Toronto Briton House Expansion | 71m | 21s | Gordon Wells Ltd | srm Architects

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700 MOUNT PLEASANT RD
Ward 22 - Tor & E.York District


Zoning By-law Amendment to facilitate expansion of the existing Briton House Retirement Centre. The proposed 25-storey addition includes 123 independent and semi-independent retirement dwelling units (additional GFA: 19593.0 square metres)
Proposed Use --- # of Storeys --- # of Units ---
Applications:
Type Number Date Submitted Status
Rezoning 17 257139 STE 22 OZ Nov 2, 2017 Under Review

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[Toronto1834]

Supporting documents now available.
►▼ Supporting Documentation

 

[PMT]

Architect is Julian Jacobs Architects:

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

25 Storeys is very high for the site. Surprising to me.

That being said, I am not surprised given the anti-development rhetoric other developers faced on this street and by the Ward councilor recently. Better propose 25 to get 20 than propose 20 to get 8.

 

[Toronto1834]

Developer is probably using Brownlow/ Soudan application as a precedent.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Developer is probably using Brownlow/ Soudan application as a precedent.

Definitely. The 200 Soudan site even appears in their massing drawings.

The Soudan community resistence about to be overwhelmed.

What a dense super-bloc Yonge-Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton-Soudan is going to become!

 

[GenerationLee]

I feel like it's a bit tall, but I understand completely the need for more senior oriented apartments. Still....twenty five floors acrosd the sttreet from a house....yowza.

 

[Toronto1834]

I agree 25 might be slightly too much height, maybe 20 would be more appropriate. However this building has a mid rise form facing Soudan, which the Brownlow proposal did not, so it has a better transition to the low rise area.

 

[PMT]

Preliminary Report: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-112585.pdf

 

[innsertnamehere]

appealed to the OMB:

http://www.omb.gov.on.ca/ecs/CaseDetail.aspx?n=PL180431

 

[AlbertC]

Potential but unconfirmed renderings that may be for this project:

Midtown Condo/Assisted Living Complex, Toronto - Julian Jacobs Architects

julianjacobsarchitects.com

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

A little busy but I don't mind it much. Would like to see what that would look like built.

 

[Marcanadian]

From the latest submission to the City:

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[AlbertC]

Reminds me of 83 Redpath, a few blocks west. If they get the materials and detailing right, then this should be a decent addition.

 

[ADRM]

Reminds me of 83 Redpath, a few blocks west. If they get the materials and detailing right, then this should be a decent addition.

Yeah, the white/beige sections here need to be precast or masonry or basically any non-aluminum panel or spandrel material, otherwise it'll look horrible.