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There has been quite a handful of proposals submitted recently for the area in Toronto's West End within walking distance of a GO station coming to St Clair and Old Weston, with this story highlighting yet another one. On behalf of landowner 1057100 Ontario Limited, Bousfields has applied to the City of Toronto for Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment land at 2-4 and 80 Union Street, north of St Clair West Avenue and west of Old Weston Road. The proposed applications would facilitate the redevelopment of the site to better reflect its adjacency to the new transit station; in fact, part of the site is reserved for the station itself, and the landowners are in continued discussions with the City and Metrolinx to realize the station in an expedited timeframe. Phase 1 is expected to include the station, which is anticipated to begin operations in 2026.
Currently the site is used as a storage yard for semi-trailers and shipping containers, with a one-storey building of approximately 180m² facing Union Street. To the north of the site is a hydro corridor that is proposed to be improved with a green connection between Sadra Park to the east and Lavender Creek to the west. To the east of the site is 77 Union Street, an expansive single-storey warehouse used by a plastic fabrication company. To the south of the site is the terminus of the north-south Union Street where it connects to the east-west Townsley Street. To the west of the site is the CP Rail MacTier subdivision with freight service as well as Metrolinx's Kitchener subdivision which carries GO and VIA services and the Union Pearson Express.
Designed by TACT Architecture, the vision for the St Clair-Old Weston Station Transit Oriented Development (TOD) includes mixed-use intensification with three towers that would house residential, office, retail, and other services. There would also be opportunity for publicly accessible open spaces and active transportation amenities incorporated into the redevelopment that would complement its location along the planned linear park connection to Sadra Park and Lavender Creek.
The proponents have presented a design that concentrate the greatest heights closest to the transit station, while providing base elements that meant to make the public realm comfortable at pedestrian scale. The three towers concentrate density on the property, allowing enough land along its west side to be dedicated to the planned station and bus loop.
The north towers are proposed at 43 and 49 storeys inclusive of a 6-storey connected podium. A total of 998 residential condominium units are proposed between them, along with 487m² of retail space at grade. The south tower would be 39 storeys, also rising from a 6-storey podium. A total of 366 residential condominium units are proposed along with 6,000m² of office space. The total gross floor area of the proposal would be 97,921m² and have an FSI of 14.64.
The total of 1,364 residential units are proposed in a mix of residential unit types, including 10 studios (1%), 940 one-bedrooms (69%), 281 two-bedrooms (21%) and 133 three-bedrooms (10%). A percentage would be affordable housing units.
A total of 5,458m² of amenity space is proposed, including 3,257m² of indoor amenity space and 2,199m² of outdoor amenity space. The indoor amenity space would be located on the ground level, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th floors of the North Towers, and the 7th and 8th floors of the South Tower. The outdoor amenity space would be located on the ground, 5th, and 7th floors of the North Towers and the ground and 7th floors of the South Tower.
As the station would be built as Phase 1 of the development, Phase 2 includes the north podium and the 43-storey tower, plus parking both in the podium and below the north towers. Phase 3 is the taller north tower, while Phase 4 is the south podium and tower.
Vehicular parking for the site is proposed to be accommodated within 4 levels below grade and 5 levels above-grade, accessed via the development’s centrally located driveway aisle, with 167 spaces for residents, and 272 stalls for visitors or those who choose to drive to the station and park.
A total of 1,395 bicycle parking spaces are proposed, of which 1,242 are on the first two levels in the below-grade parking for residents, and 152 spaces are for visitors, located outdoors at ground level.
Along with GO Trains serving the new station, the site is close to the east-west travelling St Clair streetcar and numerous bus routes that pass through the area.
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| Related Companies: | Bousfields, Counterpoint Engineering, EQ Building Performance Inc., RWDI Climate and Performance Engineering |
