Undead
Senior Member
On the bright side, you won't need a large TV in your living room. Or bed. Or desk, or...
- Thread starter Northern Light
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Just a note to say…
1) We have a front page story up here.
2) There's a name for this project on the architectural plans, so the database file and thread have been renamed Berkeley House.
3) All of the renderings of this building show it 21 storeys tall, even though it's only 20* storeys tall. Weird, not sure I've ever seen that with a proposal before where the storey count is specifically off.
*We previously had this as 19 storeys, but the mechanical penthouse level is shared by the upper level of 4 penthouse units, so we've renumbered it as 20 storeys.
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1) We have a front page story up here.
2) There's a name for this project on the architectural plans, so the database file and thread have been renamed Berkeley House.
3) All of the renderings of this building show it 21 storeys tall, even though it's only 20* storeys tall. Weird, not sure I've ever seen that with a proposal before where the storey count is specifically off.
*We previously had this as 19 storeys, but the mechanical penthouse level is shared by the upper level of 4 penthouse units, so we've renumbered it as 20 storeys.
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myself
New Member
A smidge wider and this would honestly be a pretty sweet flexible studio unit. Looks like a nice separated den/wfh space, functional kitchen, and I like that the couch doesn't have to either face the kitchen, or be right in front of it like so many small units. Can have a bar style table or gate leg too for eating.... now renting from Lamb.. hard pass.
Jonny5
Senior Member
Something I noticed in the official zoning amendment application to the city:
Surely the one studio itself can't be converted into a two bedroom unit. So how would this work?
I don't look at these applications very often. Is this something common? Would this be done by something like knocking out a wall so that two studio units to be made into one?
Surely the one studio itself can't be converted into a two bedroom unit. So how would this work?
Northern Light
Superstar
Request for Direction Report seeking to oppose this at OLT is headed to the next meeting of TEYCC:
City thinks it is too tall, doesn't like the massing and the base building is disrespectful to the adjacent heritage buildings.
City thinks it is too tall, doesn't like the massing and the base building is disrespectful to the adjacent heritage buildings.
Yup, quite a number of proposals these days come with side-by-side studio apartments that can be reconfigured by removing a wall (and possibly more) to turn them into two-bedrooms. Developers can make the call on a floor-by-floor basis based on sales.
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Jonny5
Senior Member
I'm curious, do those have to be turned into two bedrooms? Or can a buyer choose to merge two studios into a one bedroom?
I am specifically intrigued given the current political discussion about housing supply, is there a market either pre-construction or post-construction for adjacent studio units which are possible to be converted into one unit? Does anyone track how often this happens?
I imagine that you could contract for one bedroom when purchasing, since the developer has to do custom work there anyway.
If, however, an investor bought two side-by-side studios with the thought that they could sell them at the same time in the future as combinable into a one-or two bedroom, there would be more limits on what could be easily changed at that point, any changes at that stage would be much more expensive to carry out.
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wkbdyb
New Member
this has been resubmitted. a few minor revisions to unit count and parking but the biggest change is removal of nearly the entire podium for... "parkland"
the call of the wild awaits
the call of the wild awaits
Northern Light
Superstar
This one was before Council at their May meeting.
Link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-236165.pdf
The terms of the settlement offer were thus:
We all know what I think of this park right? Tiny, and Strata.............Pffft
Link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-236165.pdf
The terms of the settlement offer were thus:
We all know what I think of this park right? Tiny, and Strata.............Pffft
Undead
Senior Member
My apartment is larger than that park lol
Northern Light
Superstar
Mine is almost exactly the same size!
realpolytics
New Member
Shows you how much I know...this block planning is going to make for some ridiculous units/views/lighting in particular the northern block of 49 Ontario and the 35 storey brick wall that is now 102 Berkley.