Toronto Queen & Ashbridge | 60.15m | 17s | Context Development | Teeple Architects

I wish the horrid pair identical to these at Dundas and Scarlett would get a similar makeover.
 
Community Consultation Meeting on plans for Don Summerville Apartments set for March 3

The City of Toronto will hold a Community Consultation Meeting regarding redevelopment plans for the Don Summerville Apartments’ land in the Queen Street East and Coxwell Avenue area on the evening of Tuesday, March 3.The meeting will take place at S. H. Armstrong Community Centre, 56 Woodfield Rd. at 6:30 p.m.

The meeting is an open invitation for residents to learn more about the planning application for 1555-1575 Queen St. E. by asking questions and sharing comments.

The redevelopment plan will see the two Toronto Community Housing (TCHC) apartment buildings on the land at 1555 and 1575 Queen St. E., replaced with a 10-storey residential building and a 17-storey and 15-storey mixed-use building.

The development will include retail uses at-grade and 771 residential units, which has 120 rent-geared-to-income units, 100 affordable retail units, 188 market rental units and 363 market condominium units.

Tenants who live in the existing buildings will be moved to other TCHC properties during construction of the new development. They will have the right to return once it is finished.

Work on the project is anticipated to be complete by 2023.

 
Something this site made me think of is the need to take this proposal (add to it) immediately to the east.

Current TCHC and the City own more than 1/2 the block bounded by Coxwell, Queen, Eastern.

The building on the S-W corner of this block is TCHC.

While a large building in the centre of the block facing Queen is a low-rise Community/Social Services office.

The N/W corner of this block is a low-rise Community Health Centre which the area values, but which could be retained underneath any redevelopment.

The only true private-sector portion of the lot is the small, ugly, Harvey's on the N/E corner.

Depending on how high one went, and how massing was done; I think it should be possible to add 35 RGI and 35 affordable units, minimum, while adding lots of new market-rental housing.

All while managing to replace a badly aging TCHC building, deliver some public realm improvements; and ideally, shift the some/all of the parking from Woodbine Park underneath this site, allowing for an expansion of the park.

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Orange is TCHC and City holdings

Purple is the Community Health Ctr.

Blue is the Harvey's.
 
Looks like this is being marketed as Queen Ashbridge:


Queen Ashbridge is a mixed-use community featuring a 17-storey condominium, 17-storey rental residence and more than 16,000 sf of retail located at the corner of Queen Street East and Coxwell Avenue. Set between hip and trendy Leslieville and the historic Beaches, Queen Ashbridge offers lake views in an urban setting.


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New rendering view of the Queen East frontage from Teeple:


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New UT article about the latest resubmitted plans for this project, and also another rendering view:


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