Toronto 1 Eglinton East | 211.25m | 65s | Davpart | Hariri Pontarini

[Midtown Urbanist]

Not to say that this project isn't adequately tall/dense, but I do wonder why many of the other sites in the area don't hold off for several more years until the Crosstown is complete.

I understand the secondary plan policies in the area are becoming increasingly strict, but surely the case to build taller and denser will be easier to make after the Crosstown is completed and this is the intersection of two rapid transit lines.

 

[Mr.Tang]

Really hope this does not happen. This corner is already too dense and the existing building is nice the way it is - providing some variability to the urban form and some office space for diversity of land-use. The architecture for what they want to build is not particularly appealing either (IMHO).

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

I am okay with development of the corner. As nice as the present structure is, the pedestrian experience at ground level is less than stellar. In a perfect world however, this would have been an office tower.

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

There is a zoning hold for the redevelopment of Canada Square until sufficient servicing is in place. I'd imagine a similar thing being applied here wouldn't be outrageous.

 

[PMT]

There are two(?) LPAT hearings scheduled for June 14, 2019:

https://www.omb.gov.on.ca/ecs/CaseDetail.aspx?n=PL180748

https://www.omb.gov.on.ca/ecs/CaseDetail.aspx?n=PL180747

 

[Marcanadian]

Appeal brought by owners of the properties to the south has been dismissed:

2019 CanLII 72648 (ON LPAT) | CanLII

 

[Automation Gallery]

Gee come on, approve and build the damn thing!, its been 5 years in the process and probably another 5 years to get it built
...haha, seems like it takes a decade from start to finish to approve and build anything over 65 stories in Toronto?

 

[AHK]

Gee come on, approve and build the damn thing!, its been 5 years in the process and probably another 5 years to get it built
...haha, seems like it takes a decade from start to finish to approve and build anything over 65 stories in Toronto?

The 1 Eglinton East project has already been fully approved by the City.

It was the two neighbouring property owners to the south who had appealed to LPAT - which has now been dismissed. So unless these two property owners try to apply for relief from the courts (probably highly unlikely at this point, given the LPAT findings - does not seem to leave them much of a leg to stand on), the only things left to 'approve' should be the building permits (including demolition permit for the existing structure) and the final site plan agreement.

 

[Yegger]

Appeal brought by owners of the properties to the south has been dismissed:

2019 CanLII 72648 (ON LPAT) | CanLII

The fact that the south property owners entered in an agreement with 2221 Yonge to limit their development opportunities but then are saying the 1 Eglinton East prooposal is restricting their ability to redevelop is pretty funny

 

[someMidTowner]

Gee come on, approve and build the damn thing!, its been 5 years in the process and probably another 5 years to get it built
...haha, seems like it takes a decade from start to finish to approve and build anything over 65 stories in Toronto?

Ctrl+C Ctrl+V without even looking into the current planning status. C'mon man, it's getting old.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Ctrl+C Ctrl+V without even looking into the current planning status. C'mon man, it's getting old.

He literally didn't even read the post *directly* above his. It literally says that it is approved.

 

[Automation Gallery]

Ctrl+C Ctrl+V without even looking into the current planning status. C'mon man, it's getting old.

Still ten years from start to finish,.... C'mon that's my point

 

[maestro]

You have no point. It hasn't been ten years. It really hasn't taking long to get to this point considering the ask and the appeals of council's decision. If anything, this city tends to rush through things. There's absolutely no evidence Davpart will break ground in the next five years either.


There are dozens of approved high rises all across the city. Some decades old. Your alarm that we aren't approving projects fast enough to meet demand is baseless.

 

[Big Daddy]

The fact that the south property owners entered in an agreement with 2221 Yonge to limit their development opportunities but then are saying the 1 Eglinton East prooposal is restricting their ability to redevelop is pretty funny

What we need is the OMB to get things moving again.

 

[maestro]

What we need is the OMB to get things moving again.

I don't think you thought that through. Continuing to have the majority of tall proposal go through the motions only to be appealed doesn't expedite the process. . What would expedite the process is stricter and updated zoning policy so developers have an opportunity to build as of right as well as provides developers a framework when purchasing new property. The current system of compromise in which individual developments are considered on a case by case methodology including the economic of development and the fees the city can charge is creating overbuilt, incoherent livable spaces and not helping affordability.