Its a nice addition and all, but with the level of development going on and planned for in this area, I'm not sure why they stopped at 3 storeys. Surely some additional community space could have been included here? Seems like a bit of a missed opportunity, though that seems to be the theme with this whole site.
I'm pretty sure you'd be hard pressed to find a Community Centre in Toronto that takes up more than 3 floors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Toronto_recreation_centres With that said:
- These Community Centres WERE funded often via pooling of Section 37 Community Benefit money from multiple redevelopment projects,... typically from 5, 10, 20+ condo towers with 2,000-5,000 units,...
- While Section 37 Community Benefit money can only be spent in the Ward where that redevelopment happened,.... when Community Centre is built in one part of the Ward - the opportunity cost is another part of the Ward won't get Community Centre or some other Section 37 Community Benefit facility! Like-wise, when building an even larger Community Centre here,... the opportunity cost is another part of the Ward would not see Section 37 Community Benefit facilities.
- Recently, Provincial Government eliminated Section 37 Community Benefit Developer Fee/Charges; new system of "Community Benefit Charge" can only gets about quarter to a third of what the previous "Section 37 Community Benefit" did
Chantal deSereville discusses s.37 of the Planning Act which permits the council of a local municipality to impose a community benefits charge...
www.weirfoulds.com
- So instead of previous 10-20+ condo towers,... now you'll need 30-80 condo towers to generate enough "Community Benefit Charges" money to build a decent Community Centre,... it'll take a lot longer to pool/save that amount of "Community Benefit Charges" money,... it'll take a lot of political will over multiple terms! Translation: With more entities fighting over fewer "Community Benefit Charges" money,... good luck getting another Community Centre built!
