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Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the City of Toronto seek approval for a 29-storey residential rental building at 3005 Bloor Street West, the tallest planned near Royal York station in Etobicoke. The tower, designed by Sweeny &Co Architects for Montez Corporation, would be situated along the Kingsway shopping strip and steps from the subway, though a Protected Major Transit Station Area designation is not in effect at Royal York station.
The assembly combines a vacant former auto body shop property at 3005 Bloor Street West with a one-storey detached house at 14 Humbervale Boulevard, which would be demolished. Occupying the southwest corner of Bloor and Humbervale, the rectangular assembly is next to a six-storey mostly residential, mixed-use building to the west, with Royal York Road just beyond. Two-storey commercial and mixed-use buildings line Bloor to the north and east, with one- and two-storey detached houses extending south into Sunnylea.
The site was previously planned for Windsor House Condos, a seven-storey building designed by Turner Fleischer for ONE Properties. Following an initial application in November, 2017, the project proceeded through tribunal appeals, securing approval for a seven-storey scheme in 2021 and site-specific zoning in 2024. Goldberg Group has now submitted to the City on behalf of Montez, seeking a substantially taller rental development.
The building would rise 103m above a four-storey podium. Approximately 433m² of retail would line the full Bloor frontage. The residential entrance would face Humbervale. Tower floor-plates would measure approximately 765m².
The proposal contains 318 market-rate rental units: three studios, 203 one-bedrooms, 82 two-bedrooms, and 30 three-bedrooms. Three elevators would serve the building, providing a ratio of one elevator per 106 units, requiring high speed motors to provide prompt service. Approximately 22,486m² of Gross Floor Area would comprise 22,053m² of residential space and 433m² of retail, yielding a Floor Space Index of 11.71 times coverage of the site. Residents would have approximately 735m² of indoor amenities and 539m² outdoors, distributed between the second floor and mechanical penthouse level.
Three underground garage levels would house 106 vehicle parking spaces, comprising 99 resident spaces, five visitor spaces, one retail space, and one car-share space. Bicycle parking would total 122 spaces, divided into 110 long-term and 12 short-term spaces on the ground floor and mezzanine. The applicant proposes participation in the City’s Payment-in-Lieu of Bicycle Parking program to permit the reduced bicycle parking supply.
Royal York station on Bloor Line 2 is approximately 140m away, a two-minute walk. Multiple surface routes also serve the station. Bloor Street provides cycling connections east of Royal York Road, but the lanes are threatened and the Province has already completed removal of the bike lanes between Royal York and Clissold roads in October, 2026.
Nearby development proposals range from seven storeys at 2947 Bloor Street West to the east to 16 storeys at 3100 Bloor Street West to the west. The 29-storey proposal at 2929 Bloor Street West, east of the site, would nearly match the proposed height at 3005 Bloor. Further east, 69 Old Mill Terrace is proposed at 39 storeys. Further west, closer to Islington station, a 50-storey tower is proposed at 1243 Islington Avenue.
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| Related Companies: | Counterpoint Engineering, Goldberg Group, Gradient Wind Engineers & Scientists, STUDIO tla, Sweeny &Co Architects Inc. |
