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A resubmission of plans for the redevelopment of 25 Imperial Street in Toronto’s Davisville Village area, bumps the condo complex to 21 storeys while increasing the size of the floor-plates (enabled by the developer’s purchase of an adjacent property) and applying a new architectural skin. This revised proposal, says Resident (formerly Plaza Partners), is better aligned with the high-rise submissions near Davisville and Eglinton stations.
Located a short walk from Davisville station, the site is on the south side of Imperial Street just west of Yonge Street. Currently, it features a four-storey commercial office building with rear surface parking, all of which would be demolished to make way for the new development. Flanked by small two-storey single-detached dwellings and near the open-cut TTC Line 1 tracks parallel to Yonge Street, the neighbourhood is seeing increasing density near the station.
An initial submission in 2021 proposed a 14-storey tower. Following this, the project saw resubmissions in 2022 and 2023, increasing to 19 storeys. In December 2023, the developer secured an Agreement of Purchase and Sale for the adjacent property at 21 Imperial Street, set to close in January, 2025, increasing the land size from 1,019m² to 1,287m². This has prompted a resubmission to accommodate the revised scenario on the enlarged site.
Each version has been designed by BDP Quadrangle, including the latest one which reworks the exterior expression with a more rigorously geometric application of scalloped bays for each vertical run of windows on the tower levels, and each paired run of windows on the podium levels.
Where a red brick treatment was previously proposed for the podium levels as a tie-in to Toronto's Victorian vernacular architecture, the design now embraces a more Mid-century Modern approach to the entire building through the scallops, while applying a faux oxidized-copper colour treatment to framing details on the podium that are meant to tie the building's design to the 1960s.
The revised Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Approval applications propose a building height of 72.25m, an increase from 53.6m in 2022 and subsequent 69.41m. With the building floor-plate expanded to 794m² after the land purchase, the proposed Gross Floor Area (GFA) has been expanded to 15,243m² from the earlier 10,516m² and then 13,036m². The Floor Space Index (FSI) would now be 11.84, up from 9.48 in 2022. This accompanies an increased unit count of 247, rising from 143 in 2022 and later 194 units. With two elevators planned, there would be approximately one elevator for every 124 units, indicating longer than preferable wait times for residents.
Indoor amenities would now span 694m², up from the previous 395m², with outdoor amenities reduced to 294m² from 391m². A basement level would house indoor amenities and the lower levels of the site’s live/work units. The initial plan called for 14 live/work units which were subsequently removed in the 2023 resubmission. The new plan reintegrates three such units on the east side of the building.
The design includes setbacks meant to harmonize with the neighbouring 1910 Yonge Street development, which extends to the site’s shared south lot line. The nearest tower would be separated by only 18m.
Originally calling for 18 stacked parking spaces, the resubmissions have eschewed vehicular parking. There would be 223 long-term and 50 short-term bicycle parking spaces, an increase from the total of 159 in 2022. Within 300m, or 4-minute walk north of Davisville station, the site is within its Major Transit Station Area. It is also a 9-minute walk south of Eglinton station, providing access to the soon-to-open Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown LRT.
Nearby the site several buildings are proposed, with denser, taller proposals closer to the subway stations. To the south, 1910 Yonge Street is proposed at 48 and 53 storeys, while across Yonge Street, The Millwood is proposed at 38 and 45 storeys. South of Davisville Avenue, proposals include 60 Balliol at 33 Davisville and 22 Balliol Residences at 39 and 40 storeys respectively, with 1900 Yonge Street calling for four buildings up to 45 storeys. Towards Eglinton station to the north, 2079-2111 Yonge Street is planned at 29 storeys, the under-construction Y&S Condos is rising to 38 storeys, and 2180 Yonge Street proposes five buildings ranging 45 to 65 storeys, matching the 65-storey proposal at 1 Eglinton East.
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