Toronto 1830 Weston | 152.97m | 45s | Castlepoint Numa | Studio JCI

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Community engagement website:

www.1830weston.ca

1830 Weston Rd

www.1830weston.ca www.1830weston.ca


From an email by Castlepoint Numa:

Dear Community Stakeholder,

Thank you for being so engaged in the Weston Park redevelopment project at 1865-1885 Weston Road! As you are aware, we made our first Official Plan Amendment and Rezoning submission to the City of Toronto on October 29, 2021. City Council recently adopted the staff preliminary report, so City Staff have scheduled a virtual public meeting to review the project on June 14, 2022. The login and registration details have not yet been circulated. Once those details are available, we will post them to our project website at www.westonpark.ca. They will also be available on the City of Toronto website here.

Two New Projects on Weston Road

We are thrilled to announce our two new projects on Weston Road, located at 1798-1812 Weston Road and 1830-1844 Weston Road!

We have hired two all-star design teams-- BDP Quadrangle for 1798-1812 Weston Road and Studio JCI for 1830-1844 Weston Road.

In order to guide the concept designs, we have prepared a list of preliminary project objectives. We would like your feedback on the objectives as well as to learn about your priorities for the transformation of this stretch of Weston Road. Click here to participate in our survey.

In response to the project objectives and informed by your feedback, our design teams will refine the concept design and reviewing precedents that will inspire the design of the two new buildings. Once we have preliminary massing concept designs and potential directions for materiality and building articulation, we will host a community update meeting to review your feedback and the anticipated design direction for both projects. We will circulate the community meeting information when it is available.

You’re welcome to email us with questions and comments about the projects. If you would like to be removed from this mailing list, please reply “unsubscribe” to this email.

For more information, check out our recently launched project websites at www.1798weston.ca and www.1830weston.ca!
With thanks,

Castlepoint team

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Current condition of the site:


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Some key points from the June 20, 2022 community consultation meeting:

www.1830weston.ca

Concept Design & Community Feedback — 1830-1844 Weston Rd

A big thank you to our neighbours and the stakeholders who came out to our in-person community meeting on June 20, 2022. We had over 30 community members and stakeholders at our first community update meeting. During this meeting we reviewed the community feedback to date on our preliminary project
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Design Concept

Studio JCI presented their concept design for a tall residential building with retail/commercial/community uses at grade as well as non-residential uses in the second storey of the podium overlooking Weston Road. Below the proposed massing of the building.

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Studio JCI’s design includes animated design along Weston Road that includes dedicated entrances for the residential, commercial, and community uses directly off Weston Road. We are exploring the possibility of accommodating an ‘urban format’ grocer on this site, which is a smaller more compact grocery store due to the limited size of the floor plate, requirements for access and loading, and other site constraints. We are incorporating loading and other back of house requirements to project for this use early on in the design process.


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The design team is still in process of developing further design details, including the materials, colors, and articulation of the massing. Below are the precedents that the team is inspired by.

We look forward to providing further updates once the concept design is finalized.
 
We have a front page story up about this site, here.

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renx.ca

Challenges aside, GTA multires market has big believer in KIN | RENX - Real Estate News Exchange

KIN Capital Partners is partnering with Castlepoint Numa and Forthlane Partners to build two high-rise residential towers in the Weston area of Toronto as the company continues to expand in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) housing market. Jacob Iftah, co-founder
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Two Weston Road developments​

Iftah detailed the Weston project as including two separate developments at 1830 – 1844 Weston Rd. and 1798 – 1808 Weston Rd. Castlepoint Numa will lead the development.

The properties are on the same block but they will be separate development applications which may be submitted to the city before the end of the current quarter.

“They will be attractive product for both tenants and for investors and for foreign buyers,” said Iftah. “We just like the area; so close to transit and so close to downtown. But this area is still completely undeveloped. We really like to go into those nodes.

“Typically we go there when there’s a couple of applications already ahead of us. There’s a few developers that are in front of us in the line, but the area is still not there and we’re very bullish about that node.

“So if there’s going to be more opportunities to do more there we’ll definitely be doing that.”

Iftah said he couldn’t provide specifics on the projects as they are currently being worked on for submission in the development application process with the city.

The intent, though, is for two high-rise towers with a significant number of residential units.

“The business plan right now is condos. We may change it later down the road but for now our mandate is to do condos . . . but there is a chance we’ll adjust if the market will be a better fit for us,” he said.

“You don’t get many sites where you can get in 15 minutes to downtown Toronto directly without any stops . . . From a location perspective this area has been just a little bit unfortunate and a little bit overlooked over the years.

“I think it’s been time for a while now for this area to change and evolve and we’re happy to be one of the first groups to develop this area in a significant way.”

Iftah said Castlepoint had assembled the pieces of land over a period of years and KIN bought into the partnership.

“We’re excited to welcome our new partners KIN Capital and Forthlane as they share our enthusiasm and commitment to unlocking the full potential of the Weston and Lawrence community,” said Jeff Brenner, partner at Castlepoint Numa, in a news release.

“The adjacency to transit, the natural amenities of the Humber River and the diversity of its residents present the characteristics we seek for our community development projects.”
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I quite like the podium.............

I'm not sure about the tower. the 2nd to last rendering is reasonably flattering while the last one, to my eyes is .......well...........not so flattering, LOL

The quality of the glazing will be among the key make or break points for this design. Done well, it could be a landmark in the best sense; done poorly......not so much.
 
Official submission to the City for this one is now public in the AIC:

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Development Applications

City Planning COA Application Information Center
app.toronto.ca

From the Docs: (* note that we already have the renders above, so I'm not duplicating)

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