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An eye-catching proposal has just be submitted for review by the City. Constantine Scollard Inc. (parent company Constantine Enterprises is a private real estate fund founded by Edward Rogers and Robert Hiscox) has applied to the City of Toronto for a Zoning By-Law Amendment to redevelop an assembly of properties located at 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, and 32 Scollard Street, and 21 and 25 Davenport Road, in the city's Bloor-Yorkville neighbourhood. Proposed is a 61-storey/230.89 metre, mixed-use residential development supported by community oriented retail and office uses. The tower is designed by New York-based CAL and the Architect of Record is Toronto-based Zeidler. CAL is headed by Gabriel Calatrava, son of Spanish starchitect Santiago Calatrava whose Toronto designs include the galleria at Brookfield Place. The tower's uppermost storeys rise to a ridge on the north side, while the window-laden exterior of the building is wrapped in a diamond-shaped lattice.
The assembly has a gross site area of approximately 1,058m² and currently consists of four semi-detached houses, three detached houses, one 2-storey commercial building and one single-storey commercial building. The proposal notes that all of the existing buildings would demolished to make way for the new development.
The proposed building rises to 61 storeys from an 11-storey podium. The total gross floor area is 19,176 m², resulting in a floor space index of 18.12. The podium would be home to 830m² of retail space on the ground and second floors, and 3,581m² of office space located between the third and seventh floor. Amenities and mechanical space would take up the rest of the podium while the 79 residential units would start on Level 14. The suites are proposed in a mix of 37 one-bedrooms (47%), 24 two-bedrooms (30%), and 18 three-bedrooms (23%), with each having at least one balcony or terrace.
A single four-storey penthouse would take the 58th through 61st floor in the slanting section at the top. Green roof space of 222m² in area would be split across the upper levels.
The podium, marked as the tower by the diamond-shaped diagrid, would establish and frame the street wall along both Scollard Street and Davenport Road. The main floor of the podium would meet the street as an 8 metre-high space exclusive of the mezzanine. Along Davenport Road, the podium would provide street-level pedestrian entrances to separate ground-level retail units that would span the north facade. Retail would also take up a mezzanine, and the second floor of the podium.
A landscaped pedestrian plaza/corridor of 193m² would be built along the west side of the podium along which entrance doors would be placed to the office lobby, a private club, and a residential lobby.
The proposal has a total of 952m² of amenity space on floors 8 and 9 that includes a gym, a pool, and paddle courts. A total of 213m² of indoor amenity space will be provided on the 12th floor along with 246m² of outdoor amenity area.
Vehicular access to the building would be off of driveways from both Davenport Road and Scollard Street. Cars headed to the underground parking levels would drive into one of three car elevators, to be taken to the desired level. A total of 100 parking spaces are proposed, with 55 for residents, and the remaining 45 for residential visitors, office users, and retail customers. There are 107 bicycle parking spots, with 88 being long-term, and 19 being short-term.
The site is walking distance to Bay, Bloor-Yonge, and Rosedale subway stations, while buses pass by on Davenport and Bay, making it a well connected to transit.
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