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[AlbertC]

155 Consumers Road

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155 Consumers Road​

Status: Under Development
Location: 155 Consumers Road
Project Type: Purpose-Built Residential
Storeys: 35-50
Suites: 2,083
GFA: 175,698 ft
The project consists of 4 towers ranging in height from 35-50 storeys, with 31,213 ft of commercial space and 175,698 ft of residential space.

 

[ImmenselyMental]

The site is currently a single-storey commercial building with a surface parking lot:

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[Northern Light]

Let me bring forward the photo from Google above:

Now an aerial pic of the site:

Site Size is 15,811m2 or just shy of 1.6ha/ 4 acres

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Comments, its massing, so its difficult to say much except that it looks very crowded.

But, I can say the City is unlikely to, and should not accept the on-site park, as proposed. Aside from being silly small, its located in the north-east corner of the site, which means it will be in near perpetual darkness. That's a non-starter.

Any park here would logically go on the south side of the site.

Though I would prefer the City master plan the transformation of the area, pool developer contributions and City money and buy a meaningful park for the area of 2ha/5 acres rather than a series of useless, small ones.

 

[T-Bor]

This is actually more central in the area than I initially thought. Maybe a block from Sheppard, with a stop right at Brian Dr. A bit of a hike to Don Mills, but at a normal walk it's still only around 15 minutes

Plus, looks to be purpose-built rental, which is great

 

[Koops65]

Looks like 5 towers, not 4.

 

[ben.thebean1]

Here's a zoomed-out satellite for some more context:

Looks like 5 towers, not 4.

Correct. 5 towers which can't be much more than the minimum distance apart which is really unfortunate. As much as we need more housing, nobody wants to be standing in their kitchen and it look like the unit across from you is a couple feet away.

 

[xy3]

I see no reason Torontos next tallest supertall cant be built in this business park. No sfh opponents nearby, no Jesse Ketchum or shadowing/view cones etc

 

[Northern Light]

I see no reason Torontos next tallest supertall cant be built in this business park. No sfh opponents nearby, no Jesse Ketchum or shadowing/view cones etc

Sure, but why?

That is to say, supertalls drive up construction costs per ft2, the added density also means the need to upgrade area infrastructure, from sewer to water, to schools.

Growth isn't free.

I'd like to see a thoughtful plan for the entire area come out in front of further development, and I'd like to see the Sheppard subway extension actually open first......