East Bayfront: Parkside/Bayside/Dockside neighbourhoods Overview

[Solaris]

Daily Commercial News

So I see there's 3 components in the East Bayfront Redevelopment:

1. Parkside
2. Bayside
3. Dockside

Good to see progress being made for East Bayfront with builders being shortlisted for Parkside + Bayside
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RESIDENTIAL, COMMERICAL DEVELOPMENT
Proj: 9080247-7
Toronto, Metro Toronto Reg ON
CONTEMPLATED
East Bayfront, Parkside, Parliment St, E side of Sherbourne Park, S of Lakeshore Blvd
$70,000,000 est

Note: An Expression of Interest (EOI) for Developers closed Fall, 2007. Owner issued a Request For Qualifications (RFQ) was issued for this parcel early Spring, 2008. From the 25 submissions received, the Owner has short-listed the following development teams; The Daniels Corporation; The Great Gulf Group of Companies; Menkes Development Ltd and AEW Capital Management LP; Tridel Builders Inc and Concert Properties Ltd; and Walker Corporation Pty Ltd. and Cityzen Development Corp. Owner is in discussion with a selected proponent. An announcement is pending City Council approval of the selected proponent, expected Fall 2009. Design, tender and construction schedules will be determined by the awarded consortium. Further update November, 2009.

Project: proposed development of 700,000 square feet) of residential / mixed-use sapce. Related East Bayfront developments, Dockside and Bayside can be followed under report numbers 1310611 and 9080251.

Scope: 700,000 square feet; 1 acres

Development: New

Category: Apartment bldgs; Retail, wholesale services; Restaurants

First report Fri Apr 18, 2008. Last report Wed May 20, 2009.
This report Wed Aug 26, 2009.


http://www.dailycommercialnews.com/cgi-bin/top10.pl?rm=show_top10_project&id=fb2f2d061a2a3343a1825d515daec451873a8f06&projectid=9080247&region=ontario
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RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Proj: 9080251-5
Toronto, Metro Toronto Reg ON
CONTEMPLATED
East Bayfront, Bayside, N of Queens Quay, btw Parliment Ave and Sherbourne St, M5A
$180,000,000 est

Note: Owner issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) for Developers Summer, 2007. From the submissions received, the Owner has short-listed the following development teams; The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, Monarch, FRAM Building Group Ltd. and Albanese Development Corporation; Hines, Menkes Development Ltd. and AEW Capital Management LP, Walker Corporation Pty Ltd, and Cityzen Development Corporation. An Invited Request For Proposals (RFP) has been issued to the selected proponents closing Fall 2009. An award is anticipated Spring 2010. Design, tender and construction schedules will be phased and determined for individual projects by the awarded proponent through Summer, 2010. Further update May 2010.
Project: proposed development of waterfront location with frontage onto the future Sherbourne Park with mixed-use development potential for residential, hotel, and retail. The related East Bayfront projects, Parkside and Dockside can be followed under report numbers 9080247 and 1310611.

Scope: 1,700,000 square feet; 13 acres

Development: New

Category: Apartment bldgs; Retail, wholesale services; Hotels, motels; Public bldgs

First report Fri Apr 18, 2008. Last report Fri Feb 20, 2009.
This report Wed Aug 26, 2009.


http://www.dailycommercialnews.com/cgi-bin/top10.pl?rm=show_top10_project&id=6acb09ab27af3dff6010e2c98681bfada80e2886&projectid=9080251&region=ontario
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RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL SPACE
Proj: 1310611-15
Toronto, Metro Toronto Reg ON
PREPARING PLANS
East Bayfront Dockside, East Bayfront, between Jarvis St and Cherry St, M5E
$35,000,000 est

Start: 2010

Note: Owner currently evaluating options for development and market of the remaining sites. No timelines have been proposed. Owner issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) for Developers Summer, 2007. Timeframes for Requests For Qualifications (RFQ) from Consortia to develop the remaining Commercial space on the site are undetermined. Design, tender and construction schedules will be determined when Development partners are in place. Prequalification of Construction Managers/General Contractors for public realm, infrastructure and engineering projects on the site can be followed under report number 9096189. Further update Spring, 2010.
http://buildeastbayfront.com

