Toronto 2280 Dundas West | 127.5m | 38s | Choice Properties | Hariri Pontarini

rickvbiker said:
Gord Perks says there has been a reworking of the application and has scheduled a community consultation: "Following the resubmission of the application for 2280 Dundas St West in 2022 and recent reworking of the application, Councillor Perks, City Planning, and the applicant feel it’s appropriate to schedule another virtual Community Consultation Meeting for the evening of October 7th at 6pm, so that the community can become acquainted with the latest iteration of the development of this site. "
I don't see anything new submitted here though: https://www.toronto.ca/city-governm...nt/application-details/?id=5134035&pid=161892
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Let's hope they FINALLY resolved the issue over acquiring the school at the corner. That ugly dump needs to be destroyed.
 
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This was on a local FB group yesterday. Not my commentary....
 
One thing about leaving the school property as-is is that access to the rest of the site is blocked from Bloor. Anyone walking to the stores from the Junction Triangle has to go the long way around via Dundas. The road connection to Bloor would have made that better for pedestrians (and to a lesser extent, cyclists).
Maybe some other kind of always-open shortcut could be made, even without a full road.
 
vic said:
One thing about leaving the school property as-is is that access to the rest of the site is blocked from Bloor. Anyone walking to the stores from the Junction Triangle has to go the long way around via Dundas. The road connection to Bloor would have made that better for pedestrians (and to a lesser extent, cyclists).
Maybe some other kind of always-open shortcut could be made, even without a full road.
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Also key is that the school yard will be shaded quite a bit, as will the school, by tall buildings to the south, had the school and its field shifted south, that would not be an issue.

Further, a new, commercial podium development at the corner of Bloor and Dundas could potentially have a direct subway connection, going under Bloor and connecting to the what's now being built (the link to Bloor GO). That will not happen if the school stays at the corner.
 
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Northern Light said:
Also key is that the school yard will be shaded quite a bit, as will the school, by tall buildings to the south, had the school and its field shifted south, that would not be an issue.

Further, a new, commercial podium development at the corner of Bloor and Dundas could potentially have a direct subway connection, going under Bloor and connecting to the what's now being built (the link to Bloor GO). That will not happen if the school stays at the corner.
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This is the kind of situation where we really need the MZO. Cmon Dougie and Kinga!
 
Ratazana said:
This is the kind of situation where we really need the MZO. Cmon Dougie and Kinga!
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An MZO would not change the ownership of the land.

The province could expropriate, but to do so expressly to service a private developer's interests would be ......unusual.

The province has other tools at its disposal here to intervene, the problem is not the zoning.......its the TCDSB.......who are being an obstinate pain.
 
Northern Light said:
An MZO would not change the ownership of the land.

The province could expropriate, but to do so expressly to service a private developer's interests would be ......unusual.

The province has other tools at its disposal here to intervene, the problem is not the zoning.......it’s the TCDSB.......who are being an obstinate pain.
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IMHO, the benefit is beyond servicing the developers. This would benefit everyone south of Bloor in terms of accessing the 2nd biggest multimodal transport hub.
I would really like to hear why people prefer the school to stay put. What are their reasons?
 
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