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An application for Site Plan Approval—following Zoning By-law Amendment approval from the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT)—includes renderings of the 55-storey condominium planned at 10 Wellesley Street West in Downtown Toronto. Only elevations of the IBI Group-designed project for CentreCourt had been available previously.
A 2017 rezoning application tabled by Fitzrovia Capital initially sought a 64-storey residential tower for the site just west of Yonge Street. The application was promptly appealed to the LPAT after the City failed to issue a decision within the legislated time frame. The property was then purchased by CentreCourt, who submitted plans for a shorter, 55-storey development that erased shadowing on Barbara Hall Park, located one block east on Church Street.
The property stretches combines 10 through 16 Wellesley Street West, 5 and 7 St Nicholas Street, and 586 Yonge Street. The development retains the front facades of the low-rise buildings located at 10 through16 Wellesley: they would contain new retail spaces. The rehabilitated facades at 5 and 7 St Nicholas Street will house amenity spaces for the project. The entirety of 586 Yonge will be restored and continue its commercial usage.
The elevations that outlined the proposal last year showed a number of step-backs from Yonge Street following a 75-degree angular plane. The revised version continues this general expression, but replaces the hard step-backs with two smoother, canted transitions, ultimately culminating in a sloping roof. The 182.15-metre-tall tower is now visually read as two volumes, with a grid of windows defining the southernmost portion and a glazed envelope dressing the northern volume.
A total of 602 condominiums are proposed in the development, broken down as 125 studios, 260 one-bedrooms, 155 two-bedrooms, and 62 three-bedrooms. A below-grade parking structure will hold 119 vehicular spaces and 384 bicycle spaces, with an additional 218 bicycle stalls included on the second storey of the building.
Indoor and outdoor amenity spaces are provided on the second, third and fourth floors, partially using the roofs of the retained heritage facades as landscaped common areas.
The updated scheme is a result of a settlement between the City and the applicant. The LPAT approved the settlement in a January, 2020 hearing.
Additional information and images can be found in our database file for the project, linked below. Want to get involved in the discussion? Check out the associated Forum thread, or leave a comment in the field provided at the bottom of this page.
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