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Kingston Road is a major thoroughfare in Toronto’s east end and an inter-city route connecting to the wider GTA. KAD Development Group seeks to bring a mixed-use development with over 300 new residential units and a dynamic arts-focused ground-floor space for residents and the local community to this 'Scarborough Village' stretch of Kingston Road just west of Markham Road. KAD recently submitted an application to redevelop the site with a mid-rise and townhouses.
The site is located on the south side of Kingston Road, about half way between McCowan and Markham roads. It’s currently home to a strip mall, an auto body shop, and a vacant one-storey detached house on Annis Road. The existing buildings are proposed to be demolished.
The greater context is a suburban and generally auto-oriented one, albeit rapidly urbanizing. Significant development activity in recent years along the Kingston Road corridor has brought mid-rise mixed-use and residential buildings, as well as townhouses, replacing low-rise structures like gas stations and strip plazas, and surface parking lots. To the north and south of Kingston Road are residential neighbourhoods, with varying densities of post-war housing, and parkland descending to the waterfront area near the Scarborough Bluffs.
Designed by Core Architects, the proposed development consists of two distinct elements: an 11-storey mixed-use building fronting Kingston Road along with a 3-storey townhouse component along the Annis Road property.
The mid-rise features a mix of residential and non-residential uses on the ground floor and residential above. Parking is accommodated on one underground level and above-grade on levels 1 through 4, screened from view by dwelling units built along the perimeter. As part of the proposed development, at street level there will be flexible work and studio space for local artists and musicians, providing activating uses interfacing with the public realm along Kingston Road.
The lower floors' form follows the lot’s unconventional shape. A total of 1,095 m² of contiguous interior and exterior amenity space is proposed on the 5th floor, separated from the remainder of the building face with a green roof/landscape buffer. At this level the building steps back considerably, accommodating the exterior amenity space and a landscape buffer, then takes on a more conventional mid-rise form between levels 5 and 11.
A row of 18 townhouses is located at the east end of the site, with the majority of the units oriented along a pedestrian walkway perpendicular to Annis Road.
In total, 309 residential units are proposed, inclusive of the townhouses. The mix includes: 171 one-bedrooms, 78 two-bedrooms, and 60 three-bedroom suites. The total site density is 3.09 FSI.
The site is served by TTC buses, while Eglinton GO Station is located approximately 1,000 metres away.
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| Related Companies: | Core Architects, LEA Consulting, WND Associates Ltd |
