[UtakataNoAnnex]

You know the city cannot do that right?

Yeah. And painfully so...

 

[TossYourJacket]

Even if they had that power, given council is what it is, any hypothetical situation like that would end up with some sort of silly deal where G+C gets banned in the suburbs, but becomes the only developer allowed to work in downtown, or something equally nonsensical.

Anyway, back to the hot mess at hand, it is truly shocking how bad that Yonge St podium facade is. Idk who though some vertical lines would make it look less monolithic, but the attempt failed so badly. Like, this makes the Aura podium look delicate and fine-grained in comparison

 

[interchange42]

Even if they had that power, given council is what it is, any hypothetical situation like that would end up with some sort of silly deal where G+C gets banned in the suburbs, but becomes the only developer allowed to work in downtown, or something equally nonsensical.

You know that G+C is not a developer, right? You there are no bans, right?

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[Msleylar]

They seem to picking off some of biggest plumb spots off late. Perhaps The City should put a moratorium on them...as Toronto needs to start moving/evolving away from the lowest common denominator designs. And these guys are not helping at all in that. /sigh

Time to build a wall and make G+C pay for it.

 

[Koops65]

 

[TossYourJacket]

You know that G+C is not a developer, right? You there are no bans, right?

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Lol oops. Definitely was not awake enough when I wrote that

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

You know that G+C is not a developer, right? You there are no bans, right?

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To be clear here, I am also aware of that.

And to be also clear that my original post was half joking and half wishful thinking and should not be taken as fact nor claim. The problem at attempted wit over the internets is that the nuance sometimes gets lost in the lack of context.

That said, I still apologise for any confusion this may have caused. And I'll try to be more careful with what I say in how I am saying it in the future. /bows

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Time to build a wall and make G+C pay for it.

No ways! FAKE NEWS!!

 

[cd concept]

Love the way you attached the Etobicoke's building map with Torontos on the flyby Koops . You can see other densities from afar. Might as well attach all Toronto's districts together and see how it looks lol! Always great work thanks!!

 

[AlbertC]

Proposed Davisville condo plan could put pressure on local schools

Residents have questions about continued development

streetsoftoronto.com

The two towers would contain 880 condo units and 102 rental units, whereas the podium would host 13,315 square metres of office space and 1,692 square metres of retail space. Residential units would be a mix of 60 studios, 520 one-bedrooms, 305 two-bedrooms, and 97 three-bedroom units.

Local councillor Josh Matlow’s chief of staff, Andrew Athanasiu, said that the application has come as a surprise.

He added that it seems like it was rushed in order to get ahead of the city’s new inclusionary zoning policy that would require developments to include affordable housing, which this does not.

“We heard nothing about it, and then it sort of came out of the blue,” he said.

Athanasiu said the application is a “bit of an overdevelopment” and that the area doesn’t have the services in place to accommodate the extra people.

The new Davisville Public School recently opened in the area but he said it is already close to being full, leaving a concern over where additional children would go to school, as well as daycare.

There already is a two-tower 30- and 45-storey development in progress across the street at 1951 Yonge St., which Athanasiu said has set a precedent that this application is now picking up on.

“There’s very little within our toolbox, given the provincial regulations, that we can do about it,” he said.

Resident group Oriole Park Association’s board member Lynne Frank said residents are concerned about the lack of schools but also a lack of green space in the area.

“It’s pretty cramped,” she said. “I didn’t see any room for grass or trees or for people to walk their dogs.”

Frank has watched as the area has been changing from quaint mid-rises and locally owned stores to being filled with huge developments that will likely host big box stores.

Frank would prefer to see the area be more pedestrian-friendly where people would like to linger.

“The nature of the area has changed,” she said. “It seems to be overbuilt.”

 

[artyboy123]

Wow big new rendering updated to the db. The storey count changed from 45 & 45 to 53 & 48 storey. Height changed from 156.00m & 156.00m to 177.49m & 162.49m. The total unit count changed from 982 units to 1041 units. Finally, total car parking was reduced from 332 car parking to 178 car parking.

Rendering from arch plan via rezoning submission.

Application Details

www.toronto.ca

 

[Northern Light]

So, its evolved from a total heap of @#$#, to a similar but bigger total heap of @#$# ................ ok then. Good use of everyone's time.

Also, can someone remember the number of the render police, I want to phone in a TTC subway with a Red Face.

The Detailed Revision List provides some of the key changes:

Site Plan as amended:

 

[Amare]

Really glad to see that the proponents still dont get it...

Every inch of this thing is absolutely dreadful.

Let's see if I can play @Northern Light a little bit and do him some justice, i suspect I wont be off to a good start but nevertheless let's see if I can bring some things out from this proposed gutter trash:

EDIT: See the above post, he's quick to the action to analyzing the gutter trash. I'll maintain the below stats for the time being.

Looks like 4 Elevators for Tower A (1 elevator per 125 units), and 6 for Tower B (2 of which being for the rental portion) so 1 per 109 units for the non-rental portion/ 1 per 51 units in the rental portion if i'm reading correctly. 3 elevators for the office portion. Anyone feel free to correct me if my stats are wrong here.

 

[Koops65]

 

[GenerationLee]

Wow. This is really one hulking mass. The elevation drawings make the design remind me of Lilian Park, with elements of E2 Condos.