U of T: Spadina and Sussex Mixed Use Residence | 76m | 23s | U of T | Diamond Schmitt

[M5A]

UofT just purchased this building, .24 acres

 

[UrbanFervour]

So strange. i was walking past this building 2 days ago and thinking that building looked ripe for replacement.

 

[greenleaf]

U of T Residence (at Spadina & Sussex, 22s, Daniels)

I haven't heard anything about this, but info is buried in this article about the Silver Dollar private student residence.

Here: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/01/15/toronto_rejects_proposal_to_tear_down_hotel_waverly_and_silver_dollar_room_for_student_housing.html

"The community is now dealing with another proposal for a highrise residence at the corner of Spadina Ave. and Sussex St., just west of U of T’s campus.
The university wants to partner with Daniels Corp., which owns an adjacent parcel of land, and build a 22-storey U of T residence that will have 600 to 650 beds, a number the university says will make the project financially viable."

 

[greenleaf]

This TEYCC agenda item to review the buildings for heritage designation is possibly related, as well as this previous thread for 704 Spadina.

 

[urbandreamer]

Googling found http://thevarsity.ca/2014/02/06/two-new-residence-buildings-in-the-works/

http://www.ward20.ca/events_article.php?article=1429

At the meeting on July 10th representatives from the Daniels Corporation will present concept designs for the mixed-use residence site and for the Roberts Street field site.

Did anyone attend?

 

[interchange42]

Good find. Threads merged.

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[greenleaf]

Nice find on that Varsity article, UD.

This was interesting, and relevant for a new thread: "According to Mabury, the plan for the second project is still in the preliminary stages. The university hopes to build on Harbord between Spadina and Huron. The residence would be east of the Grad House and west of the Wolfond Center. The building would be serviced by the Grad Center, and U of T hopes to have a retail section on the first floor. The tentative plans are for the building to be eight floors, and act as an expansion to the Graduate House for an additional 200 graduate students."

I looked through agendas and minutes for the Business Board and the Planning & Budget Committee Mtgs for Governing Council for 2014, but did not find anything on either of these projects though.

 

[greenleaf]

Diamond & Schmitt Architects [see p27]: http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=10994

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

Community Consultation meeting tomorrow night

https://twitter.com/joe_cressy/status/687401962330058754

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

UT Article - http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/01/u-t-residence-proposed-corner-spadina-and-sussex

If they use cladding like the type used at One Park Place or the Regent Park arts hub that would look decent.

AoD

 

[wolfewood]

Just read the new story written on this. Surely there must be some way the building can be shifted to save the historic structures. They're real survivors on that stretch of Spadina, it would be unfortunate to see them go now.

 

[interchange42]

We have a front page story up here talking about the plans for this building, and of course a dataBase file is now linked at the top of the page.

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[greenleaf]

Just read the new story written on this. Surely there must be some way the building can be shifted to save the historic structures. They're real survivors on that stretch of Spadina, it would be unfortunate to see them go now.

There was adoption for assessment of the buildings for heritage status at TEYCC...then nothing. Interestingly enough 666 Spadina just south of here is a listed heritage property (2004).

 

[ProjectEnd]

Grand, a collection of all the tired, 2000s architectural cliches in one building. And why the hell does the brick stop arbitrarily halfway up the podium?

 

[Automation Gallery]

Looks good,