Toronto 252 Church | 166.1m | 52s | CentreCourt | Arcadis

Final Report, recommending approval heads to TEYCC's April 20th meeting.

Report here: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-165505.pdf

Section 37 benefits are as follows:

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Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register, Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, Alterations to a Heritage Property, and Authority to Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement - 260 Church Street

Summary​
This report recommends that City Council include the property at 260 Church Street on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register, state its intention to designate the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, approve the alterations proposed for the heritage property in connection with a proposed development of the subject property and grant authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for the subject property.

Located on the east side of Church Street between Shuter Street and Dundas Street East, the Sterling Bank building is valued as a fine example of an early twentieth century bank in the Edwardian Classical style. The red brick and stone clad building was completed in 1913 to the design of John M. Lyle, who has been declared to be "one of Canada's outstanding architects of the first half of the twentieth century." During a long, successful career, Lyle designed more than 55 banks across Canada. The property at 260 Church Street is unique for being the only Sterling Bank branch designed by Lyle in Toronto. Today, the building contributes contextually to the early-20th century commercial character of Church Street's land development history and evolution.

The development proposal for 244-260 Church Street (referred to as 250 Church) incorporates the former Sterling Bank of Canada Building property at 260 into a
52-storey development comprised of the condominium tower above a five storey base including commercial units at grade along Church Street.

The bank building by John M. Lyle is to be retained in-situ, undergoing restoration of the exterior features and integration into the retail space at grade as a two storey volume.

Impacts will be limited to the south west corner of the existing building where the mass of the new development intersects with the volume of the bank. Openings will be introduced on the interior walls to integrate the commercial space of the overall project and some structural impact will occur that supports the new construction over this portion of the building.​
 
260 church street , the sterling bank , is on the WEST SIDE of church street , not the east , . the SOUTH WEST CORNER of church and Dundas , to be precise , ..read the 2nd paragraph of the above SUMMARRY , .. City of Toronto's Heritage Register, you need to get it right , to do the proper job
 
Wow, this could really be a nice building according to the renders. Looks high quality.
 
Site Plan Approval application submitted:

Development Applications

Updated project description:
Site Plan Approval for a 52-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 315 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 37,615 square metres. A total of 679 residential dwelling units are proposed.
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Looks like Grid Condos v2.0. Not that i'm complaining, because Grid Condo (exterior design wise) is sadly probably one of the better builds in the architectural wasteland known as Dundas and Jarvis.

I can also see the podium still looks atrocious however.
 
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