Toronto Pan Am Village in the West Don Lands | ?m | ?s | DundeeKilmer | KPMB

yes, there is a hell of a lot of work to be done to make these good intentions into reality... but its absolutely a brilliant plan!
 
Once they close the King/Bayview connection, how does a Bayview commuter get to downtown? Swing through River Square onto Eastern? Or zip up to River at Gerrard, then down Shuter/Queen/King depending on their office location?

I'd sure hate to see River Square become a busy through street during rush hour.
 
Riverdale Rink Rat said:
Once they close the King/Bayview connection, how does a Bayview commuter get to downtown? Swing through River Square onto Eastern?
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No, because you can only turn right at Eastern and, uh .. Eastern (Sumach) which would put you back East of the Don.

Riverdale Rink Rat said:
Or zip up to River at Gerrard, then down Shuter/Queen/King depending on their office location?
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Might be fastest. Bayview/River/Shuter/Parliament/Richmond might work best.

Riverdale Rink Rat said:
I'd sure hate to see River Square become a busy through street during rush hour.
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That's the only real option if you go south on Bayview of River (at Gerrard).

There's a map of the new streets at http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-41642.pdf

Street C is Bayview. Street B (River Square) has been named Lawren Harris Square. Street A is Lower River Street. Presumably the old stub of Eastern Avenue remains as Eastern Avenue (though why they don't take the opportunity to rename it I don't know ...). You can actually see these new streets (sort of) in Google Maps already (Lower River and most of Lawren Harris are shown as planned).

As far as I understand, what will open is Lawren Harris Square, Lower River Street, and Bayview as far as Lawren Harris Square. So traffic coming down Bayview would either have to back north on River Street to King; St. Lawrence Street (via Eastern) to King, or Eastern and head back to Broadview/DVP.

In the AM rush 'd think going all the the way down south to near Eastern and doubling back up to King would probably be slower than just taking River. Which should probably make King a bit less congested there.

Works a bit better heading north, as you can just head on Eastern to, uh, Eastern, around Lawren Harris Square and up Bayview. And it should reduce the cars turning left on King at River, blocking the eastbound streetcar in rushhour (perhaps that should be a no left turn to force the cars onto Bayview rather than up River).
 
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http://www.newstalk1010.com/News/localnews/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10334666

Design For Pan-Am Athletes' Village Unveiled
Posted By: Amber Gero agero@astral.com

Construction is beginning on the new community in the West Don Lands as the city prepares to host the Pan/Parapan American Games.

The new community dubbed "Athletes' Village" will include new buildings, new roads, and a new 82, 000 square-foot YMCA recreation facility which will function as a training facility during the games.

"The start of construction on the West Don Lands waterfront community is the first major step towards delivering the 2015 Games on-time and on-budget. The Athletes' Village will provide an exceptional experience for athletes and bring long-lasting economic and social benefits to the community."said Charles Sousa, Minister responsible for the Pan/Parapan Am Games.

The project is expected to create 5,200 jobs and will create housing for about 500 students, as well as 787 units of market housing, 100 units of affordable housing and 253 units of affordable rental housing.

Dundee Kilmer Developments L.P. has signed a fixed-price contract with the province to design, build and finance the construction of the site which will temporarily house athletes and officials during the game.

The value of that contract is $514-million.
 
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The new community dubbed "Athletes' Village" will include new buildings, new roads, and a new 82, 000 square-foot YMCA recreation facility which will function as a training facility during the games.

"The start of construction on the West Don Lands waterfront community is the first major step towards delivering the 2015 Games on-time and on-budget. The Athletes' Village will provide an exceptional experience for athletes and bring long-lasting economic and social benefits to the community."said Charles Sousa, Minister responsible for the Pan/Parapan Am Games.

The project is expected to create 5,200 jobs and will create housing for about 500 students, as well as 787 units of market housing, 100 units of affordable housing and 253 units of affordable rental housing.

Dundee Kilmer Developments L.P. has signed a fixed-price contract with the province to design, build and finance the construction of the site which will temporarily house athletes and officials during the game.

The value of that contract is $514-million.[/QUOTE]

Love the sound of the YMCA rec centre. That will be a great addition to the 'nabe after the games are over!

Really hard to tell what those cubes will look like as buildings, but I'm sure WT will have the full gallery up on their website soon.
 
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In the renderings, there is one of George Brown ? I didn't think they're building anything here though. It looked really nice whatever it was.
 
Apparently George Brown will not be building their annex to the East Bayfront (for residences) and will instead build their res in the West Donlands.
 
How does this contract work? The $500 million covers the eventual cost of conversion? Who will own the properties at that point? If its an all in cost and there's no asset giveaways, then it sounds very cheap.


taal said:
In the renderings, there is one of George Brown ? I didn't think they're building anything here though. It looked really nice whatever it was.
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News release mentions a student residence.
 
Noticeably absent from the renderings is the Mill St. and Queens Quay extension of the LRT. Though, I see one on Cherry street.
 
k10:

It is implied that the private sector partner will be responsible for the conversion - from the WT release:

Dundee Kilmer will also provide facilities management services (grounds and building maintenance) during the Games, and will subsequently convert buildings for their legacy use.
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Now this bit is interesting - underlined for emphasis:

The project is an innovative public-private partnership arrangement that reduces the cost to tax payers and transfers risk to the developer. The arrangement reduces the cost of building the community by enabling Dundee Kilmer to also develop additional market housing post Games.
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Does that mean DK has access to additional development opportunities to other sites in the area and/or densifying existing ones? If so, what sites? What of the zoning approved? Does it entail compensation to the government? Unanswered questions that should be asked.

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AG:

Yeah, but no mention of a transportation line....typical Toronto
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It isn't part of the Athlete's Village project - by funding or otherwise - so why should they mention it? It would be like mentioning Don River Park in this release.

AoD
 
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