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As the Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown LRT inches towards the finish line, development proposals are looking ahead to the increased transit along the route across midtown Toronto. Just a 500m walk from the soon-to-open Mount Dennis GO station, KingSett Capital has submitted dual applications for towers on a short side street named Denarda Street. Located off of Weston Road north of Eglinton Avenue West, the developer has submitted two separate Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications for each site, as per City Planning Staff instructions.
The sites are made up of two assemblies at 2-16 Denarda Street to the north and 5-15 Denarda Street to the south. The north side is comprised of eight vacant single detached dwellings, totalling about 2,686m² in area. The south assembly is about 1,870m² in area and made up of six single detached dwellings, also vacant. The dwellings are to be demolished for the proposed towers. Both sides of the street are being tracked in one combined database file.
The project, designed by Giannone Petricone Associates, is planned to feature a North Tower and South Tower. The North Tower, set to reach a height of 43 storeys or 147.59m, would include 561 residential units. The South Tower is designed to be slightly taller at 44 storeys or 151.05m, while sitting on a smaller plot of land. It would house 509 residential units. Both buildings would have a 6-storey base building beneath the tower elements.
The designs include four elevators for each tower, translating to one elevator for approximately every 140 units in the North Tower, and one elevator for every 127 units in the South Tower. Both towers substantially exceed the threshold of 1 elevator per 100 units, indicating long wait times for residents.
Amenities would be found on the ground and seventh floors of each tower. The design includes 2,258m² of amenity area for the North Tower, and 2,036m² for the South Tower. The outdoor terraces on the seventh floors would provide 1,176m² of outdoor amenities for the former and 985m² for the latter.
For the public, the design features a mid-block pedestrian connection between Denarda Street and Ray Avenue, a local collector road with access across the rail corridor. The submissions include proposed off-site parkland immediately adjacent at 1 Denarda Street totalling 305m². The remaining 150m² of parkland dedication required would instead be provided via cash-in-lieu.
Both towers would accommodate parking within two levels of underground garage, but no vehicular parking spots are allocated to residents, in line with the focus on transit for the area. The North Tower is set to provide 30 visitor parking spots and 564 bicycle parking spaces, with 58 intended for short-term use. Similarly, the South Tower would provide 27 visitor parking spots and 511 bicycle parking spaces, with 459 designated for short-term use.
The site is walking distance to the soon-to-open Mount Dennis station, which will be served by the Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown LRT, GO Trains, and the UP Express. Several bus routes pass nearby that will serve that station, while others head south to Jane, Runnymede and Keele stations on Bloor Line 2.
The proximity to the station positions the development within a Major Transit Station Area, promoting higher-density construction near transit hubs and aligning with the city's goals for transit-oriented developments.
There are at least six applications of at least 19 storeys in close proximity of the site. A number of towers are set to exceed 35 storeys, including 8 Locust Street and 15 Hollis Street about 200m and 350m southeast respectively. Near the southwest corner of Eglinton Avenue West and Black Creek Drive, 25 Photography Drive is proposed to house 7 towers up to 49 storeys in height.
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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