Toronto Lawrence Heights (Phase 2) | 93.4m | 28s | TCHC | Superkül

A piece on the above from the Star, noting that the first of the phase 2 buildings will go ahead without any private sector partner assisting in the cost via condo sales.

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Condo crash forces Toronto’s public landlord to move ahead on huge North York redevelopment on its own

TCHC will build a rental block of Lawrence Heights itself, as a shaky development climate rules out their usual revitalization strategy,
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From the above:

“The current market conditions do not support the traditional revitalization model previously envisioned,” TCHC chief development officer Yves Cheung wrote in the report. It outlined a revamped plan, which will see TCHC proceed alone on the first block of phrase two — a 157-unit rental midrise for seniors — in line with city hall’s fledgling “public builder” approach.
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The underlying report, to TCHC's BIFAC ctte can be found here:

From the above:

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New frontpage story: https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/01/lawrence-heights-phase-2-revised-now-rise-28-storeys.60221

Very poor public realm design, buffering building faces from the sidewalk with planters instead of buffering the sidewalk from the vehicle r.o.w with planters is exactly the opposite of what should be done.

Similarly, "parkettes" primarily made up of useless, unfenced patches of grass and almost wholly devoid of seating are near universally vacant at all times, with grass turning to dirt as dogs inundated it with pee and poor maintenance from our hopelessly incompetent parks department leaving any planting that does exist desolate within a few months.

As for the massive chunk of parkland, are we building an urban neighbourhood with the requisite density to achieve vitality or a nature preserve? TCH per usual doesn't have a clue as to what makes a neighbourhood desirable (hint: not big empty fields that will be windswept and gray 80% of the year).
 
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