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In the 10+ years since the inception of Concord Adex’s second Toronto neighbourhood—known as Concord Park Place—much has been accomplished by way of construction and new development. The North York neighbourhood, located just steps from the Bessarion subway station on Line 4, is now characterized by over a half dozen high-rises at the east end of the site. Work is now progressing on the next four tower, the Seasons and Saisons buildings which will line McMahon Drive beside the 401 to the west end of the site, and attention is now turning to the next phase, dubbed King's Landing.
A Site Plan Application was submitted to the City in May, 2019. As of right, Concord Adex can build towers of 25, 28, and 15 storeys, but Concord Adex's May submission indicates that it plans to submit a Minor Variance application to increase the height of Towers A, B, and C by 2, 3, and 4 storeys respectively, to 27, 31, and 19 storeys total, along with related variances pertaining to the gross floor area and number of units. As of publication, the Minor Variance Application has not been posted to Toronto Planning's webpage.
The plan by DIALOG calls for the three buildings to be anchored by a 6 storey podium in an L shape formation. Tower A to the east is set to rise to 27 storeys and a height of 94.77 metres. Tower B, in the southwest corner would rise to 31 storeys and a height of 107.83 metres. Tower C to the north would rise to 19 storeys and top out at 71.05 metres.
The project is set to offer 990 suites in a combination of 97 bachelors, 388 one-bedrooms, 355 two-bedrooms, and 150 three or more bedroom units. The proposed development fronts onto both Esther Shiner Boulevard along its south side, and a new street along its west side named Billes Heights in honour of the family that founded Canadian Tire. (Concord Park Place is built on lands that were previously the home of vast Canadian Tire warehouses which have since relocated to Brampton. A Canadian Tire store remains on the site just east of the King's Landing development.)
The soon to be completed Woodsy Park is across the street from King's Landing. It will offer residents looking for outdoor recreation plenty of space, while the podium roof will also feature landscaped outdoor terraces. A new public community centre is also under construction on the part of the site closest to Bessarion subway station, and should open in 2020.
King's Landing will have a total gross floor area of 81,320 m² with 79,325 m² of that dedicated to residential area. Most of the remaining 1,995 m² is for ground level retail. With the construction of a 5 storey parking lot below the development a total of 1,059 parking spaces will be available (870 residential, 139 visitor, 50 retail). 744 bicycle parking spaces are also to be constructed (595 long term, 149 short term) and will be located on the P1 level to better serve residents.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier version of this story listed the wrong number of storeys for the Minor Variance application.
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