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Few areas of Toronto are seeing as much new development as the stretch of Lake Shore Boulevard that runs through South Etobicoke's Humber Bay Shores area, where new condominiums are now rising over 50 storeys tall, there is even a 66-storey condominium now under construction, the tallest building in Canada outside a downtown area.
Go just half a kilometre southwest along Lake Shore, however, and everything is different in the quieter, mostly low-rise, and far longer established neighbourhood of Mimico. Here, two storey homes dominate the treed side streets, while similarly scaled retail commercial buildings line Lake Shore, and mid-rise residential rental buildings from the 50s and 60s hug the lakefront parks. Mimico has a small town Ontario feel, which owing to its relative stability, has seen comparatively little development in recent years.
A block south and across the street from Eleven Superior, the area's only significant recent new building, a proposal that was first submitted in 2014 has resurfaced at City Hall. Proposed at 2409-2411 Lake Shore Boulevard West, a six-storey, 2354.5 m3, mixed-use building is seeking site plan approval. The C & Partners Architects Inc.-designed structure would replace a two-storey residential building with a commercial structure that would enhance street level activity.
A restaurant/cafe space would anchor the ground level, while the uses above would add new employment space to the neighbourhood. The main tenant in the project would be the Conservatory Of Dance & Music (CDM), who would operate a school with studio and office spaces on levels two, three, and four. A double-height performance space with a large window would overlook the street. The top two levels would contain strictly office space.
The main middle volume would feature a warm cladding of brick or fibre cement panels, while at ground level either limestone or natural stone tile would frame the main entrances, with wood slats and concrete columns would mark the garage entrance. The top two floors would be stepped back and clad in a vertically-oriented corrugated aluminum siding.
We will return with additional information as further details emerge. In the meantime, you can find more information in the project's dataBase file, linked below. You can join in on the discussion by visiting our associated Forum thread, or leave a comment in the field provided on this page.
