Toronto 1113-1125 Dundas Street West | 35.5m | 10s | CreateTO | Brook McIlroy

cereal said:
Wow, really surprised that it's going to be a 10 storey building.
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It's really the ONLY way that the Affordable Housing (99-years) can work now. You have to execute with enough height, density & units to meet all of the City's goals - and still have the project remain financially-solvent and able to fund its entire State-of-Good-Repair program for a century...
 
Some updated "demonstration plan" stats from this CreateTO Staff Report...

PDF - https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/ra/bgrd/backgroundfile-234933.pdf

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HousingNowTO said:
It's really the ONLY way that the Affordable Housing (99-years) can work now. You have to execute with enough height, density & units to meet all of the City's goals - and still have the project remain financially-solvent and able to fund its entire State-of-Good-Repair program for a century...
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Even with that it's a challenge - I wish there were more disclosed about CreateTO renegotiated agreements on Wilson Heights and Bloor-Kipling. Hard to tell what's going on behind the scenes.
 
We have a front page story up here regarding the mass timber building that's contemplated for this site.

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AlbertC said:
canada.constructconnect.com

CreateTO embarks on 10-storey mass timber pilot project - Daily Commercial News

When a 10-storey residence rises near Trinity Bellwoods Park on Dundas Street West in Toronto next year, it will mark CreateTO’s first foray into the mass timber world. The primary objective of CreateTO, Toronto’s real estate arm, is to assess the feasib
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"When a 10-storey residence rises near Trinity Bellwoods Park on Dundas Street West in Toronto next year..."

WHEN is very much the question, however...
 
Application for this one is now public in the AIC:

www.toronto.ca

Application Details

www.toronto.ca www.toronto.ca

Architect is Brook Mcllroy

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Site Plan:


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Ground Floor Plan:

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Stats:

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Parking Ratio: Zero - No parking

Elevator Ratio: 2 elevators, 100 units = 2 elevators per 100 units

@Paclo is duly flagged.
 
...but at least it won't look like something that was built to house chickens..like with some of the more modular design counterparts.
 
Toronto Star story -

The project would mark one of Toronto's larger residential buildings made of mass timber, an increasingly common practice in construction due to the renewable nature of wood and its negative carbon impact.
Calling it "transformational" for the neighbourhood, Gupta said the development would achieve sustainability and climate action goals while delivering much-needed affordable housing.

Gupta said the goal is to make at least 30 per cent of the units affordable, which could range between 20 per cent and 60 per cent of the average market rent in Toronto. "The affordability will depend on what the market looks like at the time of construction," he said.

The non-profit agency tapped to operate the site, the builder, the source for the lumber (Gupta said the expectation is that it would come from Canada) and estimated cost of the project are still to be determined.

Powered by a geothermal heating and cooling system, the 10-storey building would feature an amenities area, lobby, servicing rooms and two non-residential spaces spanning more than 2,000 square feet.


The site would offer 90 long-term indoor bicycle parking spaces and 20 short-term spots to encourage active transportation. There is no underground parking proposed.
CreateTO has submitted a zoning application and is expecting approval within six to eight months — a process that would otherwise take 18 months or two years if it were a private developer, noted Gupta. The accelerated timeline "is one of the benefits of the city developing on its own land."

Once given the green light, Gupta said his team would finalize the plans and designs. The goal is to start construction in early 2025.

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www.thestar.com

City unveils designs for ‘transformational’ mass timber building near Ossington strip

The 10-storey complex along with a three-storey laneway building will offer 100 affordable and market rental units, the city says.
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Community Pop-Ups
1. Saturday, February 24th, 11 am – 1pm
1113-1117 Dundas Street West
Look for us under the blue tent in front of the Green P parking lot

2. Thursday, February 29th, 1 – 3 pm
West Neighbourhood House – 248 Ossington Avenue
Look for us in the lobby.

3. Saturday, March 2nd, 11 am – 1pm
Trinity Community Recreation Centre – 155 Crawford Street
Look for us in the lobby.

Community Information Session
Thursday, March 7th, 6 pm – 8 pm
West Neighbourhood House – 248 Ossington Avenue
6 pm – Open House
6:30 pm – Presentation and Questions.
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