Brownstones on Bloor (e of Sterling, Montevallo, 5s)

[urbandreamer]

4 Feb 2010: Brownstones on Bloor, by Montevallo Developments (same as Brownstones on Wallace), so I'm keeping it in this thread rather than creating a new one--not exactly "hot" in UT lingo...

They're sold out apparently, if the Globe's Derek Raymaker is to be believed: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/article770965.ece

"Montevallo Developments has successfully parlayed the cachet of the brownstone into an overnight sales sensation at its Brownstones on Bloor, with all 85 stacked townhouses being snapped up within a week after launching in May.

That's pretty remarkable since the location — on Bloor Street west of Lansdowne Avenue — was considered a dodgy and noisy pocket, next to busy railway tracks and a still-active industrial corridor."

Site plan looks pathetic--should've been a nicer-looking aA design here (or even like the Address at High Park further west.)

 

[Towered]

Lemme guess - no retail space will be provided. Despite this being a dead stretch of Bloor, all the awful newer residential developments were approved without retail. Absolutely laughable.

 

[Solaris]

I believe this site was originally proposed to be phase 2 of the BeBloor Condominiums (phase 1 shown in UD's photo above on the left) ... for some reason that project got canned .... a tower would have certainly made a lot more sense given the Bloor Street location ~

 

[urbandreamer]

There's a thread somewhere on UT for this project==Brownstones on Bloor iirc--but I can't find it. Today:

 

[urbandreamer]

"Brownstone on Bloor" 24 March 2010:

 

[urbandreamer]

1 April 2010 update:

On my walk home, I walked further down Ruttan to discover the walkup townies, with glazing going up:

 

[urbandreamer]

Wow, a month has passed since I posted those photos--where have I been?

2 May 2010 update:

 

[urbandreamer]

16 May 2010 update:

 

[urbandreamer]

30 May 2010 update:

 

[Towered]

Please tell me there's going to be some retail fronting onto Bloor - this is a very dead stretch, exacerbated by the horrible failure to provide retail spaces in the newish (late 90's?) condos across the street. The city really dropped the ball here.

 

[urbandreamer]

4 June 2010:

 

[urbandreamer]

Yikes, almost a month since I last walked to Yorkville along Bloor!

3 July 2010 update:

How criminal, considering the increasing trendiness of the area, that there isn't retail at the bottom of these--and perhaps a 10s building here.

 

[kettal]

I always think retail has a hard time here because the railways discourage pedestrians from walking through, but I'd love to be proven wrong.

 

[urbandreamer]

10 July 2010:

 

[junctionist]

They're just extending the ugliness westward from BeBloor.