PMT
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Preliminary Report: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ey/bgrd/backgroundfile-131330.pdf
Toronto 150 Eighth | 23.62m | 6s | Canadian Helen Keller Centre | Chamberlain
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PMT
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Northern Light
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Final Approval Report is up, next Etobicoke-York Community Council Mtg. on September 9th, 2020.
HousingNowTO
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Major site changes will be considered for this site via item will be considered by City Council on June 15, 2022.
"...the property has changed hands, and the new owners are the non-profit organization, the Canadian Helen Keller Centre. The new owners are proposing a 58-unit deeply affordable rental building geared to persons who are both deaf and blind. These new homes will be affordable for at least 40 years, and will have rents geared to tenant incomes meaning no household will pay more than 30 percent of their income on rent.
This project is supported by government funding including through the City of Toronto’s Open Door Program which waives development charges, and planning and building permit fees. Providing new deeply affordable and supportive homes to persons with physical and developmental disabilities is a priority for all levels of government, and is a key action in the City's HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan."
LINK - http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2022.MM45.3
"...the property has changed hands, and the new owners are the non-profit organization, the Canadian Helen Keller Centre. The new owners are proposing a 58-unit deeply affordable rental building geared to persons who are both deaf and blind. These new homes will be affordable for at least 40 years, and will have rents geared to tenant incomes meaning no household will pay more than 30 percent of their income on rent.
This project is supported by government funding including through the City of Toronto’s Open Door Program which waives development charges, and planning and building permit fees. Providing new deeply affordable and supportive homes to persons with physical and developmental disabilities is a priority for all levels of government, and is a key action in the City's HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan."
LINK - http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2022.MM45.3
HousingNowTO
Senior Member
Federal CMHC funds allocated to this project today...
urbantoronto.ca
City Contributes to 260 New Affordable, Supportive Homes in Toronto | UrbanToronto
Today, Mayor John Tory announced seven new affordable and supportive housing developments, part of Phase Two of the federal Rapid Housing Initiative, creating 260 new affordable and supportive homes, and growing the capacity and expertise of Toronto’s non-profit housing development sector.
RedVole
New Member
From the Instagram feed of the new owners, the Helen Keller Centre (https://www.instagram.com/canadianhelenkeller/)
DopeyFish
Active Member
holy smokes thats certainly a change
the old design looked like the ugly cap reit apartments across the street... and now magically this becomes one of the coolest looking buildings in the area lol
also potentially commercial/retail? yes pleasssse
the old design looked like the ugly cap reit apartments across the street... and now magically this becomes one of the coolest looking buildings in the area lol
also potentially commercial/retail? yes pleasssse
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PMT
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DopeyFish
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they've been ripping up the legion for at least a few weeks now
artyboy123
Senior Member
New renderings are updated in the database. The overall height changed from 24.08m to 18.90m. The total unit count changed from 90 units to 58 units. Overall parking was reduced from 94 parking to 22 parking.
Rendering taken from the architectural plan via Site Plan Approval:
Rendering taken from the architectural plan via Site Plan Approval:
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DopeyFish
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aw no commercial component?
also i have to say knowing this is supposed to be primarily for the blind, this development really doesn't make sense in context with the currently existing neighbourhood.
there is no direct sidewalk that takes you to lake shore where retail/drug stores are, pedestrians will have to cross the street no matter what. just west only half of ninth street east side has a sidewalk. just 75% of eighth street west side has no sidewalk... the sidewalk transitions into a parking lot, then it's the opening for the lumber yard, then it's an opening for the fire station, then the opening of a green P parking lot. right north of the development is a skate park which they will have to get past just to get to the closest crossing on either side.
it's like they chose the worst possible location they could and the city desperately needs to make the streets be a bit more accommodating.
edit: oh it looks like there is a sidewalk on eighth street side but the trees are in overgrowth and i just never noticed it was there. it's still really dangerous considering it's pathing, it doesn't directly link with the one that hits lake shore. it's still bad and needs improvements, but ninth street would be the optimal redesign in my opinion.
