[Northern Light]

This new to the AIC application is for a site on Leslie, just north of Lakeshore, on the west side of Leslie, surrounded by the Freshco Plaza.

Site as is:

Above from Planning Report by WND.

The App:

Application Details

www.toronto.ca

@Paclo

From the above:

Site Plan:

Ground Floor Plan:

The Block Context Plan makes some interesting assumptions:

Landscape Plan:

No trees on Leslie?

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Elevator Ratio across both buildings combined: 7 elevators to 643 units or 1 elevator per 92 units - @ProjectEnd approved.

Parking ratio: 61 spaces, less than 0.1 (for a proposal not at all close to higher order transit, actually not even on a transit route, that's........something.......)

 

[rdaner]

Thanks! Did we know about the surrounding properties and what is shown? So much for the new station on Eastern being under used?!

 

[Paclo]

Massing perspectives:

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

No trees on Leslie?

None there currently

and lol at that balcony pattern that will never materialize

 

[Northern Light]

None there currently

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and lol at that balcony pattern that will never materialize

True, but that's no excuse............you want 90% non-car ownership here? You're going to need people to walk. The current state of the sidewalk is not only unappealing, its not sufficiently wide if you get that kind of car-free uptake.

 

[70Challenger]

Decently pays homage to the current building. Appreciate that they take the brick to street level.

 

[LUVIT!]

Wow I didn't see this coming in my neighbourhood! I do think that higher density is a good thing here. It is close to transit ,parks downtown, the lake, the spit, Queen St E. with all it's small businesses. It's a win win.

 

[christiesplits]

Decently pays homage to the current building. Appreciate that they take the brick to street level.

I agree. It will come down to the materials, but I'm hopeful they can pull it off.

Not a fan of the top-heavy crown.

 

[Mihairokov]

Oh, I actually love this area for densification. Bring it on!

 

[YIMBY519]

Wow I didn't see this coming in my neighbourhood! I do think that higher density is a good thing here. It is close to transit ,parks downtown, the lake, the spit, Queen St E. with all it's small businesses. It's a win win.

I live in this hood, too. What transit? The Queen street car? Commissioners' bus? This isnt going anywhere anytime soon. Dollarama generally has preferential leases and they just moved in. I am curious how the City will view this file as all those theoretical tower block plans are employment sites in the OP.

 

[Northern Light]

I live in this hood, too. What transit? The Queen street car? Commissioners' bus? This isnt going anywhere anytime soon. Dollarama generally has preferential leases and they just moved in. I am curious how the City will view this file as all those theoretical tower block plans are employment sites in the OP.
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Agreed. The current transit regime does not support this, at this time.

The Queen streetcar would have to be faster, more frequent, and more reliable, and the long proposed bus service on Eastern would need to be added as well, and it would need to be good, as in every 10 minute or better service in most periods.

This is currently a car-centric site, but one proposed w/o much parking. This may be a play, one day, but make no real sense to me, as proposed, in the current context.

PS, @YIMBY519 , you're due to update a few threads

 

[LUVIT!]

Yikes. Being positive on here is a negative experience at times. lol

 

[innsertnamehere]

Eh. Not loving the density implications here so far from transit.

 

[Northern Light]

Yikes. Being positive on here is a negative experience at times. lol

No one is dumping on ya! You're a great contributor. Just questioning whether this site is ready for this type of density.

 

[milkycontent]

I live in this hood, too. What transit? The Queen street car? Commissioners' bus? This isnt going anywhere anytime soon. Dollarama generally has preferential leases and they just moved in. I am curious how the City will view this file as all those theoretical tower block plans are employment sites in the OP.
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This issue of employment lands is maybe the biggest question city planners need to contend with right now. Residential applications are encroaching on employment lands across the city -- in Etobicoke along the Queensway, Golden Mile in Scarborough and the Eastern Waterfront/Portlands/East Harbour among others
We need to decide where it makes sense to maintain these needed industrial/employment zones and where mixed-use along with added res density is desired.
Urbanizing and allowing mixed-use in this area close to the core and waterfront makes way more sense to me than adding 50 storey towers along Eglinton East out in the burbs. Could we consolidate some of the industrial uses in this waterfront neighbourhood elsewhere? Maybe parking mail trucks on the waterfront is not the best use of space?