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The Gupta Group has applied to the City of Toronto for Zoning By-law Amendments for the redevelopment of a site located at 906 Yonge Street in Yorkville. The proposal is for two IBI Group-designed towers — a 33-storey residential and mixed-use tower along Yonge, and a 19-storey residential tower along McMurrich Street. The two towers would be connected by a 2-storey base building.
The proposed site is an irregularly shaped through-lot that runs between McMurrich Street and Yonge Street, north of Davenport Road. The property currently houses a partially vacant, 3-storey Tudor Revival heritage building (most recently used as a private elementary school) fronting on Yonge, and an associated surface parking lot and outdoor play area that fronts on McMurrich.
To the north of the site is a 19-storey mixed-use building sitting atop a one-storey commercial podium. West of the site across McMurrich Street at its southwest corner with McAlpine Street is the Domus Condominium development, which includes 3½-storey townhouses fronting on McMurrich, and a 10-storey “L”-shaped building to the west fronting on the south side of McAlpine. To the south of the site, fronting McMurrich, is a 15-storey residential building, which includes a 4-storey base. To the east of the site across Yonge Street is a 3-storey Canadian Tire, which incorporates the heritage listed former Grand Central Markets building.
The combined gross floor area of the proposed development is approximately 28,376m², resulting in a density of 12.4 FSI.
The 33-storey Yonge building includes a total of 213 units and a total gross floor area of approximately 15,150m², including 75m² of retail space on the ground floor. With a height of 113.87 metres to the top of the mechanical penthouse, the developer argues it represents a scale of intensification that is in keeping with the height context established by existing and approved buildings in the surrounding area.
The existing 3-storey heritage building along Yonge Street provides the base element for the tower above. Its Tudor Revival façade, side walls, and gable roof would be retained, and repairs to the roof, windows and masonry would be undertaken as part of the proposed scope, all to be overseen by ERA Architects. To facilitate the creation of the ground floor retail unit, a new entry would be created at the northern portion of the Yonge Street frontage.
The ground floor includes 75m² of retail space occupying the north portion of the frontage along Yonge Street, with direct access from the public sidewalk. The main residential entrance and lobby is located in the centre of the façade, inset from the main wall. The remainder of the ground floor includes a garbage room, a pet wash area, mail room, and other building services.
Above a mezzanine, the entirety of Level 2 would be occupied by indoor amenity spaces, and linked to the indoor amenity areas of the McMurrich Building via a corridor. Outdoor amenity areas are adjacent to the north and south. A second indoor amenity area is proposed in the eastern portion of the building within the heritage facade along Yonge Street on Level 3. The remainder of Level 3 and Levels 4 to 33 consist entirely of residential units. A total of 1,516m² of amenity space is provided, including 802m² of indoor space and 714m² of outdoor space.
The 19-storey McMurrich building is to be “L”-shaped, generally responding to the contour of the property line to the north. It includes a total of 188 units, and a GFA of approximately 13,226m². With a height of 69.02 metres to the top of the mechanical penthouse, including step backs at Levels 2, 7 and 18, it represents a scale and built form appropriate for its location along McMurrich Street. Along the McMurrich frontage, the residential lobby is located within the south portion of the building. North of the lobby are three 3-storey townhouse units.
The 401 units shared between the two towers are proposed in a mix of 31 studios (7.7%), 92 one-bedrooms (23%), 153 one-bedroom plus dens (38.2%), 66 two-bedrooms (16.4%), 17 two-bedroom plus dens (4.2%) and 42 three-bedrooms (10.5%), three of which are townhouse units at the base of the McMurrich Building.
Two underground parking levels are proposed, containing a total of 58 spaces, 39 for residents and 19 for visitors, accessed via the garage ramp from McMurrich Street. An additional three visitor parking spaces are provided at grade along the south portion of the McMurrich Building, bringing the total number of car parking spaces to 61.
Bicycle parking for residents and visitors will be located on P1, P2, and the ground level. A total of 361 spaces will be provided on P1 and P2 for residents, plus 41 visitor spaces on the ground floor.
The site is well serviced by transit, and is approximately 340 metres from the nearest entrance to the Bloor-Yonge subway station. The site is also approximately 350 metres south of Rosedale station on Line 1, and approximately 340 metres north of Bay station on Line 2. The 97B bus route runs north-south along Yonge during peak periods on weekdays. The 320 Yonge Blue Night bus route provides north-south overnight service past the door, while the 300 Bloor-Danforth Blue Night route provides east-west overnight service.
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| Related Companies: | Arcadis, Bousfields, Gupta Group, HGC Engineering Inc, Jablonsky, Ast and Partners |
