Toronto 45 The Esplanade | 130.85m | 39s | Republic | Arcadis

This was discussed at Council last week. The Confidential Attachment is now public https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-236168.pdf

The terms of this without prejudice settlement offer are as follows:

1. The settlement offer is based on the Revised Plans, which would be implemented through the resulting zoning by-law amendment(s).

2. The Revised Plans implement the following matters:
a. A single 39 storey tower built upon a podium with an overall height of 124.9 metres to the top of the roof excluding the mechanical penthouse.
b. The podium has been redesigned to be 7 storeys with ground floor retail uses, hotel uses, and residential uses above, with stepbacks as shown on the Revised Plans.
c. The Revised Plans provide for 141 hotel units and 726 residential units in total, of which 72 are 3 bedroom units and 116 are 2 bedroom units.
d. Total amenity space of 1,948 square metres is provided with 1,222 being indoor amenity space.
e. There is a proposed privately-owned publicly accessible open space of 231.2 square metres located at the east of the proposed building within the site which our client is committed to working with City staff to secure through use and performance standards in the zoning by-law amendment.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 27, 2023) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated April 25, 2023 set out in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (April 27, 2023) from the City Solicitor, and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement.

2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order until the City Solicitor has advised that:

a. the form and content of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

b. a revised traffic impact study has been submitted to the satisfaction of the General Manger, Transportation Services;

c. a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report has been submitted to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and

d. the Owner of the development lands has financially and legally secured any improvements to the municipal infrastructure in connection with the Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, should it be determined by the report that improvements to such infrastructure are required to support the development, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision.
 
This was discussed at Council last week. The Confidential Attachment is now public https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-236168.pdf

The terms of this without prejudice settlement offer are as follows:

1. The settlement offer is based on the Revised Plans, which would be implemented through the resulting zoning by-law amendment(s).

2. The Revised Plans implement the following matters:
a. A single 39 storey tower built upon a podium with an overall height of 124.9 metres to the top of the roof excluding the mechanical penthouse.
b. The podium has been redesigned to be 7 storeys with ground floor retail uses, hotel uses, and residential uses above, with stepbacks as shown on the Revised Plans.
c. The Revised Plans provide for 141 hotel units and 726 residential units in total, of which 72 are 3 bedroom units and 116 are 2 bedroom units.
d. Total amenity space of 1,948 square metres is provided with 1,222 being indoor amenity space.
e. There is a proposed privately-owned publicly accessible open space of 231.2 square metres located at the east of the proposed building within the site which our client is committed to working with City staff to secure through use and performance standards in the zoning by-law amendment.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 27, 2023) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated April 25, 2023 set out in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (April 27, 2023) from the City Solicitor, and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement.

2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order until the City Solicitor has advised that:

a. the form and content of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

b. a revised traffic impact study has been submitted to the satisfaction of the General Manger, Transportation Services;

c. a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report has been submitted to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and

d. the Owner of the development lands has financially and legally secured any improvements to the municipal infrastructure in connection with the Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, should it be determined by the report that improvements to such infrastructure are required to support the development, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision.

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* Also, a modest correction for @DSC ; there was no Council meeting last week; this was discussed at the Council Meeting of May 10-12
 
I'd like to punch a hole in that siamese glazing joining the two (assuming it's not the elevators). ;)
I guess that's the compromise of turning their design into a single tower for good or bad.

...I can at least say it isn't as bad that I had thought this was going to be.

Edit/PS: I could see that being reserved for one big atrium though. That would be fantastic.
 
Front page story.

They are still renovating the hotel rooms. I guess they only opened up the top few floors.
Our tax payer dollars still at work.

Still no mention of how they plan to address 25 The Esplanade’s parking allocation. I’m guessing they will need a P4 level for additional parking since they didn’t reduce the count for 45 The Esplanade in the SPA.
 
Are there any details here about how this proposal might affect the use of the parking garage rooftop as patio space by 25 Esplanade?
 
They should really incorporate the existing building into the development, even if it's just the facade. What's proposed is definitely a downgrade from a design standpoint and will be regretted by future generations. The public realm will take a hit, too, as we'll be losing the sheltered sidewalk of the current building with its elegant colonnade.
 
They should really incorporate the existing building into the development, even if it's just the facade. What's proposed is definitely a downgrade from a design standpoint and will be regretted by future generations. The public realm will take a hit, too, as we'll be losing the sheltered sidewalk of the current building with its elegant colonnade.

I’m not a fan of this proposal but you have to be joking about keeping the existing facade in situ.
 
I’m not a fan of this proposal but you have to be joking about keeping the existing facade in situ.

Why? It's a beautiful historicist facade. I'm tired of generation after generation tearing down great buildings just because they're not old enough to be designated. It makes many parts of our downtown look generic and forgettable.

This area is on the edge of the city's old town, and the existing building does a far better job of acknowledging that than its proposed replacement. The new tower would obviously have to be designed to harmonize with the existing facade if it's preserved. But this sort of thing has been done many times in the city (just not with a facade this recent).
 

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