Toronto 2721 Danforth Avenue | 190.5m | 59s | Tri-Metro Investments | RAW Design

I forgot to mention that half of the Canadian Tire "lands" is owned by an individual (east half, including most of the physical store) and leased to Canadian Tire, while the Canadian Tire Corporation owns most of the parking lot on the west side. This is a major wrinkle to a potential redevelopment here and maybe why it's not a larger Master Plan. We'll see when the docs come in.
 
Northern Light said:
And roads as well, there will be a road along the southern edge of this site and 50% of the ROW will come out of the CT site's land. Same on the western side where the driveway is now, that will be a public road. At least, those are the plans in the Main St. Planning Study, we will have to see what the applicant has in mind.

Here's the image from the Study:

You can see, in the upper image, You have the Red line for the new public roads, and the green square is a the park.
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That is helpful, thanks for that.
 
Are we too far down the road now to reopen the conversation about the Danforth GO and community centre? I kind of understood some of the rationale for not doing something at the bottom of Dawes, but it seems like insanity to not do something at the bottom of the new N/S road.

I'd be totally fine with this being much, much more dense if we could get the enhanced GO connection and maybe a pedestrian/bike connection over to the park on the south side.
 
whatever said:
Are we too far down the road now to reopen the conversation about the Danforth GO and community centre? I kind of understood some of the rationale for not doing something at the bottom of Dawes, but it seems like insanity to not do something at the bottom of the new N/S road.

I'd be totally fine with this being much, much more dense if we could get the enhanced GO connection and maybe a pedestrian/bike connection over to the park on the south side.
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PF&R will be looking for a new CRC (recreation centre) here. The existing facility, though relatively new, doesn't even have a gym!

The issue w/the previous proposal was it encroaching into the railway crash zone.
I'm not sure why a crash-wall isn't sufficient/wasn't proposed, but that's the reason for it being nixed.

Presumably that would an issue anywhere here directly abutting the corridor.
 
The transit connections justifies higher densities but this is well beyond reason. We've become so accustomed to 50 storey towers everywhere. That doesn't make it an ideal affordable alternative or one that offers a high quality of life. It makes sense in a downtown with all the available amenities. It doesn't make sense here. You are totally disrupting a stable neighbourhood ecosystem introducing all these units with development that adds 350 square metres of commercial space with 75,000 square metres residential. It's possible I missed space for a school among the half dozen proposal. A suburban subdivision with fewer units will have space for a school. This is just land owners cashing in on the proximity to a transit hub and the housing market without really providing the tools for self sufficiency and success.

The expanding transit capacities underway will be at crush levels in no time with oriented master plans where everyone is forced to commute.
 
maestro said:
The transit connections justifies higher densities but this is well beyond reason. We've become so accustomed to 50 storey towers everywhere. That doesn't make it an ideal affordable alternative or one that offers a high quality of life. It makes sense in a downtown with all the available amenities. It doesn't make sense here. You are totally disrupting a stable neighbourhood ecosystem introducing all these units with development that adds 350 square metres of commercial space with 75,000 square metres residential. It's possible I missed space for a school among the half dozen proposal. A suburban subdivision with fewer units will have space for a school. This is just land owners cashing in on the proximity to a transit hub and the housing market without really providing the tools for self sufficiency and success.

The expanding transit capacities underway will be at crush levels in no time with oriented master plans where everyone is forced to commute.
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There is currently no firm proposal for a new school among any of the sites in the Main-Dawes block.

Existing schools nearby are at, or over capacity, notably Secord ES with a 18-room portapack already grafted on to the building.

There is a new school contemplated at the 411 Victoria Park site (Gerrard Prairie); what we have yet to see, and may not see for awhile yet..........Riocan's Shoppers World will also be in play at some point.

But it's not at the top of Riocan's list (it is on it)....so it may be a couple of years behind what's currently public.
 
*docs are up*

Arch Plans are thin, very clear though, this is not the full footprint of the site.

Architect is RAW

Proponent is: Tri-Metro Investments Inc.,

FSI: 13.41

Unit Count: 1139

Parking Count: 360

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From the Planning Rationale Report:

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Outline of the proponent's portion of the CT lands:

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I agree with @ushahid, are Festival Condos in Vaughan becoming the new CTRL+C, CTRL+V design in the GTA similar to the legacy of Casa?

Height is 177.6M to the roof of the 55 storey tower, looks like another CTBUH defined skyscraper is on the proposal list for Toronto. At the rate that 150M+ skyscrapers are being proposed in Toronto, the city is on track to eventually overtake NYC for number of skyscrapers within the next 25-35 years. That said, due to the sprawl of where these skyscrapers are located it'll be a much longer period before the density aligns with that of NYC.
 
NorthshoreCity said:
I agree with @ushahid, are Festival Condos in Vaughan becoming the new CTRL+C, CTRL+V design in the GTA similar to the legacy of Casa?

Height is 177.6M to the roof of the 55 storey tower, looks like another CTBUH defined skyscraper is on the proposal list for Toronto. At the rate that 150M+ skyscrapers are being proposed in Toronto, the city is on track to eventually overtake NYC for number of skyscrapers within the next 25-35 years. That said, due to the sprawl of where these skyscrapers are located it'll be a much longer period before the density aligns with that of NYC.
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On the other hand it may make Toronto feel bigger than New York, because every time you think you're leaving the city you run into more clusters of massive buildings.

Downtown, Yorkville, Midtown, North York, Vaughn CC, East Harbour, Garrison Point, HBS, Eglinton Terrace, MCC, Sherway Gardens, and so on. So many clusters of very tall buildings in the pipeline. Even if the density doesnt match, as far as the eye can see there will be mini skylines and towers dotting the horizon.
 
Hmmm -- in the site plan, the historic mill at the bottom of Dawes Rd is labelled simply "existing 3 storey building"
Personally, I'll be happy to see the demolition of one of the absolute _worst_ CrapTire stores in existence.
But will "Future Guest Ave Extension" threaten the historic Dawes building?
 
To no one's surprise, this one is the subject of an Appeals Report with staff seeking to oppose it at OLT, going to the next meeting of TEYCC.

The City is right here, this proposal in its current form is goofy; and this property should not be considered in isolation from the adjacent parcels.


From the above:

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And lots more.
 
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