DavidCapizzano
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No application yet but saw this on Linkedin - looks to be the gas station site on the east side of Keel just north of Dundas
No application yet but saw this on Linkedin - looks to be the gas station site on the east side of Keel just north of Dundas
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Good luck getting approval from the 60 Heintzman owners.
That will be a good fight starting right now.
They will be obstructing the lake view for a good 30% of the owners at Heintzman. Good luck convincing all of them. A couple of Townhouses would be OK but a 40meter high building in front of of our prime lake views will be a long haul for the developers.Fantastic news. The gas station is an impediment to making Keele Street a vibrant mixed-use extension of the Dundas West commercial area in the Junction. It always felt out of place in this historic Victorian area.
I was hoping that the redevelopment of the site would include the ugly apartment building next door with the strip mall-style parking in front. But I'm glad that the iconic former Bank of Toronto, which was designed by Eustace Bird and New York's Carrere and Hastings isn't being touched (for now).
There's little to no fight to even put up on their part. It's a prime development site on a mixed-use street with an existing high-rise building next door. The proposed building isn't even a high-rise. Plus, their property values will probably benefit from not having a gas station next door, which is a turn off for many buyers.
They will be obstructing the lake view for a good 30% of the owners at Heintzman. Good luck convincing all of them. A couple of Townhouses would be OK but a 40meter high building in front of of our prime lake views will be a long haul for the developers.
There is a thing called Zoning. Go dig it.
That area is a 14 meters high maximum.
They will be obstructing the lake view for a good 30% of the owners at Heintzman. Good luck convincing all of them. A couple of Townhouses would be OK but a 40meter high building in front of of our prime lake views will be a long haul for the developers.
This is patronizing. People on here know a lot about these things. If you're looking to have a discussion grounded in the legal realities that govern development in this city and about the development process you're going to find (as you already are above) that you have some formidably knowledgable opponents here.There is a thing called Zoning. Go dig it.
The Heintzman Place project you live in required both Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments so that it could be built. The first ZBA only took the tallest building to 16 storeys, so it required yet another amendment to take it to 23 storeys.There is a thing called Zoning. Go dig it.
That area is a 14 meters high maximum.