Toronto 1870-1920 Albion Road | 15.01m | 1s | Oxford | Glenn Piotrowski

[Paclo]

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1870-1920 Albion Road and 209 Carrier Drive: two proposed single storey large format industrial buildings designed by Glenn Piotrowski Architect for Oxford Properties Group on the north side of Albion Road, south of Carrier Drive in Toronto's Clairville neighbourhood.

 

[junctionist]

The massive roof seems like a wasted opportunity for a green roof, solar panels, or even urban agriculture. The amount of stormwater runoff will be massive.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

...so what kinda sausage would they be making in there anyways for something so gignormous?

 

[Towered]

...so what kinda sausage would they be making in there anyways for something so gignormous?

Kielbasa.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

^...yeah, I had to look that up in case it was something naughty.

 

[ProjectEnd]

The massive roof seems like a wasted opportunity for a green roof, solar panels, or even urban agriculture. The amount of stormwater runoff will be massive.

The only thing that would be income-generating there might be the solar panels. Otherwise it's all just cap-ex with no upside for Oxford.