255 Wellington West | 85.8m | 26s | Gupta | IBI Group

[innsertnamehere]

255 WELLINGTON ST W
Ward 20 - Tor & E.York District

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To construct a 5-storey addition to the existing 21-storey hotel.
Applications:
Type Number Date Submitted Status
Minor Variance 16 263598 STE 20 MV Dec 13, 2016 Prepare Notice
► Supporting Documentation
Contact Information Hearing Dates
Jamie Atkinson
Application Technician
416-392-7612
jatkins4@toronto.ca Hearing Date Apr 19, 2017

 

[ProjectEnd]

Page & Steele. Likely Gupta Group.

 

[innsertnamehere]

looks like a simple addition in the same style as the existing building. Makes the building a total of 86.8m tall, compared to the current 65.8.

 

[interchange42]

So, a whole pile of things happened in 2017 at this site. Back in March, the Committee of Adjustment denied the application for 5 more floors. At the end of August, a one day OMB hearing resulted in the application being allowed, decision rendered in late September. Construction in 2018?

I get a height of 86.3 m / 283 feet to the top of the parapet around the mechanical penthouse. Database file once we get some renderings.

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[A Torontonian Now]

The building's no beauty, but a 5 floor addition is sensible incremental density for this site.

 

[Marcanadian]

 

[Northern Light]

Well, this slipped under my radar:

Recent Correspondence on the file; some impatience as they await a CoA hearing:

From the plans:

Development Applications

City Planning COA Application Information Center

app.toronto.ca

 

[gabe]

Well, this slipped under my radar:

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Recent Correspondence on the file; some impatience as they await a CoA hearing:

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From the plans:

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I bet office buildings will be next to be turned into residential.

 

[Northern Light]

I bet office buildings will be next to be turned into residential.

Near zero chance of that as things stand.

1) New office proposals are still coming to market; including some not yet public.

2) The City would fight any office to residential conversion of any scale.

 

[gabe]

Near zero chance of that as things stand.

1) New office proposals are still coming to market; including some not yet public.

2) The City would fight any office to residential conversion of any scale.

Remote work is here to stay.

 

[Northern Light]

Remote work is here to stay.

To some degree, yes.

To the degree that it imperils Toronto's office market?

Not yet.

That could change.

Change being a constant.

But the market is not drawing the same near-term conclusions as you.

 

[DavidCapizzano]

Remote work is here to stay.

 

[Amare]

I bet office buildings will be next to be turned into residential.

It's not unprecedented, we've already seen this done with spaces like the old Bell building by Islington station which was hacked up for this ugly thing:

The original wasnt much better, but wast still a bit more decent on the eyes:

On a side note, I thought we were trying to build more hotel spaces in this city and we had a severe shortage. Whatever happened to that now; did that just disappear all of a sudden (lets not account for COVID for a minute).

 

[gabe]

On a side note, I thought we were trying to build more hotel spaces in this city and we had a severe shortage. Whatever happened to that now; did that just disappear all of a sudden (lets not account for COVID for a minute).

This hotel was extended stay, full size kitchens..etc maybe it couldn't compete with the thousands of Airbnb's all over the city?