Developer: SmartCentres REIT, Calloway REIT
  
Address: 14700-14760 Yonge St, Aurora
Category: Residential (Townhouse, Condo), Public Space / Park
Status: Pre-ConstructionCompletion: TBD
Height: 96 ft / 29.41 mStoreys: 7 storeys
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SmartCentres Aurora Shopping Mall Redevelopment: a proposed 7, 7, 7, 6, 6, 3, 3 & 3-storey mixed-use condo, townhouse and commercial/retail development by SmartCentres REIT on the southwest corner of Yonge Street and Murray Drive in the Aurora Highlands neighbourhood of Aurora.

Renderings from the Submission Package:
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Isometric view and phasing plan:
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Don't have time to check the details now, but the renders don't seem to show retail on Yonge, I would object to that, if that is, in fact, the case.

The over all density seems a bit low; but given where this is, it's not awful.

But the boxy townhomes with the garages at-grade are incredibly ugly and are not conducive to a good walking experience in the area or maximizing permeable lands.
 
Don't have time to check the details now, but the renders don't seem to show retail on Yonge, I would object to that, if that is, in fact, the case.

The over all density seems a bit low; but given where this is, its not awful.

But the boxy townhomes with the garages at-grade are incredibly ugly and are not conducive to a good walking experience in the area or maximizing permeable lands.

The retail in building 1 is at least partially fronting Yonge, from the Urban Design Brief:
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Ground floor plan:
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I know Aurora is notorious for NIMBYism, even modest developments. Has the proposal garnered any opposition?
 
There's something I really like about those townhouses. I know they're almost as plain as you can make them but they kind of remind me of all the low and blocky yet stately buildings in Washington D.C.
 

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