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The City of Toronto has received a Zoning By-law Amendment application from Johnston Litavski Planning Consultants on behalf of Welland Developments seeking approvals to allow construction of a 33-storey mixed use building with a 6 storey podium on site at 1-19 Glen Watford Drive in Scarborough. The proposed high density building is designed by architectural firm Z Square Group.
The site is located on the northeast corner of Glen Watford Drive and Sheppard Avenue East in the neighbourhood of Agincourt. Agincourt GO Station is located a short ride by bus or within a 13 minute walking distance, while Highway 401 is a 4 minute drive away.
To the north of the site retail stores, a recreation centre, arena, and residential neighbourhood primarily consisting of detached homes can be found, along with retail, a rail corridor, parks and schools to the east. To the west, there is a mix of commercial, institutional and residential uses. To the south, there is a small retail plaza and the railway corridor.
Though the subject site and immediate surrounding context currently consists of retail and commercial plazas, redevelopment of two adjacent sites to the east at 23 and 25 Glen Watford with mixed-use, higher density buildings containing various types of residential units are being proposed or are in progress. Both proposals have received zoning approvals but are still seeking site plan approvals to proceed. The massing of both are portrayed in the image below to the right of this proposal.
The proposal for 1-19 Glen Watford Drive would encompass a single 27 storey tower rising from a 6-storey podium, for a total of 33 storeys. The proposed density has an FSI of 7.59 while the proposed Gross Floor Area is 26,015m² for residential and 817m² of non-residential floor space.
The non-residential includes live-work units in the podium, while the 385 residential dwelling units in the development would all be purpose built rental units in a mix of 247 one-bedrooms (64%), 119 two-bedrooms (31%), and 19 three-bedrooms (5%) providing for a range of options for different household sizes and income levels.
There are 336 vehicular parking spaces proposed as well as 299 bicycle parking spaces in a four level below-grade structure, with four surface parking spaces above grade. Total amenity space of 1,188m² in the development located indoors on the 7th level along with an adjacent rooftop terrace.
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