also i have to say knowing this is supposed to be primarily for the blind, this development really doesn't make sense in context with the currently existing neighbourhood.
there is no direct sidewalk that takes you to lake shore where retail/drug stores are, pedestrians will have to cross the street no matter what. just west only half of ninth street east side has a sidewalk. just 75% of eighth street west side has no sidewalk... the sidewalk transitions into a parking lot, then it's the opening for the lumber yard, then it's an opening for the fire station, then the opening of a green P parking lot. right north of the development is a skate park which they will have to get past just to get to the closest crossing on either side.
it's like they chose the worst possible location they could and the city desperately needs to make the streets be a bit more accommodating.
edit: oh it looks like there is a sidewalk on eighth street side but the trees are in overgrowth and i just never noticed it was there. it's still really dangerous considering it's pathing, it doesn't directly link with the one that hits lake shore. it's still bad and needs improvements, but ninth street would be the optimal redesign in my opinion.
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Tim MacDonald
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It's a terrible shot but I happened to catch this accidentally, May 14th
HousingNowTO
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Stopped by the site today, No Signage... but hearing that it will be MODULAR steel construction...
The not-for-profit is expecting this to happen pretty quickly - https://www.chkc.org/2023/02/creating-independence-for-the-deafblind-community/
The not-for-profit is expecting this to happen pretty quickly - https://www.chkc.org/2023/02/creating-independence-for-the-deafblind-community/
HousingNowTO
Senior Member
Build will be STEEL-FRAME modular... by ANC Modular...
56 Units Coming to Etobicoke
ANC Modular Awarded Build ANC Modular is excited to have been awarded the fabrication and installation contract for this 56 unit affordable housing project in Etobicoke Ontario, for the Canadian Helen Keller Center. This project is being funded by CMHC to put hearing and visually impaired...
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HousingNowTO
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Recent profile of ANC's steel-modular factory in Brantford --
"The Helen Keller project is one of several ANC Modular has on the go after completing projects in Brantford. The company is also working on a four-storey building in downtown Toronto for St. Felix Centre, which helps people who are homeless and hungry.
Both the Keller and St. Felix projects are funded by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s Rapid Housing Initiative. Almost all – 99 per cent – of ANC Modular’s current contracts are affordable and supportive housing projects for government-funded agencies across Ontario.
Meanwhile, ANC crews are finishing a modular housing project in Ohsweken for Six Nations Housing Authority.
ANC has already completed projects in Brantford including a $5.5 million 25-unit modular housing development on previously vacant municipally-owned land at 177 Colborne St. West. It was also chosen for a ‘tiny-home’ project at Stinson and Stirton Avenues in Brantford.
Neill started ANC, a construction company in 2017 and launched the modular home building company in 2021. Working out of a manufacturing facility at the Brantford Municipal Airport, the company employs 42 people and is on its way to becoming a global leader."
www.brantfordexpositor.ca
"The Helen Keller project is one of several ANC Modular has on the go after completing projects in Brantford. The company is also working on a four-storey building in downtown Toronto for St. Felix Centre, which helps people who are homeless and hungry.
Both the Keller and St. Felix projects are funded by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s Rapid Housing Initiative. Almost all – 99 per cent – of ANC Modular’s current contracts are affordable and supportive housing projects for government-funded agencies across Ontario.
Meanwhile, ANC crews are finishing a modular housing project in Ohsweken for Six Nations Housing Authority.
ANC has already completed projects in Brantford including a $5.5 million 25-unit modular housing development on previously vacant municipally-owned land at 177 Colborne St. West. It was also chosen for a ‘tiny-home’ project at Stinson and Stirton Avenues in Brantford.
Neill started ANC, a construction company in 2017 and launched the modular home building company in 2021. Working out of a manufacturing facility at the Brantford Municipal Airport, the company employs 42 people and is on its way to becoming a global leader."
Brantford company becoming a world leader in modular housing
ANC of Brantford is on its way to becoming a global leader - June 5, 2023.
www.brantfordexpositor.ca