Ontario Construction News staff writer
Developer Kingsett Capital has proposed constructing an 18-storey mixed use building in Toronto’s Junction Triangle neighbourhood, replacing a block of homes.
The site at 1423-1437 Bloor St. W. is currently occupied by an assembly of nine narrow properties with 2 and 2 1/2 bedroom homes. There is a mix of commercial and residential uses, including a combined total of 19 dwelling units, 15 of which are rental dwelling units, and several one and storey storey accessory structures. Some are vacant and others are occupied by rental tenants, Toronto Storeys reports.
Urban Toronto observes that the redevelopment would bring retail, a community centre, and over 200 dwelling units to the neighborhood.
There is a ignificant focus on multi-modal transportation in the neighbourhood. The entrance to the Bloor GO/UP Express Station is 110 metres to the west, and the planned Bloor-Lansdowne GO Station is 260 metres to the east. The West Toronto Railpath with pedestrian and bicycle connections across the city is just steps away.
BPD Quadrangle has designed the building with a six-storey podium along the Bloor Street West frontage. The gross floor area is 14,860 with a proposed density of 7.11 times the site’s area.
The ground floor, which will include space for retail and community use, will have setbacks designed to ensure six-metre sidewalk widths along all three street frontages for an expanded pedestrian realm. The Bloor Street-facing retail units will intentionally be shallow in order to attract smaller mom and pop tenants and will terminate in a 137 sq. m. Privately-owned, publicly accessible space (POPS) that will anchor the northwest corner of Bloor and Perth Avenue.
Also facing the POPS is the protruding, single-storey community space that reads as its own building element. On the opposite corner is the residential lobby, which will reflect Sterling Road’s residential character.
The podium then steps down to five storeys and then one storey towards the rear of the site. The tower tapers from its maximum floor-plate of 825 sq. m. at floors 7 through 15, to 645 sq. m. for floors 17 and 18.
The building will also include:
- A second-floor terrace
- Additional south-facing outdoor amenity located on the 18th level rooftop
- Ground floor will have access to servicing, garbage, mail, and loading areas
- Two vehicle elevators that lead to two levels of below-grade parking for 65 vehicles
- Two pick-up/drop-off vehicle parking spaces
- Six visitor parking spaces
- 208 bicycle spaces and 12 short-term bicycle storage spaces
The building will have a total of 204 residences, including 15 rental replacement units. There will be 47 studios, 102 one-bedrooms, 34 two-bedrooms and 21 three-bedrooms.
DataBid.com reports that the developer has proposed a number of new high-rise projects for the city in the past year, including a 59-storey tower near Yonge and Wellesley Streets, and a nine-storey condo building in Parkdale.
DataBid is currently reporting on this project – 1423-1437 Bloor Street West Mixed Use Development – Toronto (0065041421).