Verdiroc & St Clare Multifaith are developing the property with capital support from the various housing programs
 
thanks for the info ~ sorry I failed to realise that 48 Abell + 180 Sudbury was the same property

from http://www.stclares.ca/abell.html:

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View from Northwest
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Looks pretty good for affordable housing. I like the lettering for th cafe, etc. The only thing I don't like is the rounded brickwork above the retail portions. Makes the building look too 80's/early 90's.
 
Found more info on this project from City Planning staff reports ... two towers @ 19 storeys each:

City Planning Further (Preliminary) Report - September 2005
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2005/agendas/committees/te/te050919/it042.pdf

City Planning Request for Directions Report - May 2006
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2006/agendas/committees/te/te060613/it006.pdf

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Reports on the West Queen West Triangle Planning Study

Request for Zoning Review for West Queen West Triangle Area - November 2005
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2005/agendas/committees/te/te051115/it081.pdf

Official Plan and Zoning Review in the West Queen West Triangle Area
City Planning Request for Directions Report - May 2006
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2006/agendas/committees/te/te060613/it005.pdf

West Queen West Triangle Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendments
City Planning Final Report - June 2007
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2007/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-4716.pdf
 
from today's Daily Commercial News....

AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDING Proj: 9047037-19

Toronto, Metro Toronto Reg ON NEGOTIATED/START

The Aristocrat, 180 Sudbury Ave, at Abell St, M6J 3H2
$20,000,000 est

Start: October, 2009 Complete: January, 2011

Note: Sub trades have been awarded from an Invited list.
This project will be built as a turn-key contract for the tenant.
Project: concrete pile foundation, cast-in-place concrete structural frame, brick exterior, fuel fired heating system, 03510; gypsum concrete roof decks, proposed const of a 18-storey affordable rental housing bldg containing 153 conventional and 27 live-work units geared for artists. Phase Two of this project, a 19 storey, 300 unit condo building can be followed under report number 9068668.

Scope: 14,682 m²; 18 storeys; 190 units; parking for 212 cars; 9,269 m²
Development: New
Category: Apartment bldgs
 
If this is TCHC, I think they've really dropped the ball here. And they were doing so well with the new housing on Richmond, Adelaide, Cityplace, and Regent Park... why regress into '90s PoMo?

I'm afraid this won't look much better than the building at Portland & Richmond, or buildings in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood. The podium colour looks like the awful building on Jarvis next to the site for Market Wharf.
 
from Urbanation's twitter site ~

The Aristocrat by Verdiroc Developments to be 14-storeys and 300 units at 48 Abell St. Retail space will be provided at grade.
1:56 PM Feb 2nd from web

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I guess the east (Abell) tower got shorten from 19s to 14s as previously proposed above ... and a development partner has now been identified, Verdiroc Developments, which is the same company that built a new rental apartment tower at the southwest corner of Sheppard + 404 in the Parkway Forest neighbourhood ~

180 Sudbury St + The Aristocrat (Queen West Triangle, Verdiroc Dev, 19 + 14s)
 
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Verdiroc was known right from the start about 3 years ago. Also, the shorter market component was approved over a year ago. Oh well, at least they are now caught up although I wonder if they are aware the first non-profit phase is under construction. Apparently, there's enough room to build it without touching 48 Abell.
 
It may make more sense to separate these into two different threads. I am tending towards splitting off The Aristocrat once its marketing gets going... but could be persuaded otherwise.

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