Toronto 874 Bloor Street West | ?m | 3s | Old Stonehenge | Studio JCI

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Another fantastic-looking potential project from Old Stonehenge and Studio JCI. Six or two storeys (please six!).

Or, another two storey version:

 

[adHominem]

What's with the blank wall facing a vibrant street in the two-storey version? That's an odd choice.

 

[wolfewood]

Yeah, that two storey option looks awful. I'd far rather a truncated version of the 6 storey (or the 6 storey itself) than the blank wall.

 

[redeveloper]

in-line retail is tough they generally want two stories of facade - more to come

 

[NBGtect]

"fantastic-looking"? really?

*WOW* this is awful

 

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Another enlightening post from NBGtect...

 

[adHominem]

in-line retail is tough they generally want two stories of facade - more to come

I don't think I understand what you mean by "in-line retail"?

No retail along this strip has a two-story façade, at any rate (not even the McDonald's), so that would be pretty out-of-scale and, I think, unwelcome.

 

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In another horseshit decision which further denies the concept of 'gentle density' in Toronto, this didn't meet a single Minor Variance test back in November 2015. Embarrassing:

http://www1.toronto.ca/City Of Toronto/City Planning/Developing Toronto/Files/pdf/C/C_of_A_TEY_Decisions_November_4_2015_Revised.pdf

 

[am29]

I don't understand the opposition to intensify the Bloor-Danforth corridor.

 

[Waterloo_Guy]

The COA is constrained by existing zoning. I suspect that if they apply for rezoning the Planning Department will be accepting of it.

 

[junctionist]

The second-storey blank wall is bizarre and unwelcome.

 

[Froggy]

I found this on Clifton Blake's site:

874 Bloor St W, Toronto

Currently under development, this exceptionally-located street-front retail site will feature a AAA national tenant at-grade and multiunit residential setback and above once completed. The subject property is within the vibrant Christie Pitts neighbourhood along the Bloor-Danforth subway line, just west of Ossington Station.

It looks like a Tim Hortons is coming to the area?

This is how the site looked like yesterday:

 

[ADRM]

I found this on Clifton Blake's site:

874 Bloor St W, Toronto

Currently under development, this exceptionally-located street-front retail site will feature a AAA national tenant at-grade and multiunit residential setback and above once completed. The subject property is within the vibrant Christie Pitts neighbourhood along the Bloor-Danforth subway line, just west of Ossington Station.

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It looks like a Tim Hortons is coming to the area?

This is how the site looked like yesterday:
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Funny, we just walked by. Notices on the front say 10 residential units but nothing about the retail space.

 

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[iDANIEL]

This stretch of strip is really starting to see change.