someMidTowner
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Fixed. Old system was in ft, new system in metres. Some of the conversions got screwed up.That seems an astute observation.
It does seem unlikely from the renders that a 37ft ceiling height is intended on each floor!
West Don Lands: Block 3, 4 & 7 | 50.32m | 13s | Dream | COBE Architects
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Yegger
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This project feels decidedly Scandinavian with the overall design approach; renderings even embrace the cold, winter climate. The West Don Lands are shaping up great and i'm excited to check it out when all is said and done.
AlexBozikovic
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This could be the best Toronto building of the next five years.
bgobgo
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Here is a reminder of the locations of blocks 3,4 and 7 as well as an article written one year ago today about this project here on UrbanToronto. https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2019/10/west-don-lands-development-include-30-affordable-rentals
WislaHD
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It's kinda funny that it initially received quite a bit of criticism from the DRP some time ago.
adHominem
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I'm looking forward to this one, both on its own merits, and also to fill in those parking lots with some urbanity. The Canary District has a few issues, but one of them is how it feels so disconnected from the rest of the city; approaching from the west, as you leave the Distillery, you just see a desert of parking and vacant lots. This development (and the first nations resource centre across the street, and the development at Mill & Cherry) will really help knit points east into the fabric of the city.
Towered
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Can't wait to see those asphalt deserts filled in. It's a wasteland right now.
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The Province has just issued Ministerial Zoning Orders for these blocks!
https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90p13
Once you open this document, click on the tab titled Regulations. It will bring you to the page where the zoning orders are listed.
O. Reg 596/20 applies to Blocks 3, 4 & 7
O. Reg 595/20 applies to Blocks 17 and 26
O. Reg 594/20 applies to Block 20.
https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90p13
Once you open this document, click on the tab titled Regulations. It will bring you to the page where the zoning orders are listed.
O. Reg 596/20 applies to Blocks 3, 4 & 7
O. Reg 595/20 applies to Blocks 17 and 26
O. Reg 594/20 applies to Block 20.
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rbt
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This would completely eliminate challenges to municipal zoning at the OMB. What developers buy is what they get (unless the province changes its mind).
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Someone probably made a generous (and totally unrelated) contribution to someone or some thing!
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shotgun2020
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Ford is speaking about it right now
shotgun2020
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A thousand affordable housing units
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There is a separate thread on these blocks.
West Don Lands: Blocks 17+26 (Dominion Foundry Complex, ?, ?s, ?)
https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/200595 The province passed the above ministerial zoning order for Blocks 17 and 26, with permission for buildings up to 141m tall. The lot is the Dominion Foundry Complex, which I think has some heritage protection. To my knowledge there is no...