Toronto 145 King West (ground floor reconstruction) | Quadreal | Gensler

[androiduk]

I think this is the area to be filled in.


Application: Zoning Review Status: Not Started

Location: 145 KING ST W
TORONTO ON M5H 1J8

Ward 28: Toronto Centre-Rosedale

Application#: 13 136420 ZPR 00 ZR Accepted Date: Mar 20, 2013

Project: Non-Residential Building Addition

Description: Proposal to infill existing opening at York St and King St corner to provide additional area at concourse level (198m2) and a new combined exit from the parking and concourse levels.

 

[canarob]

Interesting -- I wonder if this will include a restaurant? Earls across the street seems to be pulling in plenty of money.

 

[adma]

Well, where the concourse meets the subway at University Avenue also used to be an open court until about 20/25/whatever years ago...

 

[AlbertC]

Application Details

www.toronto.ca

145 KING ST W
To alter the existing 27-storey mixed-use building by reconstructing the commercial space on the ground floor to accommodate a larger frontage along University Avenue for the financial institution use (Scotiabank) and to accommodate a second eating establishment use (fronting King Street West). The total gross floor area of the financial institution use will be maintained and the existing commercial office space (fronting University Avenue) will be removed.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Interesting. @Paclo or @interchange42 can put 'Gensler' and 'QuadReal' in the thread title.

A classic WZMH / O&Y landmark getting altered:

 

[70Challenger]

So they're gonna set up a streetscape-killing 1 storey glass enclosure housing another LCBO or something and get rid of precious open downtown landscape while butchering a clean, well-preserved example of 70s modernism? Sounds like Toronto.

 

[Tuscani01]

So they're gonna set up a streetscape-killing 1 storey glass enclosure housing another LCBO or something and get rid of precious open downtown landscape while butchering a clean, well-preserved example of 70s modernism? Sounds like Toronto.

Scotiabank is expanding its frontage within the existing building footprint along University. They'll be vacating a portion of the building along King to make space for a new restaurant. All of this to happen within the existing footprint. There will be a new patio in the open space though, which should help animate it much better than a bank branch.