[JayBeeGooner]

Bramalea a great redevelopment site?

Ewww..

That area is significantly industrial. A condo complex was built there around a decade ago, but that's it. That area isn't prime for development.

 

[gweed123]

Cooksville is a prime property too.

Agreed.

Bramalea a great redevelopment site?

Ewww..

That area is significantly industrial. A condo complex was built there around a decade ago, but that's it. That area isn't prime for development.

Same could be said for any number of sites in areas that have been traditionally industrial areas. All of Liberty Village is in the middle of what was once industrial areas. Bramalea would have direct GO RER access, direct access to the 407, and pretty easy access to either the 410 or the 427. It would be pretty ideally located for a suburban location.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Response from the TTC - by Globe:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...kepticism-from-ttc-officials/article23208849/

I think it would be wise to heed the points mentioned. It's not a reason to say no - but don't expect miracles from it. I do take issue with this comment though:

“The parts of the city that have any kind of density on which you’re going to get big bucks for redevelopment are already developed,” Mr. Munro said. He noted that many stations on the Bloor-Danforth or Spadina subway lines, decades after being built, have attracted little development interest around them.

“NIMBYism hasn’t even had a chance to kick in,” he said, “because nobody’s standing there with a development proposal sign saying ‘coming soon.’”

The original Gothic Ave. High Park cluster and more recently Giraffe at Dundas West comes to mind. There is also Home condos by Context and One Old Mill by Tridel near Jane station NIMBYism (whether there is any justification or not) has reared its' head where the are attempts to densify.

AoD

 

[jcam]

Having a redevelopment project on the new Weston GO parking lot would go a long way to helping kick-start some market development in the area.

 

[TOareaFan]

Bramalea a great redevelopment site?

Ewww..

That area is significantly industrial. A condo complex was built there around a decade ago, but that's it. That area isn't prime for development.

I am trying to place the condo development around Bramalea that you speak of....can't think of one.....where is it?

 

[salsa]

Same could be said for any number of sites in areas that have been traditionally industrial areas. All of Liberty Village is in the middle of what was once industrial areas. Bramalea would have direct GO RER access, direct access to the 407, and pretty easy access to either the 410 or the 427. It would be pretty ideally located for a suburban location.

Ideal for large office buildings perhaps, but residential development would not be as appropriate.

 

[DKsan]

I am trying to place the condo development around Bramalea that you speak of....can't think of one.....where is it?

I think it's the one at Bramalea and Orenda? Not exactly at Bramalea and Steeles, but...
(They're also building a second tower on that site)

 

[TOareaFan]

I think it's the one at Bramalea and Orenda? Not exactly at Bramalea and Steeles, but...
(They're also building a second tower on that site)

If that is the one it is a) as you said ot exactly at the station and b) not a condo (purpose built rental building by Medallion properties) and c) such a failure that they are buiding a phase II it now.

Condo at Bramalea GO is not going to happen......as you look around Brampton you can see that condos are few and far between and there are far better sites to build on thant that

 

[JayBeeGooner]

I am trying to place the condo development around Bramalea that you speak of....can't think of one.....where is it?

64 Bramalea Rd. It's one building.

 

[TOareaFan]

64 Bramalea Rd. It's one building.

So it is the Medallion building that is not at the station and not a condo (rental) and is having a second phase built now.

 

[howl]

The Province currently has a policy in place preventing changing "Employment" lands to "Residential" lands, without their approval, which is almost impossible to get. Any land that shows up as Employment lands in any city's Official Plan will not be seeing any residential development without a very compelling argument.The Bramalea GO station area is within an Employment designation. It might be a place where there is an argument to be made for conversion, but what developer is going to take up that fight when there is a lot of other attractive sites available.

 

[nfitz]

The Province currently has a policy in place preventing changing "Employment" lands to "Residential" lands, without their approval, which is almost impossible to get.

Seems to me that an awful lot of employment land had been converted to residential land in recent years. Drive north on Warden from Danforth to Eglinton.

 

[howl]

Seems to me that an awful lot of employment land had been converted to residential land in recent years. Drive north on Warden from Danforth to Eglinton.

That land was converted to a residential designation in the Official Plan prior to the 2005 Provincial policy statement.

 

[TOareaFan]

That land was converted to a residential designation in the Official Plan prior to the 2005 Provincial policy statement.

The site that we started this discussion (64 and 70 Bramalea Road) was zoned for offices up until 2011 or so.

 

[Palma]

Seems to me that an awful lot of employment land had been converted to residential land in recent years. Drive north on Warden from Danforth to Eglinton.

I was thinking the same thing