smuncky
Senior Member
Guys, the most current renderings are a just a few posts above.
Toronto 58 Atlantic | 172.96m | 51s | BGO | BDP Quadrangle
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Marcanadian
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Rental replacement units that were previously to be relocated off site will now be integrated into the project:
innsertnamehere
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My guess is that they couldn't replace on site before because it was employment lands.. and conversion would need to go through the MCR process. Now with the province's changes to the growth plan, the units can be accommodated through a traditional OPA application?
Would have been interesting to be a fly on the wall when the city told the applicant to replace the existing units, but not on site because it's employment lands..
Would have been interesting to be a fly on the wall when the city told the applicant to replace the existing units, but not on site because it's employment lands..
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It was complicated. Many different methods / ideas for replacement were pursued. Eventually the City relented and a special exception was granted here.
junctionist
Senior Member
The proposed mechanical penthouse looks brutal. It's massive and appears to be covered in starkly utilitarian cladding.
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I'm not sure where you're getting that from - it's drawn purely as an illustrative placeholder. The dimensions are likely accurate, but the materiality certainly isn't.
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Sold to Bentall Kennedy.
cd concept
Senior Member
I was wondering if the areas located between Atlantic, King and Dufferin st are only designated for office comercial. If so could they build taller towers in that area being close to this Ontario Line and GO station. To serve a bigger office comercial sector because of the hub.
Lachlan Holmes
Active Member
New documents for this went up April 14th. Notably, architect has switched from Sweeney to B+H, the height is now officially 11 storeys as a mezzanine floor has been made into a full office floor, and the rental replacement units have been split between this project and BentallGreenOak's Novus towers a few blocks east.
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All images sourced from the AIC.
Elevations
All images sourced from the AIC.
Northern Light
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From the above to a new Final report, revising the previous one.... due at the next meeting of TEYCC:
Some catch-up here:
Some catch-up here:
Northern Light
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We left this one a very long time ago, without actually noting that it did get approved roughly as above.
Now, however, it is returning in a much different form..........
Revised Height: 50s
Mixed Use - Res. (Tenure Rental)
New Architect: BDPQ
Old AIC Link: http://app.toronto.ca/AIC/index.do?folderRsn=5759771
@Paclo
Paclo will wish to note, that the Descriptive elements below come from the Cover Letter and that while a Planning Report and Urban Design Report are both referenced in same, neither is currently among the available documents, he may wish to give George P. (City Planner on file) a note about that.
From the above:
Site Plan:
Ground Floor Plan:
Typical Tower Floor Plan:
* Unit sizes are positively sane. 1 Beds start at 600ft2, 2 Beds start at 899ft2, and 3 Beds are over 1,000ft2.
Elevator Ratio: 514 units to 4 elevators or 1 elevator per 128 units
@HousingNowTO is flagged in relation to the proposed 30 affordable units here.
Now, however, it is returning in a much different form..........
Revised Height: 50s
Mixed Use - Res. (Tenure Rental)
New Architect: BDPQ
Old AIC Link: http://app.toronto.ca/AIC/index.do?folderRsn=5759771
@Paclo
Paclo will wish to note, that the Descriptive elements below come from the Cover Letter and that while a Planning Report and Urban Design Report are both referenced in same, neither is currently among the available documents, he may wish to give George P. (City Planner on file) a note about that.
From the above:
Site Plan:
Ground Floor Plan:
Typical Tower Floor Plan:
* Unit sizes are positively sane. 1 Beds start at 600ft2, 2 Beds start at 899ft2, and 3 Beds are over 1,000ft2.
Elevator Ratio: 514 units to 4 elevators or 1 elevator per 128 units
@HousingNowTO is flagged in relation to the proposed 30 affordable units here.
innsertnamehere
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900sm floorplate lets you do those good unit layouts.
Overall: this works well. Ground floor looks generally well thought out, podium interface is good, architecture works well. I appreciate the POPs space which looks like it will work well and the landscape plan looks great with a large number of street trees.
A couple of quibbles:
I don't appreciate the res lobby for the small corner building being on the corner. That should be a retail unit or at least have the "program space" on the corner instead. I'd be tempted to just leave the rooftop addition off as well and let it stand on it's own original form - make it a commercial office building (brick and beam is in high demand after all) and let it stand on it's own. The res addition is pretty marginal, do a 52 storey tower to make up for it if you have to.
That Type G space is also not practically going to be used - I appreciate the attempt to keep it having a minimal impact on the ground floor plan, but loading in reality for Type G will end up happening in the lane as navigating into that space will be too difficult - the margins are exact and it's a difficult, unusual turning movement, which means most drivers likely simply won't bother.
Overall: this works well. Ground floor looks generally well thought out, podium interface is good, architecture works well. I appreciate the POPs space which looks like it will work well and the landscape plan looks great with a large number of street trees.
A couple of quibbles:
I don't appreciate the res lobby for the small corner building being on the corner. That should be a retail unit or at least have the "program space" on the corner instead. I'd be tempted to just leave the rooftop addition off as well and let it stand on it's own original form - make it a commercial office building (brick and beam is in high demand after all) and let it stand on it's own. The res addition is pretty marginal, do a 52 storey tower to make up for it if you have to.
That Type G space is also not practically going to be used - I appreciate the attempt to keep it having a minimal impact on the ground floor plan, but loading in reality for Type G will end up happening in the lane as navigating into that space will be too difficult - the margins are exact and it's a difficult, unusual turning movement, which means most drivers likely simply won't bother.
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Now make it do the BGO dance:
ushahid
Senior Member
I thought the title was a typo. this is a big height jump.
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