Toronto Artists' Alley | 121.91m | 39s | Lanterra | Hariri Pontarini

DSC said:
Something is going on here. City selling the TPA parking lot on St Patrick and Lanterra combining it with their site at 234 Simcoe. See https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/gm/bgrd/backgroundfile-113339.pdf
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Sale of the narrow Green P lot immediately north of (behind) the Lanterra proposal.

Sale price 9.9M

Results in, new Green P lot w/in the underground parking structures of the already approved development, with strata ownership by Green P.

Approximately 81 spaces, about double what the existing lot features.

This is being done to fulfill on-site park dedication.

It actually exceeds the required amount, providing a park of roughly 10,000 sq feet.

Though not mentioned in the report that I saw, this would save Lanterra the cost of cash-in-lieu of parkland; while presumably improving the sale value of the units; particularly those on the north side of the buildings who go from a view of a Green P lot to a view of a public park. (Less relevant for higher floors, but very relevant on lower ones)

Also teases a construction date in 2019.
 
PMT said:
Recommended for approval: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-113589.pdf
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Excellent. I see in there that s.37 goodies include $500K for on-site public art "in consultation with OCAD", which is nice.

Also, is the public park (separate from the POPS) a new addition?

A public park of 1,000 square metres is now proposed as well as a 500 square metre privately-owned publicly accessible open space (POPS).

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ADRM said:
Excellent. I see in there that s.37 goodies include $500K for on-site public art "in consultation with OCAD", which is nice.

Also, is the public park (separate from the POPS) a new addition?

A public park of 1,000 square metres is now proposed as well as a 500 square metre privately-owned publicly accessible open space (POPS).

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Referenced 2 posts up.

Lanterra picked up the Green P lot and is using it as on-site parkland dedication instead of cash-in-lieu.
 
That site plan shows the Green P intact with the parkland dedication on the original site.

Edit: nevermind, was looking at the plan wrong.
 
Unfortunately, it looks like the design has changed, for the worse. The office tower looks much clunkier and less graceful with the removal of the rounded corners and alteration to the metal, vertical fins. Additionally, the lattice wrapping on the (residential?) tower has been stretched out, compared to the compact, chink link fence motif (which I preferred). The tree support for the cantilevered portion of the mid-rise building appears to be gone. There are several other, subtle changes throughout. Judge for yourselves.

Here is a side by side comparison of the previous design and the latest one (old, on the left and new, on the right):
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Old:
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New:
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Old:
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Old:
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New:
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All renderings from Hariri Pontarini Architects and the respective Urban Toronto database
 
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