The Star has an article that isn't 'zoning reform' focused per se; but rather looks at the potential rezoning of properties across six major retailers in Toronto.
The Beer Store, Sobeys, Choice (Loblaws/NoFrills etc), Metro, IKEA, and Canadian Tire
First, the article (currently paywalled):
https://www.thestar.com/business/re...could-help-solve-torontos-housing-crisis.html
Second, the underlying study by the University of Toronto School of Cities:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:9420ff92-08c0-3496-bb03-6801642dc2cb#pageNum=18
The shorthand:
Potential number of Units across the above portfolio's in Toronto: 68,579 homes
Affordable Home potential (assumed to be 10% of the above) : ~ 6,858 units ( * not sure where they got the 10% from as this does not line up with current inclusionary zoning)
Bullet Points from the study/article:
- Of the 65 sites, 64 would be suitable for midrise development
- Only two of the sites met the criteria for highrise development
- Forty-five of the 65 sites had high development potential according to criteria such as proximity to transit and zoning.
The study imagined the redevelopment of three downtown sites that could all incorporate the stores already in those locations, homes, green space and other amenities. They were:
- The Canadian Tire at 839 Yonge St., which could incorporate 541 highrise apartments
- The Metro near Spadina Road and Bloor Street West could be a midrise redevelopment with 130 homes
- The Sobeys at Broadview and Mortimer avenues has room for 130 housing units.
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Of those above, the Canadian Tire site I reported on sometime ago.......
To my understanding, the Metro site is in play but pending the relocation of that store.
Haven't heard anything about that Sobeys site.
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From the study, the sites they looked at:
Lets see a few other sites they took aim at:
@ProjectEnd may have some thoughts on their stake on the 839 Yonge (Canadian Tire site)
Some of these ideas strike me as rather odd; no objection to the redevelopment, per se, nor the density, just some really odd massing/site plans, this is what they were thinking at the Broadview Sobeys site: