Toronto Waterworks Building Redevelopment | 47.55m | 13s | MOD Developments | Diamond Schmitt

[agoraflaneur]

I don't know the exact ratio, but it seemed to me that a majority of the units were two bedroom. The units facing the park were very expensive, but north and west exposures were much more reasonable - they were ranging from 500K to 800K.

 

[smably]

As of the last submission, the unit breakdown was 46% 1-bedroom and 54% 2-bedroom. Seems like an unusual ratio for a downtown condo.

 

[agoraflaneur]

That is what I thought - and in addition, the one bedroom units were mostly quite large. It was in this context that I commented on the City's insistence that there be more three bedroom units - the building was already catering to end-users in its unusually high ratio of two to one bedroom units.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Zoning approved at council today.

Bills are in the index: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewBillBylaw.do?meeting=2017.CC31

But both are mysteriously unlinked:

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/bills/2017/bill0855.pdf

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/bills/2017/bill0856.pdf

 

[Torontovibe]

The food hall in this complex is going to be a great destination for this neighbourhood.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Construction is underway!

 

[interchange42]

I find it's hard to hit "Like" when I see trees sawn down, but I'm pumped for this redevelopment.

42

 

[LUVIT!]

I thought the same thing....Why chop the trees down? Were they in the way?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

It's a function of how the facade will be preserved - from the Heritage Conservation Plan by ERA dated May 18, 2017 on the Dev App SPA:

http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentAp...3997781&isCofASearch=false&isTlabSearch=false

AoD

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Also from the Arborist/Tree Preservation Report:

AoD

 

[ProjectEnd]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/rea.../+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/rea.../+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links

From the article:

Indeed, the city’s parks department doesn’t like to have private facilities open onto a park. But that rule was bent here for the publicly accessible food hall. Above it, behind two retained facades, will be a new YMCA. Above that, the Diamond Schmitt tower will be a 13-storey, C-shaped midrise building, clad in dark porcelain panels, with many large terraces

!! Always thought it was going to be brick.

AoD

 

[GenerationLee]

Today:

 

[ProjectEnd]

Facade retention system foundations are poured and in place. Now they have to settle for a couple weeks with the equivalent of the weight of the steel before it can be erected (the concrete blocks resting on the foundations).

 

[jje1000]

Are they retaining any of the wood block floor inside the Waterworks building?

I think it's in pretty bad condition, but it was unique.