Oshawa 255 Bloor Street West | 38.5m | 12s | Scugog River Developments | YSA

[Paclo]

245-255 Bloor Street West: a proposed 12-storey mixed-use condo, townhouse & commercial building developed by Scugog River Developments on the southeast corner of Bloor Street West and Park Road South, north of the Canadian National Railway Corridor in Oshawa's Lakeview area.

Rendering from the Public Meeting Report of November 2022:

 

[Northern Light]

245-255 Bloor Street West: a proposed 12-storey mixed-use condo, townhouse & commercial building developed by Scugog River Developments on the southeast corner of Bloor Street West and Park Road South, north of the Canadian National Railway Corridor in Oshawa's Lakeview area.

Rendering from the Public Meeting Report of November 2022:
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Hey, there's something to like here.

I'm not really a dark brick guy, but I see decent materials here and a coherent design; retail with small frontages, some human-scale with 2-storey podium, street trees.

Here's the site as-is:

Some stats. from the report; note these include existing permissions and what is proposed:

I'd prefer to see less parking, but in this location I can't get exercised over that, I do think, however, that the bike parking is entirely inadequate.

Site Plan:

I'd like to see the slip lanes removed as well.

 

[christiesplits]

Good God, that's ugly. But it's better than an empty lot. I think.

 

[Northern Light]

Good God, that's ugly. But it's better than an empty lot. I think.

Harsh! LOL

I'm not in love with it; but compared to a lot of the junk we see at UT I didn't think it was that bad; if not to my taste.

 

[egotrippin]

The massing combined with dark brick is a little heavy perhaps, but I was thinking the detailing is quite sharp for the location. Plus narrow retail frontages and masonry carried to the ground, it's better than a lot of proposals, especially those in the outer GTA.

 

[ben.thebean1]

I'll give it a solid 4/10 as it currently sits

 

[carylnate20-76]

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