Northern Light
Superstar
A lobbyist registry entry indicates that all of 1212-1238 Kingston Road are in play from the above proponent.
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From Streetview:
Site size: 2000m2 or about 22,000ft2
At the risk of not checking zoning first, I think this block is now midrise, as-of-right. That seems like the likely play here. At ~35M deep its right on the edge of whether a tall building (tower) would work here). Given abutting SFH to the north, the midrise really is the safe play, something in the 6-9s range seems likely.
There is currently no nearby supermarket, and this block once featured a Loblaws; I think a good 'sell' to the community would be bringing back a supermarket. Obviously, it would be a small one, but Loblaws is currently building No Frills stores on sites 1/2 that size, so its workable.
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On parkland, I have an unorthodox suggestion.
No on-site, no off-site acquisition and no cash-in-lieu.
Instead, enlarge the nearby Blantyre Park by narrowing the adjacent Fallingbrook Road, and providing a landscaped boulevard as well.
Adding just 1M to the park along its entire length would add 200M2 to the park which is ~10% of the proponent's site. Just sayin.....
Vision Zero, beautification and parkland expansion all in one move.
Aerial Pic:
From Streetview:
Site size: 2000m2 or about 22,000ft2
At the risk of not checking zoning first, I think this block is now midrise, as-of-right. That seems like the likely play here. At ~35M deep its right on the edge of whether a tall building (tower) would work here). Given abutting SFH to the north, the midrise really is the safe play, something in the 6-9s range seems likely.
There is currently no nearby supermarket, and this block once featured a Loblaws; I think a good 'sell' to the community would be bringing back a supermarket. Obviously, it would be a small one, but Loblaws is currently building No Frills stores on sites 1/2 that size, so its workable.
***
On parkland, I have an unorthodox suggestion.
No on-site, no off-site acquisition and no cash-in-lieu.
Instead, enlarge the nearby Blantyre Park by narrowing the adjacent Fallingbrook Road, and providing a landscaped boulevard as well.
Adding just 1M to the park along its entire length would add 200M2 to the park which is ~10% of the proponent's site. Just sayin.....
Vision Zero, beautification and parkland expansion all in one move.
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