Toronto Kingsway by the River | 78.17m | 21s | Urban Capital | Wallman Architects

[interchange42]

The 4.75 acre site of the Rona store at 4208 Dundas St W (a bit east of Royal York) will be redeveloped by Northam Properties and UrbanCapital. They'll be going for a mixed-use project to include retail space under a mid-rise residential building on Dundas, town houses, and a 21-storey condo tower facing the Humber Valley.

 

[JoeParez]

The 4.75 acre site of the Rona store at 4208 Dundas St W (a bit east of Royal York) will be redeveloped by Northam Properties and UrbanCapital. They'll be going for a mixed-use project to include retail space under a mid-rise residential building on Dundas, town houses, and a 21-storey condo tower facing the Humber Valley.

The Lambton store that used to be a Lansing?
It closed?

What a shame.
I worked in that store for a little while when it made its conversion to Rona from Lansing.
It had such a neat layout because of the location.

 

[interchange42]

That's the place, but the Rona has not closed yet. It will be open for a while to come…

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[RiverCity1]

There are quite a few new proposals going on in the area, with this and Humbertown redevelopment. I think Epicurean is fairly close by, too. It's a moneyed neighbourhood, so I can see the market catering to future downsizers wanting to live in a condo rather than their house and have something easier to maintain.

 

[junctionist]

It's great to see these suburban stores and plazas get redeveloped with urban development. Dundas between Royal York and the Humber River could one day have an attractive urban streetscape.

 

[interchange42]

This project has morphed somewhat.

Fronting Dundas now will be an 8 storey building with the lower 2 levels being retail (about 35,000 sq ft) and the upper levels being a seniors residence. A new north-south street into the properties will allow access. Up that street will be 72 stacked townhomes in two ranks and two towers of 10 and 24 storeys linked above a podium. These condo units will overlook the Humber Valley and the railway/hydro corridor to the north.

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[muller877]

This project has morphed somewhat.

Fronting Dundas now will be an 8 storey building with the lower 2 levels being retail (about 35,000 sq ft) and the upper levels being a seniors residence. A new north-south street into the properties will allow access. Up that street will be 72 stacked townhomes in two ranks and two towers of 10 and 24 storeys linked above a podium. These condo units will overlook the Humber Valley and the railway/hydro corridor to the north.

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Just drove by. It's a great development for the area. Great that they are keeping retail along Dundas and will hopefully encourage more of the smaller lots to be built on. There is a new Rona on Islington (near Queensway) and one at Stockyards with a lumber yard. But I will miss it...love the mid-sized hardware stores.

Too bad they could not assemble a bigger track of land to make it more animated along Dundas St. Feels like the development is constrained by the parking lots that will surround it.

 

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Wallman.

Supporting documentation.

 

[WislaHD]

This seems like a location with poor transit access.

 

[Edward Skira]

Looks quite good.

 

[Towered]

Wow, a Wallman in central Etobicoke?!?! I never thought I'd see the day...

 

[Towered]

This seems like a location with poor transit access.

Sure is. The 30 Lambton bus mystifyingly has a pathetic 30 minute frequency.

 

[Amare]

Sure is. The 30 Lambton bus mystifyingly has a pathetic 30 minute frequency.

I'll second that statement. Ironically, most of the demand on the Lambton bus is between Royal York and Mabelle (just west of Islington) so it's a tricky route to fix.

 

[ProjectEnd]

It's about 20 mins to walk to Royal York Station or 5 to walk to the 73 Royal York bus.

 

[junctionist]

Wow, a Wallman in central Etobicoke?!?! I never thought I'd see the day...

It's a Wallman, but it looks like it was designed 5 years ago.