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The MBTW Group have recently submitted Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Approval applications to the City of Toronto for a 25- and 35-storey pair of mixed-use condominium towers at 5576 Yonge Street. Designed by Graziani + Corazza Architects on behalf of developers Golfour Property Services Inc, the development is located on the northwest corner of Yonge and Tolman streets, just a block south of Finch Avenue in North York City Centre.
Measuring 3,618m² in area, the subject lands are currently comprised of a one-storey commercial building adjacent to Yonge and Tolman intersection and an unaffiliated surface parking lot towards the site's western perimeter. Being positioned adjacent to two major arterial roads, Yonge Street and Finch Avenue, 5576 Yonge Street benefits from the Finch Subway Station, 400m to the north. This station is served by Yonge Line 1, resultantly designating the plot as a Major Transit Station Area per the Ontario government's "A Place to Grow" initiative. The site also falls within the North York Centre North zoning as defined by the North York Centre Secondary Plan Area, which sees an abundance of high-rise mixed-use buildings along these arterial corridors.
Graziani + Corazza Architects propose two towers represented by a series of grey massing models. Tower A is situated at the subject site's western perimeter, and Tower B fronts Yonge Street at the plot's eastern extent. The proposed development consists of 608 residential units comprising 32 studio units (5%), 366 one-bedroom units (60%), 154 two-bedroom units (25%), and 56 three-bedroom units (9%), which meets the City of Toronto's requirements for percentages of family-sized unit types. A proposed Gross Floor Area of 41,414m² would give the site a density of 11.5 FSI.
Tower A is 25 storeys (80m) in height and is the smaller of the two buildings; its 3-storey podium abuts the Southern perimeter fronting Tolman Street. A considerate setback of 10m to the northern property line where a municipally owned surface parking lot lies, 9.7m to the western elevation of Tower B's podium and 3m to the western property line gives adequate space for pedestrianized hard and soft landscaping, prepared by MBTW|WAI. The rectilinear tower isn't centrally aligned on the podium. Instead, it sits skewed towards the southwestern corner to maintain a 25m separation between Towers A and B.
Tower B is 35 storeys (113m) and again is comprised of a 3-storey podium. It has been designed with a 4.5m setback on Yonge Street. An irregular curved property line fronting Tolman Street means the setback here ranges from 0m to 4m. The podium will adjoin the existing commercial building to the north to create a cohesive street façade strengthened by 507m² of proposed ground floor retail space fronting Yonge Street.
The Planning Rationale documentation makes reference to a conceptual block plan that showcases two future towers in a plot abutting the site to the north. Graziani + Corazza Architects have accounted for a 25m tower separation from the indicative scheme by off-centring the towers towards the south, which provides a rationale for the landscaping towards the northern property line.
Although materiality is unclear on the greyscale massing models, elevations provided as part of this application showcase a series of grey metal cladding, exposed precast concrete columns, light grey spandrel panels, aluminium louvres and clear glass windows and balcony balustrading in an orthodox arrangement.
The proposal features two levels of underground parking that span the entirety of the subject site. This is accessed via a private driveway leading from Tolman Street, serving a dedicated ramp within the single-storey component of Tower A abutting the northern property line. The development will provide 101 vehicle spaces (55 for residents, 40 for visitors, and 6 retail spaces) along with 498 bicycle parking spaces. The Towers will collectively provide 1,260m² of indoor and outdoor amenity space, which exceeds the City of Toronto's requirements.
UrbanToronto will continue to follow progress on this development, but in the meantime, you can learn more about it from our Database file, 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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| Related Companies: | Graziani + Corazza Architects, LEA Consulting |
