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Roughly a hundred metres from Royal York subway station, a proposal is seeking an amendment to Toronto's Official Plan along with rezoning to permit a mid-rise condo development on Bloor in Etobicoke's Kingsway area. Submitted to the City late in November, the proposal for 3005 Bloor Street West would replace a car wash and its surface parking lot on a 1,936 m² (0.19-hectare) site at the southwest corner of Bloor and Humbervale Boulevard.
Plans call for the ONE Properties-owned site to be redeveloped with a Turner Fleischer-designed 8-storey building containing retail and condo uses, plus a 2-storey single-detached home to the south along Humbervale. The latter is part of the project's design strategy to integrate with the established low-rise neighbourhood to the south, buffering the houses from the stepped-down building to the north.
Rising 8 storeys, or 33.15 metres to the top the mechanical penthouse, and clad in a mix of stone, brick, and glass, the 6,829 m² mid-rise building would include 507 m² of retail space along both the Bloor and Humbervale frontages. The residential lobby and lounge area accessed from Humbervale.
Above, levels 2 through 8 would contain 80 condominium units, consisting of 6 one-bedroom units (8%), 23 one-bedroom+den units (29%), 12 two-bedroom units (15%), 31 two-bedroom+den units (39%), 6 three-bedroom units (8%), and one 3-bedroom+den unit (1%). The single detached home to the south provides one additional three bedroom unit, bringing the proposal's total to 81 units.
Residents would have access to a total of 176 m² of indoor amenity space, including a 37 m² lobby/lounge, and 139 m² on the second floor. This second floor space would connect with a 138 m² outdoor terrace, while an additional 93 m² would be provided on the roof, for a total of 227.3 m² of outdoor amenity space.
The site would be served by a two-level underground garage containing a total of 81 parking spaces, divided between 68 resident spaces, 8 visitor spaces, and 5 retail spaces. 67 bicycle parking spaces would also be provided, divided between 55 residential and 1 retail long-term spaces, along with 6 residential and 5 retail short-term spaces.
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| Related Companies: | Bousfields, EQ Building Performance Inc., MCW Consultants Ltd, RWDI Climate and Performance Engineering, Turner Fleischer Architects |
