Note the slightly hidden green line under N/S street as “Proposed New Cycling Facility,” which is ideally a two way track on the west side of the road to avoid all conflicts with highway drivers.
Still, it speaks volumes that the renderings for this "proposal" were obviously hallucinated by AI of some sorts and there was not a single person that bothered to check if even the number of floors matches the proposal, let alone the fact that the road grid as drawn would send GO trains hurdling into the oncoming traffic on the Gardiner.
I would hope that a few metres of land alongside the rail corridor (either the north or south side, not sure which would be easier) could be turned into a pedestrian/bike trail from the Brookers Lane extension over to the station. It would help to have that trail bridge over Street A beside the tracks too.
We see this from time to time, where the artist has been paid to spit-ball something, and then before the application goes in, saner heads dial the proposal back a bit... but that artist isn't going to be paid to fix up that earlier work. (Not that this is a serious proposal, anyway, it's only a "what can we get away with?" starting point...)
Fair enough.
if this GO station ever gets finalized and built lol
First Capital aren't allowed to open any buildings on the 2150 Lake Shore site until the GO station is operating, so the opening there has more to do with the economics around all the first phase buildings on the site (and that includes figuring out how much Metrolinx and how much First Cap has to pay for the station, which Metrolinx has been piling changes (and charges) onto the plans.
This development isn't going anywhere without buy-in from some of the existing retailers, including Sobeys, that have lease term and options for many years. Though a few of the more recent tenants would have demo clauses.
