HousingNowTO said:
For the record - "the mindless copy-paste Toronto podium-tower typology" = the City of Toronto planning department's mandated Tall-Building Urban Design Guidelines (2013)...
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Oh I'm all too familiar. I contend with them on a regular basis in my design work.
They've also trained and conditioned developers to now mindlessly follow them and tune their pro-formas to huge podiums that fill the lot and result in deep floorplates that create shitty, dark units.

That said, the market is changing and the density grab isn't really the game it used to be. Many developers are now having their architects revise already-designed projects to remove podiums or break them down into smaller floor areas that can be more gently phased. The reason is unfortunate (sky-high construction costs) but the outcome is a silver lining.
 
HousingNowTO said:
Heads-Up that there is a City Council item about 309 CHERRY STREET (*Private lands on Villiers Island) at this week’s meeting on WED -

CC19.9 - 309 Cherry Street - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions

Agenda Item History 2024.CC19.9

Agenda Item History 2024.CC19.9
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“On April 23, 2024, the applicant circulated further updated development plans to the Tribunal and other parties consisting of three residential towers of 27, 49 and 39 storeys, on podiums of various configurations ranging from 3 to 10 storeys.

They also advised of their intention to provide 5 percent of the proposed residential units as affordable housing for a period of 25 YEARS”
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There's an attachment to this item that has a full package of plans from SvN -

Public Attachment 1 - April 2024 plans and email correspondence to the Ontario Land Tribunal
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-246593.pdf


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They are only doing parking under one building - and have proposed a "Pedestrian Tunnel" under Centre Street so that residents can get from the parking lot to their building without going outside.
 
NSianPlanner said:
Does anyone have access to the air quality report mentioned in the media as "newly released" in "march"???

www.thestar.com

Port Lands gas plant emissions seven times too high for new development at mouth of Don River

Nitrogen oxide levels are far above legal limits at the height of a planned development at Villiers Island, an air quality assessment has found. The result could put a cap
www.thestar.com www.thestar.com
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The Air Quality Study for this project was submitted in March '23 and can be found in the AIC (which I will link below) its the second file from the top:

www.toronto.ca

Application Details

www.toronto.ca www.toronto.ca
 
Construction workers are currently paving a new street and sidewalks just east of this lot. I suspect it will be "Foundry Street" seen in the renderings a handful of posts back. We shall see (if they put street signage up) soon.
 
There was a Settlement Offer here at the last meeting of Council.

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Hold it!

You may recall this matter was already settled!

It was, and everything was on track......

But the Toronto Port Authority objected.......late.

The OLT decided not to grant them intervenor status since the Authority was asleep at the switch....

But what magic coercive power did the Feds display here..............

The applicant came back and made changes here, and shrunk their proposal.


@Paclo

Note the change in address here to 65 Ookwemin St.

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Some of you may have a hint or two as to why the above unfolded................ ;)

Revised Stats:

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No renders, - 3D model below:

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