Toronto 100 Wellesley East | 38.7m | 11s | CAPREIT | Core Architects

[ADRM]

Zoning By-law Amendment to facilitate proposal to retain the existing 28-storey rental apartment building (427 units) and construct a new 10-storey mixed-use building (31.5 metres, excluding mechanical penthouse) along the Jarvis Street frontage and the easterly portions of Wellesley Street and Cawthra Square. 128 new rental units, 11,629.0 square metres RGFA, 458 sq. m. office/retail uses. No additional parking is proposed (existing parking garage to serve both existing and proposed buildings).

 

[UrbanFervour]

So the "Homo Hilton" is getting its green space filled in? This seems to be the trend for towers in the park... Interested to see if people think this is good for urban life & density? Bad for heritage?

 

[88drums]

So the "Homo Hilton" is getting its green space filled in? This seems to be the trend for towers in the park... Interested to see if people think this is good for urban life & density? Bad for heritage?

Let's keep our Palace Piers and Uno Priis in tact but I think this is a great spot for added density. The building is handsome enough for its genre but I don't see the lawn as sacred ground - especially fronting busy Jarvis

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Nice to see the retail and office component

 

[UrbanLurker]

CORE Architects

 

[Torontovibe]

It's nice to see the retail which will hopefully animate that corner, as well as Wellesley!

 

[AlbertC]

One of the better tower-in-the-park infill projects I've seen so far.

 

[ADRM]

Loving that green roof/wall thing with seating; hoping it survives the planning process.

 

[condovo]

There's no dialogue between the two buildings. None.

 

[maestro]

One of the better tower-in-the-park infill projects I've seen so far.

I can't agree. It's far too close to the existing building. A lowrise commercial podium (but doesn't look like a podium) with an accessible green roof would be more appropriate.

 

[jje1000]

There's no dialogue between the two buildings. None.

Does there need to be?

 

[LUVIT!]

My first though is I do not like this idea. Perhaps the retail may enhance the corner for some but we may regret the loss of open spaces with greenery whether it is used or not.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

No. This is terrible. Over development.

 

[junctionist]

There's no dialogue between the two buildings. None.

Le Corbusier must be rolling in his grave. I'm generally not a fan of towers-in-the-park planning and massing. But it's sad to see that the merits of what it achieved like open space, natural light, views resulting from unique massing, and extensive greenery are going out the window in favour of the kind of overdevelopment that it sought to address in the first place.

 

[innsertnamehere]

not understanding the hate on this one. There is a lot of dead street frontage in this area - this fixes a lot of it.