Ros-Bay Developments has submitted to the City of Toronto a Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 10-storey condo development for a site located at 1048 Islington Avenue on the southwest corner with Norseman Street in central Etobicoke.

Designed by IBI Group, the facade of the building proposes to use balconies and different coloured and textured materials to break up the massing, which is generally L-shaped. The building steps down to create a gradual transition to the surrounding low rise residential neighbourhood, and a more human scale at street level.

Looking southwest across the intersection of Islington Avenue and Norseman Street, image via submission to the City

The proposal seeks to demolish the existing single-storey TD Bank and its associated parking lot in order to redevelop the site with a residential building that will provide a mix of residential unit types. What is proposed are 175 units in a mix of 124 one-bedroom (71%), 32 two-bedroom (18%), and 19 three-bedroom (11%) units.

Existing TD bank and parking lot, image taken by Andrei T

The proposal contains a total gross floor area (GFA) of 12,517m²  which would be entirely residential, offering a floor space index (FSI) of 4.07. It would also contain 350m² of indoor and 356m² of outdoor amenity space, which would be provided on the ground floor at the rear of the building. The entrance of the building is proposed for the corner of Islington and Norseman.

View from street with entrance visible, image via submission to the City

The proposal includes a two-level underground garage with 148 parking spaces, of which 131 would be reserved for residents and 17 would be for visitors, as well as a total of 150 bicycle parking spaces.

View of internal driveway and access to parking, image via submission to the City

The site is also served by buses that run to Islington subway station, which is approximately 1.5km north of the site at Bloor Street.

More information on the development will come soon, but in the meantime, you can learn more from our Database file for the project, linked below. If you'd like, you can join in on the conversation in the associated Project Forum thread, or leave a comment in the space provided on this page.

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