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A major redevelopment has been proposed for North York's Pleasant View neighbourhood, replacing the Victoria Square Shopping Plaza with seven towers from 25 to 49 storeys tall. Designed by Turner Fleischer for Jarel Investments, Nuyork Investments, and Nuberg and Dale Construction, the plan is among the tallest proposals in the immediate area.
Addressed to 2450 and 2452 Sheppard Avenue East, the roughly 3.2-hectare site occupies its northwest corner with Victoria Park Avenue, with additional frontage on Hazelnut Crescent. The single-storey Victoria Square Shopping Plaza occupies the generally flat property, while surface parking and loading areas cover most of the remaining land. The surrounding area marks a transition between Pleasant View’s low-rise residential streets to the north and west, and a mixed-use corridor of commercial properties, apartment buildings, and redevelopment sites along Sheppard and Victoria Park.
WND Associates has submitted Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the City of Toronto on behalf of the developers. The plan organizes five buildings around a new public street. Seven towers would rise 25 to 49 storeys, spanning 89.7m to 160.95m, while six-, 10-, and 14-storey elements would range from 29.7m to 54.4m. One- to six-storey bases would anchor the towers. The staggered tower arrangement would provide internal separation distances of 25m to 32.7m. Floor-plates would be capped at 800m², apart from one slimmer tower at 645m².
Fronting Sheppard, mixed-use Building A would pair 25- and 40-storey towers containing 698 units and approximately 805m² of retail, served by eight elevators. Residential Building B would combine six- and 32-storey volumes with 502 units and seven elevators. Building C would place 537 units and roughly 418m² of retail in a 49-storey tower served by five elevators, equal to one per 107 units.
Along Victoria Park, Building D would be the largest, combining 43-, 45-, and 49-storey towers with 1,596 units, approximately 2,162m² of retail, and 15 elevators. Building E would complete the northern edge with 10- and 14-storey residential volumes containing 302 units and four elevators. High-speed motors will be required for the elevators in the taller towers to provide prompt response times.
Together, the buildings would contain 3,635 condominium units, comprising 1,624 one-bedrooms (44.6%), 870 one-bedroom-plus-dens (24%), 763 two-bedrooms (21%), and 378 three-bedrooms (10.4%). The proposal has 241,360m² of Gross Floor Area, including 237,945m² of residential space and 3,385m² of retail. Residents would share approximately 9,992m² of indoor and 4,577m² of outdoor amenity space.
The Floor Space Index would be 7.50 times coverage of the 3.2 hectare lot. At its northwest corner, a 2,643m² public park would front Hazelnut Crescent, with a potential pedestrian route linking it to Hickorynut Parkette.
Buildout would be divided into six phases: Buildings D, C, and A would begin while the plaza remains open; its demolition in Phase 4 would allow Building D and the public street to be completed, followed by Building B and the park in Phase 5 and Building E in Phase 6.
Buildings A, B, and E would have two underground garage levels, while C and D would have three. There would be 1,199 vehicle spaces, including 1,017 for residents and 182 for visitors. In addition, 2,750 bicycle spaces would be provided, comprising 2,481 long-term and 269 short-term spaces.
Surface transit is concentrated along both arterial frontages, with both TTC and YRT routes. Don Mills Station on Sheppard Line 4 is approximately 1.8km west of the site, an estimated 11-minute transit trip or seven-minute bicycle ride. Metrolinx is also studying options for extending Line 4 east to connect with Line 2; each concept identifies a potential station at Sheppard and Victoria Park. Existing cycling infrastructure is limited to separated lanes on Huntingwood Drive about 600m north, while the proposal would introduce bidirectional separated cycle tracks along its new public street.
The proposal joins a group of proposals around Sheppard and Victoria Park. To the east, applications at 2933 and 2993 Sheppard Avenue East call for 18- and 22-storey buildings, while 2912–2926 Sheppard is proposed at 46 storeys. South of the site, plans for 2450 Victoria Park include four towers of 12 to 29 storeys, alongside the nine-building LSQ community, with heights ranging from seven to 43 storeys. To the west, the four-building Parkside Square community has two more phases to complete; its 11-storey third phase is planned, and its 43-storey fourth phase is under construction. Also to the west, a 50-storey tower is proposed at 155 Consumers Road.
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