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Minor Variance Application for 2451 St Clair Avenue West: a proposed 6-storey mixed-use residential & retail building designed by Smart Density for Montcrest Asset Management on the south side of St Clair Avenue West, east of Runnymede Road and west of Cobalt Avenue in Toronto's Junction Area.

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This proposal looks exciting. We need thousands of buildings like this one along our main streets to add housing stock and the density needed to support walkable businesses and transit.

I really like the fenestration. The cladding should be better than the proposed panel cladding, though.

Overall, it's great to see the Stockyards area moving away from the lazy and low-quality development that used to afflict it, such as sprawling big-box plazas, car dealerships, and generic subdivisions.
 
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Exciting News! Our mini-mid-rise at St Clair Ave West has been officially approved by the Committee of Adjustment! ð This 10-family-friendly rental unit⦠| 29 comments on LinkedIn
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Exciting News!
Our mini-mid-rise at St Clair Ave West has been officially approved by the Committee of Adjustment! 🎉
This 10-family-friendly rental unit building is a perfect example of how incremental density can transform Toronto’s main streets.

Montcrest Asset Management, Yashar Fatehi, Tim Jessop, Suran Ketheeswaran, JUNCTION REALTY CORPORATION, Shant Poladian, CPA, CA thank you for sharing our vision and your dedication!

Thank you, City staff for your feedback and support throughout the process.

At Smart Density, we believe in creating scalable, practical solutions for urban challenges. This project shows that mid-rise buildings don’t always require large property assemblies to make a big impact—you just need to approach growth with smart, responsible design.

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A Mini-Mid-Rise at 2451 St. Clare Ave W - Smart Density

Enjoyed the talk at the Missing Middle Summit? Grab Part 2 of the presentation here: Clients: Montcrest Asset Managment & Junction Realty PartnersLocation: 2451 St Clair Ave WestScale: Mid-Rise Size: 10 unitsTransit: Bus, UP, GO Status: ApprovedProject Duration: 2023- The ChallengeToronto’s...
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This is unlikely to ever be built, but its interesting just how brutal the dual egress requirement is on these small footprint builds. Excuse the sloppy outline but it looks like they only achieve 75%ish floorplate efficiency, which is rough for a 50st highrise with 2+ elevators and a garbage shoot, never mind a 6 st building.
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These don't scale right. In our current environment, these small homes aren't worth the time vs. returns. Smart Density provides some interesting 'studies', I just don't see these taking off the same way ModCity has done fourplexes across the GTA. Still feels like academics trying to solve housing vs. construction/developers.
 
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In the current environment, these don't scale right. In our current environment, these small homes aren't worth the time vs. returns. Smart Density provides some interesting 'studies', I just don't see these taking off the same way ModCity has done fourplexes across the GTA. Still feels like academics trying to solve housing vs. construction/developers.
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Yea, until major changes to the building code are made, wood frame builds under or at 4 stories are going to continue to be the only devs outside of towers that pencil.

Major Streets/Avenue upzonings might start pulling down property values and make midrise builds more viable, but that price cooling will take time
 
These type of projects are very tough to make work. There are so many factors that make it a challenge. I am working on this project. I can tell you that since buying this property, we have bought, demolish and constructed four different five-plex rentals (a fourplex with garden suite). One is leased up and the other three are nearly done construction.
 
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