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A large application here coming to us from the Long Branch neighbourhood of southern Etobicoke.
Demolition of 5 existing 7-storey rental buildings with the intend to build 5 new buildings ranging in height from 12s-30s, two rental, and three condo.
The full name of the applicant is: The Lake Promenade Co-Tenancy. I opted to create an acronym for the title.
The site sits immediately north of Etobicoke's Longbranch Park. and carries a Lake view.
Site as-is:
Opposite direction view:
The App:
app.toronto.ca
From the Docs:
Looking east along along the north line of the property
Looking south along the west property line
Looking south through the site along the Thirty Third Street extension.
View of the site from @ADRM 's boat. (Long Branch Park in foreground)
Comments: This one will draw hackles from the locals; I think there's a lot to like here, and there are already apartments on site, but the 30s number has no immediate precedents, this one will be a bit of a battle I expect.
I find the architecture broadly appealing.
The parking ratio is too high. Given the area, I would expect a higher ratio that what we see in new downtown apps, but 0.64 is just too much. More emphasis on carsharing required here.
The parkland dedication is greater than statutory minimum, has some utility at the top corner of the site building off an existing public block and creating a view corridor to the Lake, it also preserves some nice mature trees.
However, it's also not a terribly easy to program (mostly long and narrow); and in general, the greater priority should be enlarging Long Branch Park to eventually connect the publicly owned waterfront park system.
Demolition of 5 existing 7-storey rental buildings with the intend to build 5 new buildings ranging in height from 12s-30s, two rental, and three condo.
The full name of the applicant is: The Lake Promenade Co-Tenancy. I opted to create an acronym for the title.
The site sits immediately north of Etobicoke's Longbranch Park. and carries a Lake view.
Site as-is:
Opposite direction view:
The App:

Application Details

From the Docs:
Looking east along along the north line of the property
Looking south along the west property line
Looking south through the site along the Thirty Third Street extension.
View of the site from @ADRM 's boat. (Long Branch Park in foreground)
Comments: This one will draw hackles from the locals; I think there's a lot to like here, and there are already apartments on site, but the 30s number has no immediate precedents, this one will be a bit of a battle I expect.
I find the architecture broadly appealing.
The parking ratio is too high. Given the area, I would expect a higher ratio that what we see in new downtown apps, but 0.64 is just too much. More emphasis on carsharing required here.
The parkland dedication is greater than statutory minimum, has some utility at the top corner of the site building off an existing public block and creating a view corridor to the Lake, it also preserves some nice mature trees.
However, it's also not a terribly easy to program (mostly long and narrow); and in general, the greater priority should be enlarging Long Branch Park to eventually connect the publicly owned waterfront park system.