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A revised development proposal has been submitted for 888 Dupont Street at its northeast corner with Ossington Avenue in Toronto’s Christie Pits area, with the site now acquired by Carttera Private Equities. Designed by Graziani + Corazza Architects, the new submission would deliver a 19-storey purpose-built rental building, the latest step for a property that has seen successive plans of late. It would stand as the tallest proposed or under-construction project in the immediate area.
The lot is currently vacant. The surrounding context is characterized by a mix of low-rise commercial buildings along Dupont and residential streets extending north and south, while immediately to the east, the 9-storey The Dupont is close to completing construction. The site directly abuts the CPKC railway to the north.
An initial 2019 submission by TAS sought Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments to permit a 13-storey mixed-use building designed by Suulin Architects, containing 99 live-work units and a substantial non-residential component.
Following local consultation and revisions, City Council approved Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications in July, 2022 for a 14-storey, 155-unit mixed-use rental building. A subsequent Minor Variance approved in June, 2024 increased the height to 17 storeys and expanded the Gross Floor Area (GFA) while maintaining 20 affordable units.
After the property changed hands in 2025, Carttera advanced a further redesign. This proposal calls for a 19-storey building rising to 62m, organized with a four-storey podium and 17,509m² of entirely residential GFA, resulting in a Floor Space Index of 7.26 time coverage of the 2,410m² lot. This compares to the 17,918m² GFA approved through the Minor Variance process, which included non-residential components, and the earlier 16,708m² mixed-use scheme first tabled in 2019. The latest version eliminates all commercial space from the site's south end and employment space at the north end abutting the rail line.
The unit count has increased correspondingly, with the design now accommodating 251 rental suites, up from 246 units from the Minor Variance and significantly higher than the 155 units approved in 2022 and the 99 live-work units proposed in 2019. The current mix includes 163 one-bedroom units, 62 two-bedroom units, and 26 three-bedroom units, alongside 20 affordable rental homes carried forward from prior approvals.
A total of 388m² of indoor amenity space and 542m² of outdoor amenity space is proposed, located at grade, as well as on the fourth and eighteenth floors. Three elevators would serve the building, translating to roughly one elevator per 84 units, indicating good response times. At the south end of the site, a 290m² POPS (Privately Owned Publicly-accessible Space) is planned, complementing a public park at the southeast corner.
Vehicular parking would be accommodated within a single underground level and limited surface spaces, for a total of 52 parking spaces, including 48 residential spaces and two visitor spaces. This is a marked reduction from the 94-space underground garage proposed in 2019. Bicycle parking would total 251 spaces, comprised of 226 long-term and 25 short-term spaces, a notable increase over the 146 bicycle spaces included in the original mixed-use plan.
The site is a short walk from surface transit routes operating along both Dupont and Ossington Avenue. Bus service along Dupont provides east-west connections, while north-south service on Ossington links quickly to Bloor Line 2. Ossington station is about 900m to the south, or a 12-minute walk.
Development activity along this stretch of Dupont remains relatively modest. Immediately to the east, the 9-storey The Dupont is currently wrapping up construction, while 258–264 and 287 Christie Street are proposed at 8 and 10 storeys respectively. To the west, activity intensifies with the Galleria on the Park community underway with seven buildings ranging from 18 to 48 storeys.
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