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On behalf of Damis Properties, N. Barry Lyon Consultants has applied to the City of Toronto for Zoning By-Law Amendment for the property at 7 through 11 Rochefort Drive in the Flemingdon Park neighbourhood. Upon approval of the application, three towers designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects would rise on the site which is currently occupied by two splayed, V-shaped, four-storey rental apartment buildings containing a total of 128 two-bedroom units, 104 underground parking spaces, and 34 surface parking spaces.
What is proposed for the site is a three-tower predominantly residential redevelopment that would rise to 30, 41, and 46 storeys and have a total of 1,322 residential units, including the replacement of all 128 existing rental units and the construction of 1,194 new ones. The arrangement of building heights would provide a transition up from existing low-rise housing to the site's east. The total gross floor area of the site would be 97,485m², with a density of 6.67.
A key element of the proposed development is the developer's objective of replacing its existing 128 rental apartment units with new efficiently designed units with modern appliances and energy efficient mechanical systems. Such units would also have access to a much wider range of new amenities, and have similar rents. New replacement units would be provided within the 30-storey building, which would also include condo units. The other two towers would be comprised solely of condo units.
From a unit mix perspective, 11.4% of non-replacement units are proposed as three-bedroom layouts, the majority of which are proposed within the podium levels. Every unit is designed with a balcony or terrace.
Residents of all three buildings would have use of 2,644m² of indoor amenity area and 3,365m² of outdoor amenity area, including two podium roof deck terraces, a landscaped central courtyard space, and a ground level space overlooking a new 0.213-hectare public park at the east end of the property.
Additional elements of the proposed development include a 199m² café and eating establishment at the corner of Rochefort and Don Mills, as well as a publicly accessible private open space (‘POPS’) featuring pedestrian and bicycle trails.
A combined total of 802 parking spaces are proposed underground, including 132 visitor spaces and 670 resident spaces. This would be accompanied by 1,191 long term and 133 short term bicycle parking spaces.
The site is located one block to the south of Eglinton Avenue East and within 300 metres of the soon to be completed Science Centre Station on Crosstown LRT. It is also located about that distance to the north of the future Flemingdon Park station on the proposed Ontario Line. Several bus routes also currently service the area.
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