1Ć0
Active Member
Marlin Spring picked this up for $10m in June 2024. I don't believe there's a record for it at the moment
Toronto 5280 Dundas Street West | 167.9m | 49s | Marlin Spring | Jahan Mehr
- Thread starter 1Ć0
- Start date
Northern Light
Superstar
I don't know about a record..........but there is an article that mentions it this week in Renx:
Marlin Spring buys Toronto dev. site; Spring Living adds 7 retirement homes
Two subsidiaries of Toronto’s Baz Group of Companies have announced significant acquisitions: Marlin Spring has purchased a Toronto development site at 5280 Dundas St., W., and Spring Living has acquired seven retirement residences in Ottawa and Montreal.
renx.ca
But you were first w/the news!
Northern Light
Superstar
Site context (aerial):
Streetview (2020):
Site size is ~14000ft2.........just big enough for a tall building.
The article indicates ~400 units are planned.
Streetview (2020):
Site size is ~14000ft2.........just big enough for a tall building.
The article indicates ~400 units are planned.
AlbertC
Superstar
Marlin Spring Developments Acquires 5280 Dundas Site adjacent to the Kipling Transit Hub
TORONTO, July 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marlin Spring Developments is pleased to announce the strategic acquisition of key land situated at the foot of a multi-…
financialpost.com
apmYYZ
New Member
Good news for the area. That site as it is now is a complete eyesore; also, so glad to eventually no longer see a flag vendor in the parking lot.
fanoftoronto
Active Member
Marlin Spring Developments Acquires 5280 Dundas Site adjacent to the Kipling Transit Hub
TORONTO, July 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marlin Spring Developments is pleased to announce the strategic acquisition of key land situated at the foot of a multi-…
View attachment 582844View attachment 582845
Anything is better than what's currently there but that is an amazingly low bar as it is evident in the above massing!
Street level looks decent but the tower portion really needs to be redone.
Amare
Senior Member
I'm not so sure about that, just you wait until Marlin Spring brings their eyesore to the table.
junctionist
Senior Member
Says the person with two flags in their profile photo ;-) Flag vendors are the kind of informal street retail that Toronto has too little of.
AlbertC
Superstar
Flag vendors often also carry knock off soccer jerseys whenever major tournaments come around, and sometimes even fireworks for certain stat holidays!
Towered
Superstar
Seriously. How can someone have a problem with flags of all things?
ProjectEnd
Superstar
Seriously. How can someone have a problem with flags of all things?
apmYYZ
New Member
Having tacky and ugly flags and blankets scattered along the front of a parking lot along a major street trying to sell crap out of a storage container, making the neighbourhood look cheap is not the same as having a pride flag in a profile picture.
Last edited:
Northern Light
Superstar
This one is in to the AIC.
@Paclo
Key info:
Height: 49s
Architect: JAHAN MEHR
www.toronto.ca
Site Plan:
Ground Floor Plan:
Parking Ratio - resident spaces - 0.07
Elevator Ratio: 4 elevators to 541 units or 1 elevator per 135.25 units.
Comments: Height ask is aggressive, but there are two 50s projects nearby, so its not out of the question. The Acorn (Side street) frontage is unacceptable - narrow sidewalk, no trees, built to lot line. will need to be tucked in at least 1.5M
Current Floor Plate up to 27th floor is 782m2, with 766 above that. This is not unto itself unreasonable, its merely that they cannot properly construct the adjoining ROWs when stretching things to the lot line. The trim needed to make this work wil drop them to ~720m2 and to retain the higher level setback, ~704m2 above that.
Should still be viable.....but the pencils may require sharpening.
* I note the article linked above suggested the site would be 400 units........and what we have here is 541. Growth of 35% in 4 months.
@Paclo
Key info:
Height: 49s
Architect: JAHAN MEHR
Application Details
www.toronto.ca
Site Plan:
Ground Floor Plan:
Parking Ratio - resident spaces - 0.07
Elevator Ratio: 4 elevators to 541 units or 1 elevator per 135.25 units.
Comments: Height ask is aggressive, but there are two 50s projects nearby, so its not out of the question. The Acorn (Side street) frontage is unacceptable - narrow sidewalk, no trees, built to lot line. will need to be tucked in at least 1.5M
Current Floor Plate up to 27th floor is 782m2, with 766 above that. This is not unto itself unreasonable, its merely that they cannot properly construct the adjoining ROWs when stretching things to the lot line. The trim needed to make this work wil drop them to ~720m2 and to retain the higher level setback, ~704m2 above that.
Should still be viable.....but the pencils may require sharpening.
* I note the article linked above suggested the site would be 400 units........and what we have here is 541. Growth of 35% in 4 months.
toaster29
Active Member
39 parking spots for for 541 units is low. The GO station here is not all day service, it's very limited rush hour line. And the subway station is a terminal station - meaning the diameter of services available to access via said subway is half that of a regular Subway station (and 1/4 of an intersecting lines stations). Are people really living here without a car?
rdaner
Senior Member
They will be if they move here! lol 
I imagine that those who choose to habituate a place with no parking have figured it out. Plus there is the option of walking which everyone seems to ignore and which is increasingly viable as basically every service is available in the area now.
I imagine that those who choose to habituate a place with no parking have figured it out. Plus there is the option of walking which everyone seems to ignore and which is increasingly viable as basically every service is available in the area now.