The redevelopment of Toronto's low-rise residential neighbourhoods is more often than not a contentious issue for people living in such areas. While developers are the ones who typically incur the wrath of adjacent homeowners once they have assembled land for a new project, a group of east end homeowners are embracing densification—and an improved sale price—by banding together to put their adjacent single-family homes on the market, creating an instant land assembly for future redevelopment.

Single-family homes included in the land assembly, image courtesy of Google Street View

The individual owners of 51 to 61 Coxwell Avenue & 2A Ashland Avenue, half a block south of Dundas Street, have joined together to bring their respective properties to the market as a single parcel, with a combined frontage of 119 feet on Coxwell and 114 feet on Ashland Avenue.

Single-family homes included in the land assembly, image courtesy of Google Street View

While the surrounding streetscape is comprised mostly of single-family homes, the site's TTC service on Coxwell, location close to the Queen streetcar, and footprint of 13,566 square feet, are factors in making this location attractive for a denser redevelopment. This stretch of Coxwell Avenue is not covered by the City of Toronto's Avenues and Mid-Rise Building Study, a plan which promotes buildings in the range of 6 to 8 storeys for our main streets.

We will return with future updates as more information about this land assembly becomes available.