Toronto The Capitol | 60.35m | 15s | Madison Group | Turner Fleischer

[UrbanAffair]

I could have sworn the Capital was listed as a heritage structure recently. If something is built here, I hope it is midrise at most.

 

[A Torontonian Now]

This has been in the works for a while. I visited there back in 2015 while looking at potential wedding venues. We were told it was under new management as the building had been recently purchased for development, and keeping the event space operation going was only a temporary measure.

 

[innsertnamehere]

All properties involved:

10 CASTLEFIELD AVE
20 CASTLEFIELD AVE
565 DUPLEX AVE
567 DUPLEX AVE
2490-2504 YONGE ST
2500 YONGE ST

http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentAp...4404109&isCofASearch=false&isTlabSearch=false

pretty large site:

 

[Northern Light]

Looking at this site, we now understand the Green P parking lot to be involved.

A curiosity about this is that the Midtown in Focus planning report I posted recently mused about this site as possible green space and/or affordable housing.

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-117721.pdf

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-117724.pdf

This also means the City of Toronto is involved via Green P, if only as a seller.

I see @Urban-Affair started a thread on this site a while back.

https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/12-castlefield-madison-properties.21434/

A review of the 2018 budget notes turns up that CP39 (this parking lot) has a line item for redevelopment, but I don't see any detail.

 

[UrbanAffair]

The back will most def be townhomes, and I expect lots of setbacks like that development down at Soudan and Duplex.

 

[someMidTowner]

The back will most def be townhomes, and I expect lots of setbacks like that development down at Soudan and Duplex.

I'd assume a Montgomery Square type development with a tower set behind the theatre facade, and townhomes fronting Duplex.

 

[UrbanAffair]

I think that would be a very large fight for something with a massing as large as Montgomery. I think it will have to be closer to 10-15 storeys. Guess we will see what happens...

 

[someMidTowner]

I think that would be a very large fight for something with a massing as large as Montgomery. I think it will have to be closer to 10-15 storeys. Guess we will see what happens...

I should have been clearer. Not expecting Monty Square height here at all. Just a similar arrangement of facade/tower/towns

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

 

[UrbanAffair]

Yikes....

 

[Automation Gallery]

2500 YONGE ST
Ward 16 - North York District

Proposed Use Mixed Use # of Storeys 21 # of Units ---
Applications:
Type Number Date Submitted Status
OPA & Rezoning 18 186858 NNY 16 OZ Jun 29, 2018 Under Review
► Supporting Documentation

 

[AlbertC]

Turner Fleischer. Calling this a mess would be an understatement.

 

[raptor]

Turner Fleischer. Calling this a mess would be an understatement.

Plain Box: "bland, typical Toronto"
Out of the ordinary design: "hot mess"

come on, people are impossible to please

 

[interchange42]

Thanks for your part in reducing the optional responses to two.

Something that is not a "plain box" is not automatically worthwhile architecture, the same way that something that is a plain box is not automatically bad. Please, let's have more nuanced discussion here.

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[bilked]

Can we tread a bit more lightly on that heritage facade?