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New plans have been filed with the City of Toronto for the redevelopment of 1439 Bloor Street West, proposing a substantial height increase for a mixed-use rental building at the southwest corner with Perth Avenue in the Junction Triangle area. The updated application from Neudorfer Corporation replaces a 14-storey scheme with a 33-storey tower and brings in a new design team, shifting from Barrett Architect Inc. to Gabriel Bodor Architect. The site is within the Dundas West Protected Major Transit Station Area (PMTSA) and is even closer to Bloor GO station and the Union Pearson Express.
Addressed to 1439 Bloor Street West and 80 and 82 Perth Avenue, the site is mostly rectangular in shape, extending westward to abut the Metrolinx rail corridor and the West Toronto Railpath. The property is currently vacant and includes a decommissioned City laneway that would be absorbed into the developable area as part of the proposal. Surrounding uses include low-rise commercial and residential buildings along Perth Avenue, as well as recently approved and proposed mid- and high-rise developments nearby.
In 2010, a Site Plan Application was advanced for a 14-storey mixed-use building, though that proposal did not advance and was later closed. Since then, changes have included major transit investments nearby, the introduction of PMTSAs where densification is sought by the province, and approvals in the surrounding Junction Triangle have ranged from mid-rise buildings to towers exceeding 40 storeys. Now, Sajecki Planning has submitted a Zoning By-law Amendment application to the City of Toronto on behalf of the developer.
The resubmitted proposal would result in a 33-storey mixed-use tower rising from a four-storey podium, reaching a height of 98.94m. The current application would deliver 379 purpose-built rental units, more than doubling the 169 units proposed previously. Vertical circulation would be handled by four elevators, yielding a ratio of roughly one elevator per 95 units, indicating reasonable response times. Gross Floor Area (GFA) is 24,781m². Residential space accounts for 23,796m², up from 11,857m² in the earlier plan, and is complemented by 985m² of retail and other commercial space facing Bloor Street West. The Floor Space Index increases to 8.37 times coverage of the 2,962m² lot.
Included in this submission is the conveyance of over 387m² of land to support public infrastructure and streetscape improvements: roughly 169m² would be conveyed to widen and re-align Perth Avenue so straighten its intersection with Bloor Street, while 218m² would be dedicated to creating a new public connection to the West Toronto Railpath.
Parking would be contained within three underground levels and at grade, with 129 vehicular spaces comprising 112 resident spaces, 8 visitor spaces, 8 retail spaces, and 1 car-share space, a reduction from the 159 spaces previously proposed. Bicycle parking would total 417 spaces, including 76 short-term spaces at grade and 341 long-term spaces below grade.
The site is located approximately 50m southeast of Bloor GO station on the Kitchener Line, which is also served by the Union Pearson Express. It is also less than 300m, or roughly a four-minute walk, from Dundas West station on Bloor Line 2. Looking ahead, the site is 550m, or an 8-minute walk, westward of the planned Bloor-Lansdowne GO station on the Barrie Line. Active transportation options include direct adjacency to the West Toronto Railpath, the threatened Bloor Street West cycle track, and additional nearby routes on Lansdowne Avenue and College Street.
Surrounding development activity reflects the intensification underway across the Junction Triangle and western Bloor corridor. Eastward along Bloor Street West, proposals include The Sterling Automotive at 19 storeys, 1425 Bloor West at 20 storeys, and further east, 1319 Bloor West at 35 storeys. To the south, 72 Perth Avenue would rise 19 storeys, while the Sterling Master Plan to the southeast is seeing a cluster of taller proposals, including 221 Sterling Road with three towers from 21 to 27 storeys, 150 Sterling Road at 28 storeys, and 158 Sterling Road at 31 storeys. Westward, 1540 Bloor West is proposed at 27 storeys, 2280 Dundas West is planned with six buildings ranging from 8 to 40 storeys, and 2400 Dundas West proposes three towers from 37 to 42 storeys.
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