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Galleria on the Park is advancing into its next phase, with Almadev submitting a Site Plan Approval application for Block 3 at 1245 Dupont Street in Toronto’s Wallace Emerson neighbourhood. The project continues the transformation of the former suburban-style Galleria Mall into a mixed-use, high-rise community. Not to be confused with Galleria III, Block 3 is to include two towers, both designed by Arcadis, one to follow the other. The taller of the two, a 50-storey purpose-built rental tower fronting Dupont Street would come first (and is the tallest proposed building in the surrounding area), with a future 41-storey companion tower to its south.
The application applies to a parcel on the south side of Dupont Street west of Dufferin Street. Bounded by Dupont Street to the north, future Radiator Street to the west, future Galleria Road to the south, and Record Lane and the Galleria III development to the east, the site currently contains the eastern portion of the former Galleria Mall plus some surface parking. The Galleria on the Park redevelopment already has three residential towers built, while the Wallace Emerson Community Centre with a child care facility, skating rink, and expanded public park are now targeted for opening in Winter, 2027.
The redevelopment received zoning approval from Toronto City Council in 2018, with a subsequent rezoning advancing through settlement following revised plans submitted in 2022. Since then, Galleria 01 & 02 have been completed and occupied; the new community centre, child care facility, and skating rink are in the last stages of construction, and the Galleria III tower is substantially complete.
The newly revised Block 3 concept replaces an earlier proposal for 39- and 48-storey mixed-use towers with 41- and 50-storey buildings. While this application applies only to the northern Building 3A, rising 50 storeys (164.65m), the submitted plans illustrate the longer-term vision for the 41-storey (134.85m) Building 3B immediately to the south. (A separate Site Plan Approval application for the future 41-storey 3B tower is expected to follow.) Together, the towers would deliver 986 purpose-built rental homes made up of 87 studios, 469 one-bedroom, 331 two-bedroom, and 99 three-bedroom-plus homes. The combined towers' 72,197m² of Gross Floor Area (GFA) brings a Floor Space Index of 17.8 times coverage of the 4,056m² parcel.
Building 3A would rise above a podium of 14 storeys along future Radiator Street and four storeys along Record Lane, and would contain 620 rental units, including 588 market-rate and 32 affordable rental homes. Five elevators would serve the tower, or one for every 124 residential units, indicating high-speed motors would be required for adequate response times.
It would include 87 studios, 274 one-bedroom, 206 two-bedroom, and 53 three-bedroom units, with the affordable suites located on Levels 9 through 11. At full build-out, Block 3 would provide 67,331m² of residential GFA and 4,866m² of commercial space, with Building 3A contributing 41,239m² of GFA, including street-related retail fronting Dupont Street.
Building 3A residents would have access to 963m² of indoor and 744m² of outdoor amenity space across Levels 3, 5, and 15. The proposal also includes a POPS (Privately Owned Publicly-accessible Space), the future Album Lane pedestrian mews between Buildings 3A and 3B, and easements over Record Lane, creating new pedestrian connections. Building 3B would add 366 market-rate rental units once built.
Two levels of underground parking would be part of an interconnected parking garage beneath Blocks 1, 2, and 3, linking to the existing Block 2 garage through below-grade knock-out panels and allowing the temporary Record Lane access ramp to be removed in a future phase. The Building 3A proposal includes 100 parking spaces, comprising 67 resident and 33 shared visitor and non-residential spaces, along with 620 bicycle parking spaces, including 558 long-term and 62 short-term spaces.
The site is approximately 1.2km north of Dufferin station and served by TTC buses on Dupont and Dufferin streets. Along with new municipal streets, signalized pedestrian crossings, widened sidewalks, pedestrian mews, publicly accessible open spaces, and provisions for future TTC bus routing along Galleria Road, the masterplan includes upgraded bus stops with expanded boarding areas, shelters, and accessible platforms.
Looking further into Galleria on the Park's future, Block 4 is planned to the west of Block 3 with 35- and 44-storey towers, while a final development block fronting onto Dufferin Street will eventually complete the redevelopment of the site.
In the surrounding area of the Galleria on the Park community, the eight-storey 259 Geary Avenue and nine-storey 1423 Dufferin Street are planned to the north, the 26-storey 316 Junction is under construction, and the proposed 29- and 39-storey 323 Symington are planned to the west. Farther south, the Bloor Crossing community south of Dufferin station comprises seven buildings ranging from 8 to 37 storeys.
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