Toronto St Lawrence Market North | 25.3m | 5s | City of Toronto | Rogers Stirk Harbour

ProjectEnd is all about the architecture. The mud roads out front are insignificant as the buildings looked nice for 5 days before being covered in soot.
 
Application: New Building Status: Not Started

Location: 92 FRONT ST E
TORONTO M5E 1C4

Ward 28: Toronto Centre-Rosedale

Application#: 14 265709 BLD 00 NB Accepted Date: Dec 18, 2014

Project: Multiple Use/Non Residential New Building

Description: Proposal to construct a 5 storey mixed use building (St Lawrence Market North) with 4 levels of below grade parking, ground floor market & retail, 2nd floor office (servicing courts above), restaurant, and comunity space & gallery, 3rd floor office (servicing courts above), 4th floor courts & office, and 5th floor courts. NOTE: Building will be linked to north building (St Lawrence Hall) at 2nd floor for convenience and a service trench on P1.
 
From The Star, at this link:

[h=1]Cart vendors face evictions from St. Lawrence Market[/h] [h=2]Forty businesses must leave as the city suspends its market cart program to make room for farmers when redevelopment begins in April.[/h]

The parking lot? Could the vendors "rent" a parking stall for the day? Tacking the "parking receipt" on their cart?
 
February 10th:

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http://www1.toronto.ca/City Of Toro...pdf/C/C of A TEY Agenda March 25, 2015 PM.pdf
2. 92 FRONT ST E
File Number: A1166/14TEY Zoning CR (c3.0; r4.0) SSI (x2256) PA 1 &
CR T4.0 C3.0 R4.0 (Waiver)
Ward: Toronto Centre-Rosedale (28)
Property Address: 92 FRONT ST E Community: Toronto
Legal Description: ST LAWRENCE MKT BLK - LT1, PT LT2, PT MARKET ST CL PL 151E LTS 1 TO 4
RP 63R2332 PTS 7 & 8 << STRUCTURE ADDRESS FOR 151 KING ST E
PURPOSE OF THE APPLICATION:
To construct the new St. Lawrence Market North building. The building will be five-storeys tall.
REQUESTED VARIANCE(S) TO THE ZONING BY-LAW:

1. Chapter 200.5.1.10.(12)(C), By-law 569-2013
If an apartment building, mixed-use building or a building with non-residential uses has an area for
parking two or more vehicles, the vehicle entrance or exit to the building must be at least 6.0 m from the
lot line abutting the street.
The vehicle entrance for the new building will be 3.5 m from the abutting street, Jarvis Street.

2. Chapter 40.5.40.10.(1)(A), By-law 569-2013
The maximum height of a building or structure on a lot subject to Development Standard Set 1 (SS1) is
23.0 m.
The new five-storey building will have a height of 23.78 m.

3. Chapter 40.10.40.70.(1)(B), By-law 569-2013
In the CR zone subject to Development Standard Set 1 (SS1), a building or structure, where the main
wall of a building has windows or openings, the main wall must be set back at least 5.5 m from a lot line
that is not adjacent to a street or lane.
The west main wall will be setback 2.76 m from the west side lot line.

1. Section 4(2), By-law 438-86
The maximum permitted building height is 23.0 m.
The new five-storey building will have a height of 23.78 m.

2. Section 4(8)(B), By-law 438-86
The minimum number of loading space required is two loading spaces-Type B and two loading spaces TypeC.
There will be one loading space-Type B and one loading spaces-Type C.

3. Section 12(2) 260(II), By-law 438-86
No building is permitted to penetrate the 44 degree angular plane projected over the lot from an
elevation of 16.0 m over the street line.
The new five-storey building will penetrate the angular plane.

4. Section 4(1), By-law 438-86
A parking space shall have a minimum length 5.6 m.
The below grade parking spaces will have a length of 5.2 m.
 
"Antiques at the Market" (the store on the SW end of the building) is closed as of yesterday.

Construction pics from today. Lots of activity.


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April 13th:

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If they refit this steel structure with glass on completion of the new market, the new park could be a greenhouse instead. Imagine the urban farming potentials! Instead, this building will be replaced by a fascinating mixture of grass, euonymus, and yew...zzz.....
 
ETFE. That said, the frame looks pretty ugly, and the site being enclosed on all sides might be better for something nice and cozy.

AoD
 

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