299 Queen Street West (Bell Media Studios)

[jxmith_]

Well, 86 John St was 10s/14 units. And judging by the complete inactivity on that thread since 2021, I imagine it’s been built and everyone loves it, so great things for this single parcel.

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[rdaner]

Well, 86 John St was 10s/14 units. And judging by the complete inactivity on that thread since 2021, I imagine it’s been built and everyone loves it, so great things for this single parcel.

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86 John Street, Toronto by 1, Sweeny &Co Architects Inc.

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I was thinking what someone like Oxford or Tridel could do.

 

[jxmith_]

Not that it would be impossible to build around, but wouldn’t Bell look to assemble the rest of the block anyhow?

 

[1Ć0]

I was thinking what someone like Oxford or Tridel could do.

On a very cursory overview, you may get 3 - 4 towers if you assembled the entire block (John - Duncan - Queen - Richmond). Towers in the 40s fronting onto Richmond and in the 20s fronting onto Queen.

With 4 towers you would land somewhere around:
- 1.3m SF of GCA
- 1.18m SF of GFA
- 1m SF of NSA

Let's assume about 100K SF of the podium will be non-residential - so call it 900K SF of residential NSA. With an average unit size of 625 SF, you'll get about 1,440 units.

This is all dependent on the (current/future) owners appetite, economic climate, constructability + heritage retention, city's receptiveness to such an idea, etc. Instead of 4 towers, what is also likely is a Bjarke-King/Queen-Ashbridge style development. Or perhaps towers along Richmond and a midrise form along Queen. This will likely result in a reduction in GFA and unit count.