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At the meeting point of Scarborough's Guildwood and West Hill neighbourhoods, a proposed four-building complex is among the latest projects to be proposed as purpose-built rental housing, responding to the growing demand for rental accommodations in Toronto. An application submitted to the City in early April is seeking rezoning to permit the new complex at 4121 Kingston Road, at the entrance to Guildwood GO/VIA rail station. It would contain buildings ranging in height from 10 to 35 storeys.
Proposed by Timbertrin, a portmanteau of join developers Trinity Development Group Inc. and Timbercreek Communities, the IBI Group-designed development is proposed on lands currently occupied by a single-storey warehouse and its associated surface parking lot. The site is planned to be redeveloped into three blocks, with a pair of mid-rise buildings fronting onto Kingston Road and taller towers to the south. All would be situated just steps north of Guildwood Station.
The towers are planned with 10, 12, 25, and 35 storeys, reaching respective heights of 41.25, 47.45, 89.8, and 126.9 metres. The lower three buildings would rise from a shared six-storey podium fronting onto Kingston Road and the station access road to the west, while the tallest tower to the south would feature an independent six-storey base fronting the west access road.
The complex is planned to contain a combined gross floor area (GFA) of 88,052 m². At 84,298 m², the vast majority of the GFA is proposed as residential space, accounting for 95.7% of the complex. The remaining 3,753 m² or 4.3% of the complex is proposed as retail space. There are a total of 996 new residential rental units planned across the complex in a mix of 70 studio units, 550 one-bedrooms, 269 two-bedrooms, and 107 three-bedrooms.
While a 533-space underground garage is proposed, the number of parking spaces proposed per unit is low for projects in suburban areas of Toronto, as many residents of the project are expected to take advantage of the easy access to rapid transit and forego costly automobile ownership. Planned as a transit-oriented community, 4121 Kingston Road will benefit from the Metrolinx Regional Express Rail program that promises to bring more frequent all-day, two-way GO Train service between Union Station and Oshawa by 2025, greatly increasing service to Guildwood station. This transit expansion is priming this and other neighbourhoods along GO Lines for similar boosts in density.
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