Project: proposed construction of commercial medium-density buildings. Development parcels are available for 400,00 sq ft of commercial space in buildings from eight to thirty storeys in two development blocks in the area where Corus Quay and George Brown College are being developed. Chorus Quay; a 450,000 sq ft office and retail building being developed by TEDCO for Corus entertainment can be followed under report number 1320396. The new 535,000 sq. ft. satellite campus for George Brown College can be followed under report number 9085967.

Scope: 400,000 square feet; 5 hectares

Development: New

Category: Apartment bldgs; Retail, wholesale services; Misc engineering

First report Mon Jul 18, 2005. Last report Fri Feb 20, 2009.
This report Wed Aug 26, 2009.


http://www.dailycommercialnews.com/cgi-bin/top10.pl?rm=show_top10_project&id=f66cc2fd2f2c1a63f2bef7bafd174e1afa6fea6c&projectid=1310611&region=ontario

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

WT Board October 28 Update:

http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/dbdocs//4aeafe3fdb0c7.pdf

(includes new info for Sugar Beach, George Brown, etc).

AoD

 

[khris]

Press release for the construction of Sugar Beach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUPU2wNA9I

 

[lead82]

Glad to finally see construction in this area. Anyone know if the construction of Sugar Beach will be done by next summer?

 

[JasonParis]

"Substantially finished" by June, 2010.

 

[newuser2k9]

I would really like to see Cityzen or Great Gulf win this, given both of those firms' sterling track record. For the scale and significance of the project, we can't have nothing less.

 

[grey]

I would really like to see Cityzen or Great Gulf win this, given both of those firms' sterling track record. For the scale and significance of the project, we can't have nothing less.

Cityzen is responsible for Pier 27, which has a horrible street presence. That's exactly the type of development most of us don't want to see in these new neighbourhoods.

 

[yyzer]

Cityzen is responsible for Pier 27, which has a horrible street presence. That's exactly the type of development most of us don't want to see in these new neighbourhoods.

what are you smokin, grey? Pier 27 will be fabulous.....

 

[grey]

Only as a great piece of architecture. In terms of urban planning, it leaves a lot to be desired. The manner in which it meets the street and it's treatment of public space is alienating to pedestrians. It's basically buildings sitting in an open field.

 

[yyzer]

ah, I see......

 

[maestro]

Only as a great piece of architecture. In terms of urban planning, it leaves a lot to be desired. The manner in which it meets the street and it's treatment of public space is alienating to pedestrians. It's basically buildings sitting in an open field.

I thought retail facing the street is desirable.

 

[chiron]

Only as a great piece of architecture. In terms of urban planning, it leaves a lot to be desired. The manner in which it meets the street and it's treatment of public space is alienating to pedestrians. It's basically buildings sitting in an open field.

The buildings which will meet the street (Queens Quay) are in future phases and are just green squares in the model at the sale office.

 

[Torontovibe]

Only as a great piece of architecture. In terms of urban planning, it leaves a lot to be desired. The manner in which it meets the street and it's treatment of public space is alienating to pedestrians. It's basically buildings sitting in an open field.

Yep, it's basically towers in the park and it gives nothing back to the city at street level. (No retail, no restaurants, no coffee shops, no public amenities, no cultural or entertainment venues, nothing)

 

[maestro]

But there is retail along QQ.

There's an overabundance of retail in this city so it would be futile to put it along the promenade as well. I don't think we can fault the development either for the lack of cultural and entertainment venues considering it's a condo development. It's probably is the wrong location for condos however, that's hardly the fault of the development. It's urban form ain't Bay street or Freedland but it's hardly St Jamestown either.

 

[newuser2k9]

I would take it that if there is a virtually un-landscaped field on the property of another development, it's going to be developed in the near future. The way Pier 27 meets the water is pretty much the high point of any waterfront development on the Great Lakes this side of Chicago.