HousingNowTO
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One-year since the groundbreaking…
Toronto 50 Wilson Heights | 58.85m | 17s | Tridel + Greenwin + CreateTO | Kirkor
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HousingNowTO
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Passed at City Council today -
MM35.22 - Re-opening and Amending Item 2024.PH17.3 - 50 Wilson Heights Boulevard (Block 1) - City Initiated Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Decision Report - Approval
"The applicant has now proposed revisions to the application which require further modifications to the Council endorsed Zoning By-law Amendment. As revised, the proposal would slightly increase the building height, modify the building step-back, remove the requirement for dwelling units on the ground floor, reduce the amenity rates, and remove the parking rate requirement."
All pretty minor -
MM35.22 - Re-opening and Amending Item 2024.PH17.3 - 50 Wilson Heights Boulevard (Block 1) - City Initiated Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Decision Report - Approval
"The applicant has now proposed revisions to the application which require further modifications to the Council endorsed Zoning By-law Amendment. As revised, the proposal would slightly increase the building height, modify the building step-back, remove the requirement for dwelling units on the ground floor, reduce the amenity rates, and remove the parking rate requirement."All pretty minor -
EGZ
New Member
Application Details
www.toronto.ca
Minor Variance application for Block 2 with the following revisions, via the cover letter:
Revisions affirming the MV have also been submitted to the SPA file in parallel. CoA Hearing tentatively scheduled for March 26.
Total unit count for Block 2 increased from 767 to 782, with the total affordable unit count also increasing from 384 to 391; in addition to other stat changes.
Updated rendering:
Above-grade building permits for Buildings A, B & C remain pending
picard102
Senior Member
these are such awful looking buildings, and somehow I know it will get worse before it's done.
AlbertC
Superstar
This has the same level of aesthetics as those office park complexes you see around the Burlington skyway.
Towered
Superstar
Luckily it's not a nice area anyway, so it hardly makes a difference...
DF416604
New Member
As energy efficiency targets become more and more stringent the dominant aesthetic will begin to lean that way. Balconies don't work anymore. Window-wall ratios will continue to go down. You can still design nice-looking buildings, but the average will decline.
picard102
Senior Member
I hope they put one of these where you live. Likely not a nice area either.
Balconies can be "thermally broken" so that they don't act as radiators for a building. Cladding quality needs to improve with the drop in the size of windows. Both can be done but developers here don't push enough for solutions that may be rare or untested here, but which are common in Europe.
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Towered
Superstar
Way nicer!
picard102
Senior Member
doubtful.
Towered
Superstar
Not sure why that would be doubtful
Also, I'm on the record as a strong supporter of densification throughout the city - in fact, I'm frequently frustrated that there hasn't been much more of it in my immediate neighborhood.