In early April UrbanToronto toured Legacy, the 25-storey first tower at the Monarch Group's Heron's Hill project. As always when we get up high above the city, we took the opportunity to take pictures of some of the views from the building.

The southwest view takes in the employment areas around Yorkland Road in the lower foreground, with Toronto's downtown skyline appearing on the horizon above the 401/404/Don Valley Parkway interchange. Most of the complexes in the area are currently surrounded by surface parking lots, land which could see significant reinvestment if rapid transit is expanded east of Don Mills subway station.

image by Craig White

Zeroing in on distant downtown.

image by Craig White

Looking east, with more of the employment area in the foreground. A 2010 OMB decision cleared the way for the property to the north of the blue Atria buildings to be developed as a multi-tower condominium developed. Tridel and Dorsay's plan for the site is wending its way through the planning approval process now. Coming redevelopment of this area will make for a much more interesting views in coming years.

image by Craig White

Zeroing in on the Scarborough Town Centre area.

image by Craig White

Here's the full site plan for the Heron's Hill development.

As per the site plan above, on Legacy's west side, construction is now underway on 38-storey Ultra, the tallest component of the Heron's Hill site. Fairview Mall features in the image beyond the 404.

image by Craig White

Designed by Graziani + Corazza Architects, Ultra will look like this:

What's your take in the redevelopment of this area? Leave a comment here, or click the link below to go to UrbanToronto's thread for Legacy and Ultra.

This article was originally published in forum thread: Legacy, Ultra, Yorkland @ Heron's Hill (Sheppard & 404, Monarch, 38 + 25 + 30s, G+C)