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Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications have been submitted for a major mixed-use redevelopment of the heritage-designated Toronto Carpet Factory in Liberty Village, within walking distance of Exhibition GO station, in a few years to also be a station on Ontario Line 3. Designed by Allies and Morrison for Hullmark, the proposal would intensify the southeast corner of the historic industrial campus with a 37-storey tower introducing purpose-built rental housing, hotel accommodations, retail, and office space, while retaining most of the heritage complex through an adaptive reuse strategy.
The proposal applies to the 15,482m² Toronto Carpet Factory property at 1179-1189 King Street West, 67-87 Mowat Avenue, 70-90 Fraser Avenue, and 100-108 Liberty Street, occupying the entire block bounded by King, Fraser, Liberty, and Mowat. Designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act since 1975, the Toronto Carpet Factory remains one of Liberty Village’s defining industrial landmarks. The proposal would retain most of its heritage buildings while replacing a roughly 4,820m² “L”-shaped parcel at the southeast corner, currently occupied by a surface parking lot, 70 Fraser Avenue — a one-storey School Restaurant building — and the southern portion of 100 Liberty Street, a two-storey office building. The retained heritage campus would continue accommodating more than 100 office, retail, restaurant, and commercial tenants.
The proposal centres on two new buildings: a 37-storey mixed-use tower and a new two- to three-storey commercial building at 100 Liberty Street connected to the site’s internal laneway network. Rising 134.79m, the tower would feature a seven-storey podium along Liberty Street and an eight-storey podium along Fraser Avenue. Together, the buildings would add 35,037m² of Gross Floor Area (GFA) to the approximately 28,074m² retained across the heritage campus, bringing the total to 63,111m² with an overall Floor Space Index of 4.08 times coverage of the block overall, while the redevelopment parcel would achieve 7.27 coverage of its parcel.
The proposal draws from the Toronto Carpet Factory’s industrial character through brick masonry, strong vertical proportions, and a contemporary tripartite composition. While 70 Fraser Avenue and the southern portion of 100 Liberty Street would be removed, heritage conservation of the other portions of the work is led by Philip Goldsmith Architect. Approximately 475m² of new covered pedestrian laneways would extend the site’s internal passage network.
The new rental tower represents 23,193m² of residential GFA, with non-residential space of 11,844m², including 9,176m² for hotel uses, 1,497m² of retail, and 1,171m² of office space, with the replacement 100 Liberty Street accommodating ground-floor retail, second-floor offices, and a third-floor hotel pavilion connected to the main building by a pedestrian bridge.
The development would introduce 263 purpose-built rental apartments and 168 hotel suites above retail, office, and hotel space. The residential component would comprise seven studio units, 154 one-bedroom units, 76 two-bedroom units, and 26 three-bedroom units. Three elevators would serve the residential suites, equating to roughly one elevator for every 88 units, indicating reasonable wait times for service.
Residents would have access to 544m² of indoor and 699m² of outdoor amenity space. Three underground levels would accommodate 26 visitor and 94 non-residential vehicular parking spaces, supplemented by two hotel pick-up and drop-off lay-bys on Fraser Avenue. Bicycle parking would total 336 spaces, comprising 256 long-term residential, 60 short-term residential, and 20 shared non-residential spaces.
Existing transit access in the ares includes the 504 King streetcar and 29 Dufferin bus, alongside additional streetcar and express bus routes. The site is approximately 445m walking distance from Exhibition GO station, which will provide a direct Ontario Line 3 interchange in several years' time. At about a 235m walk, the site is closer to the future King-Liberty GO station, but it remains unfunded for the time being.
The proposal joins growing intensification plans in and surrounding Liberty Village. To the west, 8 Temple would rise 15 storeys, while 10-20 Tyndall Avenue is proposed at 25 storeys. Northeast of the site, Liberty Yard would introduce three towers ranging from 32 to 36 storeys alongside the 44-storey proposal at 80 Lynn Williams Street. Eastward, 58 Atlantic Avenue is proposed at 51 storeys, while the Exhibition Transit Oriented Community would include the 44-storey Jefferson Site and the 38- and 54-storey Atlantic Site. South of the site, proposals include the 10- and 11-storey The Castle and the 55-storey 147 Liberty Street.
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