Toronto 5509 Dundas West | 72.16m | 22s | Contessa | Turner Fleischer

[Tim MacDonald]

Is the church being torn down or is there a sliver of vacant land just to the west of it?

 

[interchange42]

The church is the location of the meeting, not the proposed building; it's blocks away.

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[Tim MacDonald]

That makes more sense now.

 

[AlbertC]

5507-5509 Dundas Street West - BNKC Architecture + Urban Design

www.bncarchitects.ca

 

[someMidTowner]

5507-5509 Dundas Street West - BNKC Architecture + Urban Design

www.bncarchitects.ca

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So strange to see a glossy rendering of a 12-storey building flanked by car dealerships

 

[innsertnamehere]

So strange to see a glossy rendering of a 12-storey building flanked by car dealerships

At least it's accurate for once? Better than putting it in the middle of a forest like what a lot of them tend to do..

 

[Marcanadian]

This has been revised to 21 storeys and 260 units:

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[AlbertC]

Not exactly feeling it though, looks like a circa 1980's built Niagara Falls hotel. And if that's the side facing Dundas, then what's with the blank wall?

 

[interchange42]

It does have a retro International Style look to it now. I'm not opposed to the blank wall as it's not the entire wall, only half of it. If it's clad well enough, that's better than a pile of spandrel panel, and a better way to achieve the maximum glazing ratio the City requires.

The height certainly makes more sense on this site than did the 12-storey application.

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[Towered]

Did they acquire the corner lot? I noticed that the car dealership vacated some time ago and the building has been sitting empty since.

 

[interchange42]

Did they acquire the corner lot? I noticed that the car dealership vacated some time ago and the building has been sitting empty since.

No, they have not.

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[innsertnamehere]

No, they have not.

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The latest application includes it..

 

[salsa]

I'm not opposed to the blank wall as it's not the entire wall, only half of it. If it's clad well enough, that's better than a pile of spandrel panel, and a better way to achieve the maximum glazing ratio the City requires.

The blank wall could make a great canvass for another large-scale art project.

LINK

 

[interchange42]

The latest application includes it..

Huh. They haven't included both addresses under the View All Properties link! I would have dug more deeply…

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[FormerTorontonianBackInTO]

Why not both?

Kipling to Shorncliffe = 950m
Shorncliffe to East Mall = 760m

If following the rail corridor. Perfectly fine stop spacing. Besides, a station at East Mall is too far away from Dundas and Shorncliffe intersection to be useful there. That would be a 1.11km walk.

My understanding is that there is a plan to run a BRT line from Kipling Station west to Burlington. Though a future subway extension would likely still stop by east mall on its way to Sherway, the BRT would probably negate the need for a Shorncliffe subway station