Regent Park Phase 3 General

[torontologist]

were are all the people that live public housing going to go if they build more condos here in Regent Park?

The partners involved in the redevelopment are legally obligated to recreate the affordable housing units, so no one is suddenly being displaced.

They have to build more condos in Regent Park to pay for the new affordable units. More condos have to be built to prevent displacement.

 

[Automation Gallery]

Regent Park revitalization $107 million in the hole

The $1-billion and counting 15-year Regent Park revitalization project is not even half done and already $107 million in the hole, the city’s budget committee heard last week.

According to a report to the Jan. 24 budget committee, the $107-million city bailout required to finish Phase 3 is only the start with another $182-million funding shortfall predicted (on a preliminary basis) for Phases 4 and 5 and $100 million-plus for another revitalization of Lawrence Heights.
The budget committee approved — with barely a whimper — a plan concocted by city finance staff to increase the annual capital subsidy to Toronto Community Housing Corp. (TCHC) by $6 million to help pay for the 339 social housing units that have yet to be built in Phase 3.

They also agreed to guarantee another $101.7 million in new debt that must be taken out to finance the Regent Park project.
http://www.torontosun.com/2017/01/29/regent-park-revitalization-107-million-in-the-hole

 

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[Admiral Beez]

Also keep in mind that one goal is to reduce the proportion of RGI in the district through market units - adding significantly more social housing will bump it up. One way to get around it is maybe increasing the number of market units as well so that the overall mix remains the same. Perhaps time to not build any additional townhomes?

AoD

Is it smart to add further to the population without any increase to transit or parking?

 

[interchange42]

Is it smart to add further to the population without any increase to transit or parking?

Parking? Most projects come with more parking, and a little more of it is not too problematic.

Transit? Pretty obviously the lack of new transit in the core has led to the infrastructure deficit that we're trying to address now. That said, it's a complex question, as if you're building more housing close to downtown, then you're putting more people within potential walking distance of their jobs and shopping, lessening dependence on both cars and transit. Still, as there is no practical way to stop new development downtown or elsewhere, we have to keep pushing on the new transit file.

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[Admiral Beez]

Transit? Pretty obviously the lack of new transit in the core has led to the infrastructure deficit that we're trying to address now.

But we're not addressing it. Instead we're adding population into Regent Park while still relying on two streetcar lines (506, 505) and one bus (65). Transit on Shuter St. would help, or perhaps River.

 

[innsertnamehere]

505 and 506 streetcars have plenty of extra capacity, they don't have super high frequencies currently.

 

[interchange42]

But we're not addressing it. Instead we're adding population into Regent Park while still relying on two streetcar lines (506, 505) and one bus (65). Transit on Shuter St. would help, or perhaps River.

If you're talking about short term solutions, like adding surface vehicles, that's not something that should hold up development: build, and then respond with higher frequencies (and, if needed, new routes). If you're talking longterm, then we are addressing it as work continues on the Relief Line study.

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[Admiral Beez]

If you're talking about short term solutions, like adding surface vehicles, that's not something that should hold up development: build, and then respond with higher frequencies (and, if needed, new routes). If you're talking longterm, then we are addressing it as work continues on the Relief Line study.

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Study? At this rate I'll be retired before the Relief Line is finished. That's another 24 years from now.

 

[interchange42]

Well, get out there with your own shovel then, so that by the time they've finished designing it and figuring out how to pay for it, they'll get a head start with your hole. Let's get thing within a decade!

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[Jasonzed]

 

[interchange42]

A pile of new threads have been started for individual Regent Park Phase 3 projects, started by posts that have been moved from this thread. The overall Phase 3 thread is, from now on, aimed at 1) demolition across phase 3, 2) overall drone shots, 3) the Athletic Field and facilities (hence the dataBase file at the top of this page), and 4) general discussion about what's going on with phase 3 such as the funding model change, as per the discussion above.

If you have photos or want to talk about specific phase 3 projects, however, here are the threads (and where you'll find the old posts):

Block 16 S Daniels market condo and co-op

Block 16 N TCHC rental suites

Block 17 N TCHC rental townhomes and tower

Block 26 The Wyatt Daniels market condo

Block 27 TCHC rental towers

Block 28 TCHC rental townhomes

Block 28 Dixon Hall Youth Centre

Block 30 Daniels rental tower and market townhomes

Block 32 The Sumach by Chartwell, retirement residence

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[SelenaL]

The last part of Phase 3 also known as Phase 3B-2 (365 Parliament Street & 295 Gerrard Street East) is scheduled to be demolished in September 2018.

 

[innsertnamehere]

good to see the revitalization finally reaching Gerrard. The street needs it.