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The above is an existing TCHC property.
It is heading towards a massive retrofit/rebuild (retaining the existing bones, mostly) with a budget that is not public, except that it exceeds 10M.
It came to my attention via this report to today's TCHC Board Mtg:
The extent of the rehab is more than substantive, it includes total facade replacement (brick and windows), tenant relocation is required, new HVAC, and a variety of interior works such as all-new flooring.
This has me very suspicious about whether this is the right course of action of this site.
There is a height precedent for 19s literally across the street from this complex. The TCHC Assembly here is two parcels, adjacent to one another that also includes lowrise townhomes.
Aerial view of the consolidated TCHC sites here:
The combine area is ~60,000ft2
You could just replace the 7s with 19s; but to me, the play here would to create a new mid-rise immediately behind a townhome facade on Gwynne, and then go hirise on the Dufferin frontage.
I'd be curious on a back-of-the-envelope take from some UT'ers such as @ProjectEnd and @ADRM as to where the value lies here (in saving the existing structure with a 3 year plus project or in rebuilding and densifying)
Existing mid-rise fronting Dufferin:
Existing townhomes fronting Gwynne:
@HousingNowTO may also have thoughts here.
It is heading towards a massive retrofit/rebuild (retaining the existing bones, mostly) with a budget that is not public, except that it exceeds 10M.
It came to my attention via this report to today's TCHC Board Mtg:
The extent of the rehab is more than substantive, it includes total facade replacement (brick and windows), tenant relocation is required, new HVAC, and a variety of interior works such as all-new flooring.
This has me very suspicious about whether this is the right course of action of this site.
There is a height precedent for 19s literally across the street from this complex. The TCHC Assembly here is two parcels, adjacent to one another that also includes lowrise townhomes.
Aerial view of the consolidated TCHC sites here:
The combine area is ~60,000ft2
You could just replace the 7s with 19s; but to me, the play here would to create a new mid-rise immediately behind a townhome facade on Gwynne, and then go hirise on the Dufferin frontage.
I'd be curious on a back-of-the-envelope take from some UT'ers such as @ProjectEnd and @ADRM as to where the value lies here (in saving the existing structure with a 3 year plus project or in rebuilding and densifying)
Existing mid-rise fronting Dufferin:
Existing townhomes fronting Gwynne:
@HousingNowTO may also have thoughts here.
