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That's amazing. A breath of fresh air compared to most of the crap up there now along Finch West.

A photo from last week of Finch and Yonge.

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I agree, I'm glad to see something like this proposed in this area. Hopefully they begin construction soon; the redevelopment along Finch West has been slower than along Sheppard West.
 
I agree, I'm glad to see something like this proposed in this area. Hopefully they begin construction soon; the redevelopment along Finch West has been slower than along Sheppard West.

You're probably comparing this stretch of Finch West between Yonge and Bathurst to the stretch of Sheppard West from Bathurst to Allen,... which might not be a fair comparison since they're in different wards,... and actually handled by different NorthYork CityPlanning groups,....

This stretch of Finch West between Yonge & Bathurst have gotten a lot of townhouse developments; which was something CityPlanning considered for the stretch of Sheppard West between Yonge and Senlac/DonValleyWest about 5 years ago for the original SheppardWestSecondaryPlan,.... but it was rejected by the locals and councillor in favour of more commercial offices. The current SheppardAvenueWestCommericalSecondaryPlan hasn't allowed any townhouses along SheppardWest between Yonge and Senlac/DonValleyWest,.. yet,... but now considering mix-use with some residential in low-rise.
 
You're probably comparing this stretch of Finch West between Yonge and Bathurst to the stretch of Sheppard West from Bathurst to Allen,... which might not be a fair comparison since they're in different wards,... and actually handled by different NorthYork CityPlanning groups,....

Good point. I was just making the comparison because I often travel along both of those stretches and noted a similarity between them: bungalows being replaced with mixed-use and townhouse development. Ward differences and planning groups didn't come to mind when I wrote the post above.
 
The three areas I mentioned previously, Finch West between Yonge and Bathurst, Sheppard West from Bathurst to Allen and Sheppard West between Yonge and Senlac/DonValleyWest are all "protected" by their own SecondaryPlans

Here's a map from last year of the various SecondaryPlan areas in Toronto:
http://www1.toronto.ca/planning/35-secondary-plans.pdf

What is permited to be built,... zoning usage (commercial office, industrial, residential), density, height, etc,... differs from among SecondaryPlans.

This development proposal would be subject to the Central Finch Area Secondary Plan (linked below); which it seems to meet based on the documents in the first post by Interchange42,... thus it'll likely get CityPlanning approval.
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2012/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-43371.pdf
 
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Good gosh, how did this become such an ugly Hamilton worthy (with apologies) design so fast? The original was fantastic and even its watered down brother was worthy of a second glance or two.
 
This development proposal would be subject to the Central Finch Area Secondary Plan (linked below); which it seems to meet based on the documents in the first post by Interchange42,... thus it'll likely get CityPlanning approval.
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2012/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-43371.pdf
So how did this fail to get approval? Just 4 storeys and right on Finch? Something like this should not have to go to the OMB, wasting everyone's time, money. Rant: this is part of what makes housing in Toronto expensive. Boo!

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This development proposal would be subject to the Central Finch Area Secondary Plan (linked below); which it seems to meet based on the documents in the first post by Interchange42,... thus it'll likely get CityPlanning approval.
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2012/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-43371.pdf

So how did this fail to get approval? Just 4 storeys and right on Finch? Something like this should not have to go to the OMB, wasting everyone's time, money. Rant: this is part of what makes housing in Toronto expensive. Boo!

Actually,... read on and you'll see your rant is misplaced,.... not issue of built form but what's inside,.... 1-bedroom VS family units,... City and locals want family oriented units,.. which makes it more affordable for families!

The 70 unit townhouse proposal already received a positive final report from City Planning (within Central Finch Area Secondary Plan criteria with regards to density, built form, transition, etc,...) which was adopted by North York Community Council with amendments:
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-71700.pdf
http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2014.NY34.82

But the proposal to convert 4 bungalow household units to 70 townhouse condo units represents a 17.5 fold increase in household density! You need infrastructure improvement to support such increase in density - especially when development borders with "established neighbourhoods",... one of the main issue in this area is sanitary sewer infrastructure since some houses this area are prone to backup basement flooding. Thus, strong opposition from local residents and Edithvale Yonge Community Association and thus local councillor,... who fought based on what's inside. I would also add that the previous Weston Consulting that was involved does NOT have a good reputation.

Anyways, previous owner/developer/builder/applicant gave up and sold, the series of new renderings over the last year was triggered by change in ownership. Previous 70 unit (mostly 1-bedroom, bachelor, 2-bedroom) midrise proposal being chopped to (interchange42's favourite number) 42 back-to-back stacked townhouse units hosting family oriented 2+den & 3 bedroom units. Thus, by building more family oriented units, housing becomes more affordable,.... for families!,... who's needs have generally been ignored by high density condo developers focusing mainly on tiny 1 bedroom & bachelor units. All other stats: height, coverage, FSI are basically similar,... with more setback,... so the built form, shape, height, FSI really hasn't changed (clearly NOT a case of NIMBY),... just what's inside changes.

For the last 25 years, the local residents and Edithvale Yonge Community Association have seen this part of Finch West between Beecroft Rd and Senlac redeveloped from bungalows to family oriented townhouses with typically 2-bedroom+den or 3-bedroom.

The original proposal would have seen the new stack townhouse format on Finch West,... but developer was proposing non-family oriented 1-bedroom units that's NOT in character with this neighbourhood of family townhouses along Finch nor the established traditional house neighbourhoods surrounding the area.

The outcome here would of course have implication to the other stacked-townhouse proposal along this part of Finch West within the Centra Finch Avenue Secondary Plan.

New owner appealing zoning by-law amendment & site plan application.
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-105475.pdf
 
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