Koops65 said:
The database shows the height, from the architectural plans I would assume, of the 42 storey tower as 115.9 metres. Seriously? That's severely short for a tower of that height. The two 45 floor towers are 149.8 metres. A tower 3 floors less would be approximately 140 metres... calling @Paclo to verify this please.
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Yes thanks @Koops65, the 42-storey tower (C1) is 140.95m to top of MPH
 
Just what we need! Destroy the busy plaza, add more unaffordable housing with great views of the highway and sewage processing, as well as thousands more people to clog queensway up even more. Brilliant!
 
UrbanOzz said:
oh boy i don't like this at all. I"m so happy i sold my unit at NXT. not only did that condo have a lot of issues but it was sort of in a dead zone. This plaza was the closest for me and this is where everyone in the building did their shopping.

if they do this, they should make all the ground floor retail. This strip mall is very important for the area.
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exactly they need to replace ALL the commercial space here not just the grocery store!
 

Request for a Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) to maintain lands in the City of Toronto as employment lands to protect the Ontario Food Terminal | Environmental Registry of Ontario

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A Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO), made pursuant to clause 47(1)(a) of the Planning Act, regulates the use of land and the erection, location and use of any building or structure on the land, and prevails over the existing municipal zoning by-law to the extent there is any conflict.

The Ontario Food Terminal Board, with the support of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness, has requested an MZO in order to safeguard the continued operational viability of the Ontario Food Terminal.

Accordingly, an MZO is being considered for 125 The Queensway (the property), adjacent to the Ontario Food Terminal, that would maintain the existing zoning for the property to prevent the introduction of incompatible land uses (e.g., residential).
 
This government has supported business request for MZOs to limit residential development in the past, and the proposal is supported by OMAFA, so this project will most likely be cancelled.
 
Idk surely there's a way to redevelop the plaza that won't infringe on the terminals future viability? After all it's really just a truck lot.

I don't see why the shared property line between the plaza and terminal couldn't be treated like a party wall and just get a blank, windowless wall up to say the 10th storey, and then setback for towers. Surely that mitigates the noise/smell concerns of the trucks? It's been done for residential projects abutting the 427 and rail corridors before.
 
jmi22 said:
Idk surely there's a way to redevelop the plaza that won't infringe on the terminals future viability? After all it's really just a truck lot.

I don't see why the shared property line between the plaza and terminal couldn't be treated like a party wall and just get a blank, windowless wall up to say the 10th storey, and then setback for towers. Surely that mitigates the noise/smell concerns of the trucks? It's been done for residential projects abutting the 427 and rail corridors before.
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In Ontario land use law, the more sensitive use generally has dominion over the less sensitive use. So in theory, if residential were permitted here, they could, in future, have the ability to shut down the OFT if they felt it was noxious, even though they'd be the newcomers and OFT has been here for decades. Obviously that's a bit simplistic, but that is the gist of the basis for the MZO.
 
Don't forget that the Humber Wastewater Treatment Plant is northeast of the Ontario Food Terminal. They are, however, doing a better almost good job keeping the flagrancy of the plant in place.
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