Northern Light said:
You and I have been through this with the City at 1631 Queen East and 1250 Eglinton West and the Parkdale Hub.

On the latter we got buy in for the site expansion early on; on the first, as you know, its been painfully long process to bring them around.....partially; on Eglinton, TBD.

We also have to pick that fight over Swansea where I showed how much more you do there if you picked up some strategic private property.

So much resistance to logical development.
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The City and CreateTO have been willing to do it on this site on MERTON w/ CollecdevMarkee -
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CreateTO and Collecdev-Markee Partner on Affordable Rental Development in Davisville Village | UrbanToronto

The City of Toronto's real estate agency CreateTO and Collecdev-Markee Developments have partnered to develop 494 purpose-built rental units on Merton Street, with at least 30% as affordable rentals. UrbanToronto spoke with representatives from both organizations to learn more.
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Given some of the re-org and new hires within the new HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, maybe someone will look at this SHORTT STREET site with fresh eyes..?
 
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Some renders for createTO (https://createto.ca/projects/9-shortt-street)
 
Skyhighzz said:
Can we talk about all the downtown T.O. parking lots (way too many) who could use this type of smart, gorgeous varicoloured development. The core of Toronto desperately needs this.
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At a general level, we can discuss the disposition of parking lots, particularly city-owned lots, in the Parking Catch-All thread.

You'll find some info there about sites already in process for development.

Many Green P lots already have development contemplated for them.

Of note :

405 Sherbourne
35 Bellvue
1131 Dundas W
The Alvin lots (St. Clair Place)
9 Wellsley * to become a Park.
10 Soho

There really wont' be much left near the core, in a decade.

Even some of the parkades have processes under way.........notably the big parkade on Queen opposite St. Mikes.
 
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Northern Light said:
At a general level, we can discuss the disposition of parking lots, particularly city-owned lots, in the Parking Catch-All thread.

You'll find some info there about sites already in process for development.

Many Green P lots already have development contemplated for them.

Of note :

405 Sherbourne
35 Bellvue
1131 Dundas W
The Alvin lots (St. Clair Place)
9 Wellsley * to become a Park.
10 Soho

There really wont' be much left near the core, in a decade.

Even some of parkades have processes under way.........notably the big parkade on Queen opposite St. Mikes.
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Best news ever.
 
HousingNowTO said:
This 2024 image will need an update -
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Vaughan Road is really going to need some public realm improvements, particularly west of Northcliffe Blvd considering the fact essentially every property fronting it will be redeved and 1000+ new residents will be calling that one little strip of street home soon.

No reason for this hyper low density burb to get any kind of improvements to its north-south bus service of course, Rosedale's greatest champion Sellout Saxe made sure of that
 
"In one of its latest affordable housing ventures, CreateTO has filed plans for a 41- and six-storey rental development that would transform a City-owned parking lot in Toronto's Fairbank neighbourhood, at 9 Shortt Street. The project would deliver at-grade commercial space and 458 rental units, including around 140 affordable homes, within walking distance of an Eglinton Crosstown LRT station.

Under CreateTO — City of Toronto's dedicated housing agency — the City aims to deliver over 19,500 rental units and 6,445 affordable units across 39 City-owned sites, with the goal being to increase housing options and affordability amid the housing crisis."

storeys.com

CreateTO Project To Intensify Eglinton Ave Parking Lot With 41-Storey Rental

The 41- and six-storey development would deliver around 460 rental units, including around 140 affordable homes, to Toronto's Fairbank neighbourhood.
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HousingNowTO said:
HISTORY of that site was very helpful for context ...

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Here are some better quality "local context" images from our TMU SURP Students' work on the Green-P SHORTT site in 2022...

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NOTE : Eglinton Crosstown LRT did not open in 2023 (as "expected" in 2022).
 
HousingNowTO said:
"In one of its latest affordable housing ventures, CreateTO has filed plans for a 41- and six-storey rental development that would transform a City-owned parking lot in Toronto's Fairbank neighbourhood, at 9 Shortt Street. The project would deliver at-grade commercial space and 458 rental units, including around 140 affordable homes, within walking distance of an Eglinton Crosstown LRT station.

Under CreateTO — City of Toronto's dedicated housing agency — the City aims to deliver over 19,500 rental units and 6,445 affordable units across 39 City-owned sites, with the goal being to increase housing options and affordability amid the housing crisis."

storeys.com

CreateTO Project To Intensify Eglinton Ave Parking Lot With 41-Storey Rental

The 41- and six-storey development would deliver around 460 rental units, including around 140 affordable homes, to Toronto's Fairbank neighbourhood.
storeys.com storeys.com
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The revelation kicker here is not just affordable rental units & development but highly attractive, well designed built structures.
 
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