[T-Bor]

unsurprisingly, they got their office tenants. I wonder if it is the same tenants that were on the old renders that had to get removed because Daniels complained.

Office buildings are typically under construction long before all the floor space has been rented out. Ideally they have a certain percentage leased, but if there is enough confidence in the rental market they can go ahead with less

 

[modernizt]

Like I mentioned in this thread way back, Daniels is planning to locate their offices here.

 

[raptor]

DRP minutes have been posted here

1.2 Project Presentation
Ken Greenberg, Principal, Greenberg Consultants Inc., introduced the project within the context of the East Bayfront Precinct Plan stating that the East Bayfront Precinct Plan has been exceeded by the diversity of users and tenants that have moved here. Mr. Greenberg outlined the major site moves including the extension of Canada’s Sugar Beach across Queens’ Quay, and the extension of the public space into the internal “Yard”. Claude Cormier, Principal, Claude Cormier + Associés, then presented the public ream, including public art locations. Pina Petricone, Principal, Giannone Petricone Associates then presented the North Block, noting the four faces the building in response to its context including the expressway and the local neighbourhood. Roland Rom Colthoff, Principal, RAW Design then presented the South Block noting its various tenants and users, and the unique expressions on the façade of those tenants. Mr. Colthoff added that they are targeting LEED Gold for the office component of the building.

 

[Automation Gallery]

I believe this application is for the back-end of this lot

143 LAKE SHORE BLVD E
Ward 28 - Tor & E.York District

Mixed-Use building containing residential, commercial and institutional uses. The building will consist of a 45 and 35 storey tower that is connected by a 5 storey podium, which will house a post-secondary acedemic institution.
Proposed Use --- # of Storeys --- # of Units ---
Applications:
Type Number Date Submitted Status
Site Plan Approval 14 249503 STE 28 SA Nov 7, 2014 Under Review

Just to confirm this development will be taking up the whole site

 

[rdaner]

More space for George Brown?

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

That would be my guess. The smaller of the two towers on the initial renders were supposed to be student residences for GB

 

[edwardtoronto]

Daniels reached a settlement with the City and Waterfront Toronto through the OMB mediation process. They inherited the OMB appeals on the site when they bought it in 2012. It's been to Design Review in September http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/uploads/documents/wdrp_minutes_sept_2014_1.pdf.

Site plan was filed for the south part of the block in September for the north part of the block in November.

Demolition of the Guverment will begin February 2015. Demolition of the Marine West building is scheduled to begin a year later.

By 2018 they expect to complete the south block consisting of a 13 storey and 10 storey office building, yes including Daniels' offices. This block will also have a new Artscape Launchpad http://www.torontoartscape.org/artscape-launchpad scheduled to open in 2018. The south block will feature retail at grade and a "continuation" of Sugar Beach.

There will be a publicly accessible space The Yard bisecting the site east - west between the N & S blocks roughly following the old rail spur line.

By 2019 the north block will be completed. It consist of a 42-storey condo, a 32-storey apartment building and the 5-storey podium will be the new home of the expanded George Brown College Design School. Daniels has promised GBC that the building will be ready for their September 2019 - April 2020 academic year.

This information was presented to the West Don Lands Committee meeting on Monday, November 24 by Daniels.

FYI: The WDLC meets on the 4th Monday of each month except December. The WDLC is a made up of business, neighbourhood, community organizations in St. Lawrence, Corktown, and the Distillery District. It's been actively supporting progressive redevelopment of the West Don Lands, East Bayfront and Port Lands since 1997. The first ever 3-day planning charrette (post the collapse of Atiritari) was organized and put on by the WDLC in 1999 - years before Waterfront Toronto came into being. The report from that charrette informed and prefigured the final West Don Lands design and precinct plan.

 

[Automation Gallery]

Great info, thanks et

 

[ryguy7787]

How do you extend Sugar Beach when you're crossing a four lane road? Given the location of the park, it would be a very different feel and there would be a lot more traffic/ direct pollution if it was still facing Red Path/QQ. Also SB has a ton of different festivals every weekend, the one that comes to mind is the Wine and Spirit Festival. Would they expand across the street for that as well? You'd have next to no traffic flow.

 

[ksun]

How do you extend Sugar Beach when you're crossing a four lane road? Given the location of the park, it would be a very different feel and there would be a lot more traffic/ direct pollution if it was still facing Red Path/QQ. Also SB has a ton of different festivals every weekend, the one that comes to mind is the Wine and Spirit Festival. Would they expand across the street for that as well? You'd have next to no traffic flow.

Agree. Sugar Beach has no chance to be "extended". It is between a lake and a busy four lane road, facing a smelly factory.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Agree. Sugar Beach has no chance to be "extended". It is between a lake and a busy four lane road, facing a smelly factory.

It isn't going to be a beach per se - it's referring to a wedge like park that will be occupying the site, aligned to the Sugar Beach project south of QQE. See the Google sketchup at the top of the thread. Just like how Sherbourne Park is divided into two sections and yet unified through coherent design.

AoD

 

[Thanos]

How do you extend Sugar Beach when you're crossing a four lane road?

Agree. Sugar Beach has no chance to be "extended". It is between a lake and a busy four lane road, facing a smelly factory.

I do not understand the logic you are using saying it can not be extended. Boston Commons is split by a 4 lane road. Jean Mance Park in Montreal is split by an 8 lane road. Independence National Park in Philadelphia is split by a 4 lane road. Why can it work in other cities and not on Lakeshore in Toronto?

 

[ttk77]

I do not understand the logic you are using saying it can not be extended. Boston Commons is split by a 4 lane road. Jean Mance Park in Montreal is split by an 8 lane road. Independence National Park in Philadelphia is split by a 4 lane road. Why can it work in other cities and not on Lakeshore in Toronto?

It's also like that at Sherbourne commons right next door. Maybe the question is about how one might extend a beach north of the road when it's no longer right on the water?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

It's also like that at Sherbourne commons right next door. Maybe the question is about how one might extend a beach north of the road when it's no longer right on the water?

I don't think they are extending the beach - there is a difference between the beach as in the sand, umbrellas, all that, and the nae of the overall park, which is called Sugar Beach. The latter is what they are extending.

AoD

 

[ksun]

I do not understand the logic you are using saying it can not be extended. Boston Commons is split by a 4 lane road. Jean Mance Park in Montreal is split by an 8 lane road. Independence National Park in Philadelphia is split by a 4 lane road. Why can it work in other cities and not on Lakeshore in Toronto?

You forget the proportion of the size of the road to the park itself. Boston commons is 50 acres. Jean Mance Park is 35 acres, Independence National Historical Park is 55 acre. Yes, they are less troubled by being separated by a wide road because the road itself appears not as big compared with the size of the park.

Sugar beach on the other hand, is 2 acres. The distance from its northern edge to the other side of QQ is actually greater than the with of the beach itself. Whatever on the northern side of QQ will feel completely disconnected to the beach. Allan Gardens are 10 acres and imagine there is a four lane road cutting through it.