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[Northern Light]

While we await another fine photo montage from @StealthyArrow ; a couple of updates from the agenda for next week's York U Board of Governors meeting.

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Also, on bringing student housing to this campus:

@interchange42 may wish to make note of the above in respect of whether this needs its own thread yet.

 

[StealthyArrow]

I have to say, this building is quite stunning and nice in person. October 24

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Goldfinger! He's the man, the man with a Midas touch...

 

[Edward Skira]

 

[3Dementia]

Those gold aluminum panels are beautiful.

I have been in touch with the supplier and am still planning to replace all the ugly back-painted spandrel of "Social" with these swaths of gold.

My covert op is still accepting volunteers, installers, donations of night vision glasses and cash.

 

[swampymudkip]

01/07/2023

 

[Tristen]

2023/01/26

 

[swampymudkip]

3/12/2023

 

[swampymudkip]

05/08/2023

@interchange42 , crane has been removed.

 

[swampymudkip]

06/17/2023

 

[egotrippin]

Snapped a quick shot of the smokey haze yesterday that inadvertently became a shot of the new York U Markham Campus. Eerie.

 

[egotrippin]

Lousy 10x digital zoom shot, but much better atmospheric conditions this time. That cladding really pops in the late afternoon sun.

 

[rdaner]

Looks like this may be ready for January 2024. Markham Centre is close to becoming a complete community!

 

[DTMarkhamResident]

Noticed that there's a new parking lot being built on the west side of the go train tracks. Is this York University parking?

It's a pretty far walk along Enterprise if it doesn't have any pedestrian bridge over the tracks to Union City North area.

I wouldn't want to walk that in the dead of winter.

 

[StealthyArrow]

Noticed that there's a new parking lot being built on the west side of the go train tracks. Is this York University parking?

It's a pretty far walk along Enterprise if it doesn't have any pedestrian bridge over the tracks to Union City North area.

I wouldn't want to walk that in the dead of winter.

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You seem to be correct, according to a Minor Variance Application submitted to the City of Markham. Here is the link for further documents, including a site plan. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/87a7bce386d54a86b66fcad46bac13bd#ID=1507810

Property Description The 30.5 hectare (75.37 acre) subject property is located on the north side of Enterprise Boulevard, east of Andre de Grasse Street, and is generally located west of Kennedy Road. The Minor Variance, and focus of this report is the 4.3 hectare (9.98 acre) south-east portion of the property (the “Subject Lands”), located on the north-east corner of Enterprise Boulevard and the Metrolinx Stouffville GO line train tracks (refer to Appendix “A” – Aerial Photo). There is currently a gravel parking lot located on the Subject Lands, with vacant lands to the north and west, the Unionville GO Station to the south, and the future York University Campus further to the east.

Proposal The Applicant is proposing to construct a temporary commercial parking lot with paid parking spaces on the south-east corner of the Subject Lands for future patrons of York University (refer to Appendix “B” – Site Plan). The proposed commercial parking lot will be provided on a temporary basis until such time that the Subject Lands are redeveloped. According to the Applicant, the temporary commercial parking lot will include 907 parking spaces, including 26 accessible spaces, gate-controlled access, lighting, and pedestrian connections. Access is proposed to be full movement access via Enterprise Boulevard. The Applicant has indicated that approximately “500 of the paid parking spaces are to be used by students of the nearby York University Markham campus which is currently under construction.”