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Revised plans have doubled the number of towers proposed at 375 Kingston Road in Pickering, replacing an earlier two-tower concept with a four-tower mixed-use development rising 31 to 34 storeys. Designed by Studio JCI for Decade Capital, the resubmission furthers Kingston Road’s intensification as a high-density corridor, and is bolstered by the rapid transit planned through the Durham-Scarborough Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.
The site is on the south side of Kingston Road, extending from Rougemount Drive east to Evelyn Avenue, addressed as 375 Kingston Road and 401–417 Kingston Road. Covering roughly 1.8 hectares, the block is currently occupied by five one and two-storey commercial buildings with surface parking located at both the front and rear of the properties. Surrounding the site are low-rise commercial uses alongside low-density residential areas.
An earlier Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application was submitted in 2021, which proposed a two-tower mixed-use development of 25 and 31 storeys designed by Richmond Architects. This resubmission entails increased height and density across an expanded land assembly stretching east to Evelyn Avenue, allowing for a public park.
The revised proposal envisions a pair of mixed-use buildings comprising four residential towers rising 31, 32, 33, and 34 storeys, with heights ranging from 105.58m to 115.92m. The eastern building would introduce two towers stepping up from a four-storey podium, while the western building at Kingston Road and Rougemount Drive would support two taller towers above a podium that rises to five storeys at the corner. This represents a notable increase from the previous plan’s two towers on a smaller footprint.
Across the expanded site, the development would deliver 1,356 residential units, more than doubling the 580 units proposed previously. Gross Floor Area would be approximately 92,768m², including about 79,700m² of residential space, alongside 1,532m² of commercial and 2,911m² of retail space at grade, translating to a Floor Space Index of 5.13 times coverage of the lot.
There would be 1,399m² of indoor amenities on the fourth and penthouse levels, complemented by 4,210m² of outdoor amenities. Vertical circulation would be handled by four elevators per tower, translating to roughly one elevator for every 85 units across the development, and indicting reasonable service levels. A public park is now proposed as well, spanning 1,807m² at the east end of the site at Kingston Road and Evelyn Avenue.
The proposal includes a two-level underground garage supplemented by above-grade parking up to the third floor, delivering a total of 1,154 vehicular spaces, split between 950 resident spaces and 204 visitor spaces. This compares with 551 total spaces in the earlier plan, which relied on four underground levels. Bicycle parking also increased significantly, rising from 292 spaces previously to 734 long-term and 137 short-term spaces.
The site is served by Durham Region Transit bus routes operating along Kingston Road, including Pulse BRT service connecting Scarborough to Oshawa. Planned upgrades under the Durham–Scarborough Bus Rapid Transit corridor would introduce dedicated bus lanes and transit-priority measures along Kingston Road. Two future BRT stops are planned within walking distance of the site, with stations proposed near Kingston Road and Altona Road to the west and Kingston Road and Rosebank Road to the east.
Active transportation improvements are also planned along the Kingston Road frontage, where cycling routes run on both sides of the street and are set to be upgraded alongside the BRT project. A new north–south cycling connection is proposed along Rougemount Drive.
The resubmission joins other intensification along the Kingston Road corridor in Pickering. Immediately east, a 10-storey mixed-use building is proposed at 720 Granite Court, while further east, an eight-tower proposal at 603–699 Kingston Road would rise from 24 to 36 storeys, 705 Kingston Road is slated for a five-tower development ranging from 28 to 35 storeys, and plans at 875 Kingston Road call for a pair of 17-storey towers.
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