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This new to the City Application seeks to replace an existing lowrise rental apartment building with a new 35 storey building.

Site as is:

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Application:


From the Docs:

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Ground Floor Plan:

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Parking Ratio: 0.12

Elevator Ratio: 3 elevators to 365 units = 0.82 elevators per 100 units.

Comments:

Its Turner-Fleischer, sigh.

This is less notable for what is, than what it is beside.

This one is immediately north of proposal by TAS at 38 Walmer ( Church site);


It is also south of a reasonably handsome modernist 13 storey apartment building by Uno Prii

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Height: Given that the TAS proposal is 20s and the City is not yet sold; and the Prii to the north is 13, the ask here seems out of step. I find it highly probable the City will oppose this on height alone.

Giving this one a hair cut just to its southerly neighbour's proposed height , never mind shaving a further storey or two may render the project non-viable.

If this one comes out the other end of the sausage making process with anything other than a refusal report, I would expect a substantial height reduction.

Of note, this one is light on separation distances: 3M to the church, 10M to the west property line (maybe); 7.5M to the Prii
 
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I'm fine with the proposal being trimmed down, but let's be honest, anything more 8 stories here will get the Annex Residents' Association into a tizzy.
 
I lived in that building for years! It's well maintained and run, or at least it was at the time.

If only there were somewhere else in the Annex where you could build and only had to tear down one or two units of housing, instead of 33.
 
With the retail strip and the excellent transit access in all four directions, it's a great corner to live at. And there are many other great corners nearby as well which one day it will be legal to build on as well.
 

Community Consultation Meeting for 40 Walmer Road and 171-175 Lowther Avenue​

Monday, December 18, 2023
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)

 

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