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Times Group Corporation has submitted Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications for the first phase of a three-tower plan at 7015 through 7027 Yonge Street in Markham’s Thornhill area. Immediately across Steeles Avenue from Toronto city limits and North York's Newtonbrook area, the broader site plan calls for additional towers of 60 and 65 storeys steps from Steeles station on the Yonge Line 1 North Subway Extension, now under construction. Designed by Wallman Architects, the first phase tower would rise 46 storeys, delivering purpose-built rental suites and a childcare facility.
The first-phase site occupies the south side of Highland Park Boulevard, immediately east of Yonge Street and north of Steeles Avenue. It is currently occupied by a gas station and low-rise commercial building. The land forms part of Times Group’s larger 8,911m² property.
The application for the block plan was submitted to the City of Markham in April, 2026, followed by the first phase submission in June, 2026. The first phase would rise along reach 160.4m tall with a Floor Space Index of 14.6 times coverage of its 2,807m² portion of the larger site. Its 40,874m² of Gross Floor Area would include 38,493m² of residential space and 998m² of childcare space.
The tower would deliver 504 purpose-built rental units, comprising 336 one-bedrooms, 126 two-bedrooms, and 42 homes with three or more bedrooms, with no studios proposed. The childcare facility would occupy the second floor, while residents would have access to 1,008m² of indoor and 517m² of outdoor amenity space. Six elevators are planned for the building, equivalent to one for every 84 units, indicating short wait times when all elevators are operational.
Below grade, a four-level garage would contain 208 vehicular spaces, divided among 163 resident, 43 visitor, and two institutional spaces, including eight accessible spaces within the overall supply. The plans also call for two loading spaces and 506 bicycle spaces, of which 404 would be reserved for long-term use and 102 for short-term parking.
The site is roughly 100m, or a two-minute walk, from Steeles station on the Yonge Line 1 North Subway Extension. Existing surface service is provided by TTC, YRT, VIVA, and GO Transit buses operating along Yonge and Steeles, with a future bus rapid transit line also proposed for the Steeles corridor. Cycling infrastructure is comparatively limited, with the application identifying a signed route along Willowdale Boulevard that continues east on Meadowview Avenue.
The proposal would join a growing cluster of high-rise plans around Yonge and Steeles. To the north are plans for the 36-storey Grandview Tower, Liv on Yonge at 12 and 44 storeys, and a 45-storey proposal at 7079 Yonge, while the two-tower Atlantis Condos development to the east would reach 40 and 44 storeys. South of Steeles, an enormous redevelopment is planned for the Centrepoint Mall site with over 8,300 units spread out across 22 buildings, some up to 50 storeys high, while applications at 26–34 Nipigon Avenue, Steeles Heights, 6979 Yonge, and 7–17 Nipigon range from 48 to 52 storeys. West of Yonge, 7028 Yonge calls for three towers of 50 to 65 storeys, joined farther west by 41- and 58-storey towers at 88 Steeles Avenue West and four towers ranging from 38 to 60 storeys at 72 Steeles Avenue West.
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