Toronto MEC Queen Street (Mountain Equipment Coop) | 21.03m | 3s | Parallax | Sweeny &Co

[Skeezix]

Thanks for the photos, @Miscreant. Was at MEC this past weekend and wondered how the Queen Street site is coming along. Now I know.

 

[Red Mars]

Could not find a dot on the map for this project.

Pics taken Mar 13, 2018

 

[thettctransitfanatic]

Various sources report that MEC intends to have the store opened by the end of the year. How are they going to do consturtion that quickly ??

 

[Automation Gallery]

Various sources report that MEC intends to have the store opened by the end of the year. How are they going to do consturtion that quickly ??

It's at ground level and possible to have a 3 storey warehouse type building up by the end of summer, give it another 3 months to get it ready and move in

 

[interchange42]

A blurry one, so I can't tell for sure if it's outta the ground yet or not…

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[ADRM]

A blurry one, so I can't tell for sure if it's outta the ground yet or not…

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Indeed it is; was by last week and they were actually starting forming on the second storey in some places.

 

[interchange42]

Here's how it looked a few days ago, and then yesterday:

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[Miscreant]

I'm so used to big builds now that I keep on forgetting this is only three stories. In other words, it's close to done--relatively speaking.

 

[christiesplits]

Such a disappointing render. With this store and the Jack Astor's around the corner, why not bulldoze the entire block and create a Milton-esque power centre?

 

[Miscreant]

Yep, there's definitely a chic-in-Milton vibe here, which is unfortunate.

 

[Miscreant]

 

[isaidso]

This type of development on Queen West is a disappointment. I wanted to see 6-10 floors of residential above.

 

[interchange42]

There's a Heritage Conservation District in effect on this stretch of Queen which prohibits new buildings higher than three floors before a major stepback, and severely curtails building much higher than that.

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[smably]

There's a Heritage Conservation District in effect on this stretch of Queen which prohibits new buildings higher than three floors before a major stepback, and severely curtails building much higher than that.

Which is, of course, the very reason that this lot was affordable for MEC!

 

[isaidso]

The aerial suggest there's nothing heritage north to this stretch of Queen West for at least a block. There's nothing on Bulmer. Apart from 6 row houses on north of Bulmer on Soho, there's nothing till one hits Phoebe.

Surely they're not preventing taller than 3 floors on this whole stretch because of 6 row houses???