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A revised proposal submitted to the City of Toronto for 808 Mt Pleasant Road significantly increases its height to 61 storeys from 35. Designed by Sweeny &Co Architects for Reserve Properties and Westdale Properties, the height bump makes it one of the tallest submissions in the area and reflect's the property's location within the recently designated Protected Major Transit Station Area (PMTSA) around Mount Pleasant station on the Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown LRT.
Looking southwest to 808 Mt Pleasant, designed by Sweeny &Co Architects for Reserve and Westdale Properties
Situated in the rapidly densifying Midtown Toronto area, the site is an assembly of 808 Mt Pleasant Road and 247 through 251 Roehampton Avenue. Occupying the southwest corner of those two streets, it spans 2,774m² in area. Its south end currently hosts the vacant 10-storey Best Western Roehampton Hotel. Three two-storey detached residential dwellings occupy the northern portion of the site. Located within what the City has deemed the Yonge-Eglinton Growth Centre, the area features ever higher-density residential, retail, institutional, and community uses, that have been replacing medium and lower-density ones.
Looking west to the current site, image from submission to City of Toronto
Initially proposed in November, 2017 as a 44-storey building from Streetwise Capital Partners, a revised 35-storey settlement was approved in 2021. In late 2023, Reserve and Westdale Properties acquired the site. With the Province having mandated higher densities close to rapid transit stations, in 2021 the City established MTSA and PMTSAs around existing and future transit nodes to enable the larger redevelopments. This policy has led to Westdale and Reserve's Zoning By-law Amendment resubmission.
Previous 35-storey design by Sweeny &Co Architects for Reserve and Streetwise Capital Partners
The new design proposes 61 storeys reaching 204.55m, a significant increase from the 35-storey (118.90m) version approved in 2021 and the original 44-storey (148.2m) proposal in 2017. The tower would house 896 residential units, nearly doubling the 457 units proposed in 2017 and surpassing the 2021 version’s 514 units. Six elevators are included in the design, or approximately one for every 149 units, indicating significantly longer than preferable wait times.
The proposed Gross Floor Area (GFA) totals 49,853m², with 49,041m² allocated to residential uses and 812m² for non-residential uses, including retail. The retail GFA has more than doubled from the 383m² proposed in 2017, while the Floor Space Index (FSI) has increased from 11.74 in 2021 to 17.97. At-grade non-residential spaces include a 471.6m² EarlyON Child and Family Centre and 340.7m² of retail, both fronting Mt Pleasant Road.
Ground floor plan, designed by Sweeny &Co Architects for Reserve and Westdale Properties
Amenity space also increased, with 1,446m² indoors across the mezzanine and 7th floors and 679m² outdoors on the 7th floor. Combined, the 2,125m² is significantly more than the 1,189m² allotted in 2017 and 2021. A public parkland dedication of 317m² would face Roehampton Avenue at the north end of the lot.
Two underground parking levels are proposed, reduced from four in the 2017 submission. Vehicular parking provisions include 64 spaces — 49 for residents, 12 for visitors, one car share, and two pick-up/drop-off spots — down from 166 spaces in 2017. Bicycle parking has significantly increased, with 988 spaces (808 long-term, 180 short-term), more than doubling the 464 spaces in 2017.
Mount Pleasant station on the Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown LRT is anticipated to open in 2025 in the building directly south of this proposal, while Eglinton station on Yonge Line 1 is located 650m and one stop on Line 5 to the west. Bus stops serve the site in four directions at the corner of Mt Pleasant Road and Eglinton Avenue. Cycling infrastructure includes shared lanes on Broadway Avenue.
An axonometric view looking southwest to the site and surrounding area, image from submission to City of Toronto
There are many other projects and projects and proposals in the area. To the north, proposals include 30- and 36-storey towers at 124 and 136 Broadway Avenue and 38-storey 241 Redpath Avenue. Northwest, a cluster of under-construction projects include the 37-storey Untitled Toronto, 38-storey 75 Broadway Avenue, and multiple towers at Line 5 Condos, Sixty Five Broadway, and The Corner on Broadway, rising 38 to 39 storeys.
South of the site, proposals include 46 storeys at 226 Soudan Avenue, 52 storeys at 191 Eglinton East, and two projects at 54 and 61 Brownlow Avenue, reaching 59 storeys. To the west, notable submissions include 50-storey towers at 170 Roehampton and 55 Eglinton East, 58-storey towers at 141 Roehampton and 110 Eglinton East, and dual 61-storey towers at 150 Eglinton East.
Height context map for surrounding applications, image from submission to City of Toronto
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