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Plans for 1812–1818 Eglinton Avenue West, across from the upcoming Fairbank station on the Eglinton Line 5, have been revised upwards from a 35-storey version advanced in 2022, with a resubmission now proposing a 50-storey tower. Designed by Arcadis for DMJ Eglinton Development Corporation, the project would rise on the north side of Eglinton just east of Dufferin Street in Toronto's Fairbank neighbourhood.
The irregularly-shaped assembly is currently occupied by low-rise commercial buildings and surface parking. To the west and east, mid- and high-rise developments are planned or underway, while low-rise housing predominates to the north in established residential blocks.
The proposal’s first appearance came in March, 2021, when the developer sought rezoning for a 30-storey tower with 381 residential units above 490m² of retail.
A November, 2022 resubmission reworked the podium and site access, raised the floor count to 35 storeys, and increased the unit count to 445 while trimming retail space. A further submission in December, 2023 addressed technical laneway issues without altering the massing.
Now, Bousfields has resubmitted a Zoning By-law Amendment application to the City of Toronto on behalf of the developer, proposing a 50-storey, 162.7m mixed-use tower at 1812–1818 Eglinton Avenue West, up from 35 storeys and 115.8m. Compared to November, 2022, the residential unit count has climbed from 445 to 687 units, including townhouses on the north elevation fronting Livingstone Avenue. Affordable housing has increased from 7 to 10 units, located on floors 3 and 4.
The tower would rise from a four-storey podium containing ground-floor retail and residential amenities. The tower floor-plate has grown to 800m², up from 750m². Total Gross Floor Area would now reach 43,151m² (42,949m² residential and 202m² retail), up from 31,842m² in 2022, when retail accounted for 370m². The changes bring the Floor Space Index to 14.04 times coverage of the 3,073m² assembly, up from 10.69.
Amenity space would now entail 1,638m² indoors and 1,126m² outdoors, compared to previous totals of 1,780m² and 898m² respectively. These would be located on the ground, second, eighth, and lower mechanical penthouse floors. Five elevators are planned, equating to roughly one per 137 units, requiring high-speed motors to ensure adequate service. Below grade, two underground levels accommodate 101 parking spaces, down from 132 in the 2022 proposal, including 81 residential, 18 visitor, and 2 pick-up/drop-off stalls. Bicycle parking increased substantially to 690 spaces, up from 448, with 620 long-term and 70 short-term stalls.
While residents will have quick access to Fairbank station on the soon-to-open Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown LRT, TTC bus routes also serve the area, providing connections east–west along Eglinton and north–south via Dufferin Street. As part of the avenue’s ongoing reconstruction, protected cycling lanes will run along Eglinton, linking to nearby north–south routes and the wider city network.
The tower would join other mid- and high-rise developments along this stretch of Eglinton Avenue West. To the west, the 8-storey Cricket Park Residences is under construction, with proposals nearby at 2402 Dufferin Street for 4 and 34 storeys, and at 1901 Eglinton Avenue West for 34 storeys. To the north, 2451 Dufferin Street is proposed at 20 and 27 storeys. Southeast of the site, a cluster of high-rise plans includes Lux Eglinton Condos at 30 storeys, and towers at 1685, 1711, and 1801 Eglinton West at 37, 39 storeys, and 41 storeys respectively, as well as 645 Northcliffe at 42 storeys, and 775 Vaughan Road at 45 storeys.
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| Related Companies: | Arcadis, Bousfields, ERA Architects, Ferris + Associates Inc., Gradient Wind Engineers & Scientists, LEA Consulting |
