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The first of two biggies today.
This new to the AIC application comes to us from Gairloch, who have a fairly popular midrise under construction just a bit to the south.
The site is only 1 block from the Leaside Station of the Eglinton Crosstown, and will a one-storey carwash replaced with a 46 storey tower.
This is the parcel of land immediately north of the Metro supermarket site, on the west side of the street, and 1/2 a block south of the Glazebrook proposal.
Site as it is, per Streetview:
The App:
app.toronto.ca
From the above: (Look UT, there's colour)
(3rd building back)
Ground Floor Plan:
Elevator Ratio: 0.95 elevators per 100 units
Parking Ratio: 0.09 (when resident spaces only are counted)
Comments: A handsome podium, I think, and nice to see colour........... from aA again......oh my.
The height is going to be a steep ask with a high likihood of it being cut down. Tallest ask in this stretch of Bayview is currently 35s, so they're asking an 11 storey premium to that. They do have the closer to the station/Eglinton argument, but I still see a haircut in this one's future.
Floor plate is small on this one, because the site itself is small, particularly in the N-S direction. There may be some discusion about whether this site is suitable to a tall building. But I read it as feasible, provided, you think the applicant's assumptions on how the balance of the block will develop are reasonable, and the other owners think likewise.
The absence of street trees on Bayview is an issue, as is a slightly more narrow sidewalk than ideal, though at +5M I don't see that as critical at all.
This new to the AIC application comes to us from Gairloch, who have a fairly popular midrise under construction just a bit to the south.
The site is only 1 block from the Leaside Station of the Eglinton Crosstown, and will a one-storey carwash replaced with a 46 storey tower.
This is the parcel of land immediately north of the Metro supermarket site, on the west side of the street, and 1/2 a block south of the Glazebrook proposal.
Site as it is, per Streetview:
The App:
Application Details
app.toronto.ca
From the above: (Look UT, there's colour)
(3rd building back)
Ground Floor Plan:
Elevator Ratio: 0.95 elevators per 100 units
Parking Ratio: 0.09 (when resident spaces only are counted)
Comments: A handsome podium, I think, and nice to see colour........... from aA again......oh my.
The height is going to be a steep ask with a high likihood of it being cut down. Tallest ask in this stretch of Bayview is currently 35s, so they're asking an 11 storey premium to that. They do have the closer to the station/Eglinton argument, but I still see a haircut in this one's future.
Floor plate is small on this one, because the site itself is small, particularly in the N-S direction. There may be some discusion about whether this site is suitable to a tall building. But I read it as feasible, provided, you think the applicant's assumptions on how the balance of the block will develop are reasonable, and the other owners think likewise.
The absence of street trees on Bayview is an issue, as is a slightly more narrow sidewalk than ideal, though at +5M I don't see that as critical at all.
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