[DSCToronto]

will this project interfere with the don lands redevelopment or is it going to be incorporated into it?

It's quite separate, though adjacent, and the new alignment of Cherry Street will be over what was once seen as the eastern end of the site (if not this specific project.)

 

[interchange42]

Some posts have been moved to a new thread and database file that have been created for 300 Queens Quay East, an 11-storey office building designed by Adamson Associates, and the first parcel to be developed, in the northwest corner of this site.

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[ferusian]

New ZBA application submitted:

Development Applications

Updated description:

Zoning By-law Amendment application to Lift the "H"

 

[Automation Gallery]

Crazy Density

Application Number:
05 171818 STE 28 OZ
Application Type:
OPA & Rezoning
Date Submitted:
17/08/2005
Status:
OMB Appeal
Description:
To build a mixed use bldg comprising a retail store, home improvement centre (Home Depot) and residential bldg (six apartment bldgs containing 33-55 storey bldgs).

Gee 23 years later and the big box store got its way
.....Who remembers this?

A home of their own in Tent City​

"Okay," they said, "you're the last two to be evicted." I said, "We're being evicted?" I went out and walked up to one of the police officers who used to stop at Tent City and talk with us sometimes. "What's going on?" I asked. "Why are you evicting us?" And he says, "We're not evicting you. Home Depot is evicting you. That's why their security guards are here. We're here to make sure everything is peaceful.".

More.... https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/04/08/a_home_of_their_own_in_tent_city.html

 

[smably]

Crazy Density

Application Number:
05 171818 STE 28 OZ
Application Type:
OPA & Rezoning
Date Submitted:
17/08/2005
Status:
OMB Appeal
Description:
To build a mixed use bldg comprising a retail store, home improvement centre (Home Depot) and residential bldg (six apartment bldgs containing 33-55 storey bldgs).

Might wanna check the date submitted on that one!

 

[interchange42]

Crazy Density

Application Number:
05 171818 STE 28 OZ
Application Type:
OPA & Rezoning
Date Submitted:
17/08/2005
Status:
OMB Appeal
Description:
To build a mixed use bldg comprising a retail store, home improvement centre (Home Depot) and residential bldg (six apartment bldgs containing 33-55 storey bldgs).

Gee 23 years later and the big box store got its way
.....Who remembers this?

A home of their own in Tent City​

"Okay," they said, "you're the last two to be evicted." I said, "We're being evicted?" I went out and walked up to one of the police officers who used to stop at Tent City and talk with us sometimes. "What's going on?" I asked. "Why are you evicting us?" And he says, "We're not evicting you. Home Depot is evicting you. That's why their security guards are here. We're here to make sure everything is peaceful.".

More.... https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/04/08/a_home_of_their_own_in_tent_city.html

Why bring up such old news again? Are you just surprised to have seen the towers in with that Home Depot plan? I just don't want this to create a pile of confusion in this thread.

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[Midtown Urbanist]

Re-submission docs now up on AIC, dated three weeks ago. Skimming through the docs, it's clear the proponent has been working diligently with the various City and WT partners, especially as regards the movement on the Lower Donlands and Gardiner East 'hybrid' planning and how this work integrates therein.

This project's been so long in its evolution that I can't recall the specifics of many aspects; either way, it is now conceived as a multi-phase endeavour.

Phase 1 (Block PL1, highlighted in blue):

Did they remove this document from the DevApp portal?

 

[interchange42]

Did they remove this document from the DevApp portal?

Are the docs under the fourth link (16 271924 STE 28 SB OMB Appeal 30/12/2016) not the ones you're looking for?

Development Applications

City Planning COA Application Information Center

app.toronto.ca

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[Midtown Urbanist]

Are the docs under the fourth link (16 271924 STE 28 SB OMB Appeal 30/12/2016) not the ones you're looking for?

Development Applications

City Planning COA Application Information Center

app.toronto.ca

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I was looking through that link because the newest site plan approval is for just the office tower.

I don't see any block plan or architectural documents in the OMB appeal link, while the planning report is dated to 2016. ADRM's post is from 2018, which might mean there were documents posted around then that have since been removed? No documents are dated to 2018 in that link.

 

[interchange42]

I was looking through that link because the newest site plan approval is for just the office tower.

I don't see any block plan or architectural documents in the OMB appeal link, while the planning report is dated to 2016. ADRM's post is from 2018, which might mean there were documents posted around then that have since been removed? No documents are dated to 2018 in that link.

Fair enough. They would have been associated with that Draft Plan of Subdivision, but if there was an update that's lost, or if there was a ZBL amendment that followed for the whole area, maybe that's been withdrawn?

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[AlbertC]

Larger rendering images of the design that began circulating back in 2019 a couple pages ago in this thread, along with some overhead views of the site:

The Bend

The Bend will be a sustainable waterfront destination — an innovative mixed-use community committed to design excellence, connectivity and placemaking. The Bend will form an important part of the significant and ongoing investment across Toronto’s waterfr

www.castlepointnuma.com

 

[hawc]

 

[Paclo]

A new submission has revised the plan here, check out our front page piece here:

Four Towers to Launch 3C Lakeshore's 'The Bend' Waterfront Community | UrbanToronto

A development application has been submitted for the Northwest Block of The Bend, a four-block community at an extended Queens Quay East and Cherry Street in Toronto's Port Lands. The revised design introduces four towers up to 53 storeys, led by 3C Lakeshore Inc., COBE Architects...

urbantoronto.ca

A new thread has been created for the NW Block sub-project here:

The Bend (NW Block) | 177.8m | 53s | 3C Lakeshore | COBE Architects

We have an overall resubmission for the 3C Lakeshore Site at Cherry and Lake Shore, with a first phase in the site's northwest corner! Front page story here. Database entry here. More to come. COBE Architects, architects—Alliance, SvN, CCxA. BTW, just to start a feedback loop, this...

urbantoronto.ca

This thread is to remain for discussion of the master plan. Updated visuals below:

Additional details & imagery can be found in the database page linked at the top of the thread page

 

[Paclo]

CCxA remains on the project! Renderings below reflect their design vision for the public realm at The Bend:

 

[Start Fox]

Assuming I'm reading this right, the thing I'm most excited about is the removal of "Promenade Road" (what an oxymoron) from the master plan. That was the proposed road on the south side of the site, between the buildings and the water (Keating Channel). Instead it looks to have been replaced by an extra-wide promenade and the steps leading to the water, allowing the buildings to be directly on the promenade and spill out onto it with restaurants and cafes. Excellent news!

Edit: looks like the renderings above confirm it! Now that's a world-class waterfront.