A Member Motion to the next meeting of City Council hints at pending construction as it seeks to obtain approval for transfer of the 'Affordable Ownership' block from proponent Diamond Kilmer to Habitat for Humanity:

Agenda Item History 2023.MM5.11

Agenda Item History 2023.MM5.11
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From the above:

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This 1000 unit development is really well placed. 5 minutes from ‘Main street’ retail on Kingston Road complete with a beige baby store, big box retail across the street and the subway five minutes north.
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Photos taken 8 April.
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Not a whole lot of change to report, but I put the drone up and snapped a couple of shots for reference. Hopefully things start to get underway soon.

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Roadbed going in off Gerrard, just east of the Shell station. Smarter place to access the site instead of off Vic Park.

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Same old same old.


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Diamond Kilmer begins developing award-winning Birchley Park

Diamond Kilmer Developments has put a lot of effort into its Birchley Park mixed-use development in Toronto, and that effort is earning recognition. Birchley Park was named the best overall project recently by the Canadian Urban Institute's Brownie Awards.
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Habitat for Humanity will deliver affordable housing to the site through a 58-unit townhome block and a 124-unit mid-rise block that will be conveyed back to the City of Toronto to execute on.

There will be 870 units of market-priced housing developed over three phases at Birchley Park.

Condominium units, ranging in size from 374-square-foot junior one-bedrooms to 921-square-foot three-bedrooms, at the 12-storey Birchley Park 1 are on sale now. Occupancy is targeted for late 2026.

“Subsequent phases will be a function of the market timeline and absorption, but we're hoping they’ll follow shortly thereafter,” Diamond said. “All of the site infrastructure, including the park land, is tracking on the same timeline as Birchley Park 1, so this will be a livable community right away.”
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New Site Plan submission is in for the Townhomes being done by Habitat for Humanity.

Not sure if @interchange42 will want to keep this together w/the main thread for the community or separate it out.

Distinct architect from the thread title in Raw. 62 Townhouse Units. Height 3s/12M Parking is 32 spaces or just shy of 0.5 per unit.

Link:

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Northern Light said:
New Site Plan submission is in for the Townhomes being done by Habitat for Humanity.

Not sure if @interchange42 will want to keep this together w/the main thread for the community or separate it out.

Distinct architect from the thread title in Raw. 62 Townhouse Units. Height 3s/12M Parking is 32 spaces or just shy of 0.5 per unit.

Link:

www.toronto.ca

Application Details

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I think that @Paclo will want a separate DB file for it, and probably other blocks here, and will likely set up a Master-Project, Sub-Project set of database files, but I think that we'll probably want to keep everything in this thread. When access to a site is only from the periphery during construction, we'll never be able to keep the photos separate.

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Using a screenshot of TwinHuey's drone shot to visualize what I mean, what are the chances they'll widen the road under the train tracks here to permit bike lanes for those trying to head north to Victoria Park station from this development? And if it's not planned for, who would I bug to consider it? It is currently quite intimidating to bike through this section.
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Natika33 said:
Using a screenshot of TwinHuey's drone shot to visualize what I mean, what are the chances they'll widen the road under the train tracks
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Pretty close to zero.

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here to permit bike lanes for those trying to head north to Victoria Park station from this development? And if it's not planned for, who would I bug to consider it? It is currently quite intimidating to bike through this section.
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Cycle Tracks here are contemplated, by cutting Victoria Park Avenue to 1 lane each way plus turning lanes.

The City has been looking more at the section from Crescent Town Road to Danforth in the near term, but it has been shared w/staff that I think going to Gerrard in one motion would make sense.

VP is already one lane each way south of Gerrard and north of VP subway station, so a its a fairly short stretch with the extra lanes, using that space for expanded left turn lanes and/or a right turn lane at Danforth would better serve traffic flow than the current arrangement and provide room for cycle tracks.

There would be a slight pinch at the Danforth intersection, but its workable.
 
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I'm looking forward to this development get built as it helps bridge in the gap between the mixed-use area north of the train tracks with the older residential area south of Gerrard.
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Agree, though until the big box plazas/Loblaws/Gas Station sites are tackled it will still feel a bit hostile.
 
Natika33 said:
Using a screenshot of TwinHuey's drone shot to visualize what I mean, what are the chances they'll widen the road under the train tracks here to permit bike lanes for those trying to head north to Victoria Park station from this development? And if it's not planned for, who would I bug to consider it? It is currently quite intimidating to bike through this section.
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Agreed. With approximately 1,000 new units in this development, I'm sure that many more cyclists will want access to Danforth.

Cycling under that bridge is nasty. We go out of our way to avoid it.

While you are pushing for a solution, it would be appreciated if you put in a good word for the Danforth Kingston Complete Street initiative. :)
 
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