AHK
Senior Member
The Community Consultation meeting was held last night for the Plazacorp 525 Adelaide Street West and the Allied / RioCan projects. While the new 620 King Street West proposal is not as advanced as the 525 Adelaide project (Plazacorp is preparing to submit their proposal into the municipal review process) Adam Vaughn requested the Allied / RioCan present at the same meeting, so the overall impact of the two proposals could be seen together.
The major news is that at this point, the overall design approach to the 620 King Street West proposal has been maintained - Hariri Pontarini are still the architects, with David Pontarini presenting last night. The major changes are:
• The building moves a bit more to the east side of the lot (picking up the area from the narrow building at 606 King Street West (formerly the Cheval restaurant), and is a bit thicker on the east-west axis).
• The vehicular service access, which previously extended on a north to south basis through the site, to King Street, will now turn east approximately mid-block, and exit to Portland Street. The southern part of the promenade area will now be basically vehicle free
• The brick treatment of the lower or podium floors is retained
• The main building is to be split into commercial office and residential areas, on a vertical basis - the southern part of the building facing King Street will be office, while the norther part, facing Adelaide is to be residential
• Increased emphasis on the ground level retail component, reflecting the RioCan involvement
• Allied will handle the Office component, and a new participant is anticipated to handle development of the residential area.
• The building at 604 King Street West (corner of Portland) will not be built over - the exterior is to remain as is, however the interior is to be redeveloped
• And, the retail area is expected to include restaurant(s), however there will not be any nightclub type facilities.
The major news is that at this point, the overall design approach to the 620 King Street West proposal has been maintained - Hariri Pontarini are still the architects, with David Pontarini presenting last night. The major changes are:
• The building moves a bit more to the east side of the lot (picking up the area from the narrow building at 606 King Street West (formerly the Cheval restaurant), and is a bit thicker on the east-west axis).
• The vehicular service access, which previously extended on a north to south basis through the site, to King Street, will now turn east approximately mid-block, and exit to Portland Street. The southern part of the promenade area will now be basically vehicle free
• The brick treatment of the lower or podium floors is retained
• The main building is to be split into commercial office and residential areas, on a vertical basis - the southern part of the building facing King Street will be office, while the norther part, facing Adelaide is to be residential
• Increased emphasis on the ground level retail component, reflecting the RioCan involvement
• Allied will handle the Office component, and a new participant is anticipated to handle development of the residential area.
• The building at 604 King Street West (corner of Portland) will not be built over - the exterior is to remain as is, however the interior is to be redeveloped
• And, the retail area is expected to include restaurant(s), however there will not be any nightclub type facilities.
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