Marlee/Glencairn Transformation

[duffo]

Idk man,

Growing Marlee–Glencairn Study: Residents Need to Speak Up

The City of Toronto is finalizing the Growing Marlee–Glencairn Study, which will guide future development along Marlee Avenue, Lawrence Avenue West, and surrounding neighbourhood streets.

The proposal includes:

• Approximately 37 high-rise buildings, 25–45 storeys
  • 17,500+ housing units
  • Potentially over 42,000 new residents
• 6-9 storey apartments
  • Replacing hundreds of single family homes
  • Potentially over 10,000+ new residents

Residents have raised serious concerns about the scale of development, traffic impacts, infrastructure capacity, and the effect on surrounding neighbourhoods.

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Idk, I have a bunch of friends who grew up there and are honestly really happy to see the area growing up a bit and adding actual walkability. While some towers have gone up, the neighbourhoods have depopulated as kids move out and boomers aren't easily able to downsize.

 

[Cambry Ardship]

This is happening because Glencairn will be a MTSA. Growth will be permitted in the area, and the reason for the Marlee-Glencairn area study is how to guide the growth and ensure that the city uses the development charges appropriately for the benefit of the area.

It's a good thing that this area will not continue to slowly stagnate. As Duffo notes, many parts of this area have been slowly hollowing out over the past 50 years with population declines up to 30%. It's good that the city is planning to reverse this slow decay and bring more families and people here.

 

[UntitledCyclist]

Growing Marlee–Glencairn Study: Residents Need to Speak Up

The City of Toronto is finalizing the Growing Marlee–Glencairn Study, which will guide future development along Marlee Avenue, Lawrence Avenue West, and surrounding neighbourhood streets.

The proposal includes:

• Approximately 37 high-rise buildings, 25–45 storeys
  • 17,500+ housing units
  • Potentially over 42,000 new residents
• 6-9 storey apartments
  • Replacing hundreds of single family homes
  • Potentially over 10,000+ new residents

Residents have raised serious concerns about the scale of development, traffic impacts, infrastructure capacity, and the effect on surrounding neighbourhoods.

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"Serious concerns?" I mean, some are certainly mad. Ironically most of those NIMBY types won't be around by the time this plan starts to change the area.

Do you mind sharing where you get these numbers from, as I can't see the city has specified anything so granular as numbers of buildings, housing units or "potential" new residents? Are you getting this by counting the little Monopoly buildings on the city's artist's rendering maps?

These plans are over a 30-year+ time scale. Developers have to submit proposals, get approvals and build. There is plenty of time for adjustments in traffic flow, infrastructure capacity and other amenities.

Ever since Mike Colle meddled in and pushed for the "pause" on the Beltline-Marlee bike lane plans, I have no ability to take him seriously. All he seems to want is to support some vocal homeowner desires to maintain what they see as their neighbourhood character and presumed propertly values. He fights any proposals that will make the area more attractive to a broader swathe of ounger people, renters, new Canadians, people without cars, etc. etc.

 

[abovegrade]

This is the time to open up the yellowbelt. These homes also have zero historical importance whatsoever. No sympathy for NIMBYs.