212 Dundas Street East - Alterations to a Heritage Property Designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act

This item will be considered by Toronto and East York Community Council on November 24, 2021. It will be considered by City Council on December 15, 2021, subject to the actions of the Toronto and East York Community Council.


Summary
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the Wilton Court Hotel and Henry Tasker House at 212 Dundas Street East (designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the Garden District Heritage Conservation District) in connection with the development of the subject property.

The development application proposed a 41-storey plus mechanical penthouse tower that incorporates retained portions of the Wilton Court Hotel and Henry Tasker House as part of the base building and includes a new base building along Dundas Street East. The retained portions of the Wilton Court Hotel and Henry Tasker House are proposed to be restored. The proposed alterations conserve the onsite and adjacent heritage buildings as well as the Garden District Heritage Conservation District and the proposal is consistent with the policy framework. The heritage impacts of the development proposal are appropriately mitigated through the overall conservation strategy.​
 


212 Dundas Street East - Alterations to a Heritage Property Designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act

This item will be considered by Toronto and East York Community Council on November 24, 2021. It will be considered by City Council on December 15, 2021, subject to the actions of the Toronto and East York Community Council.


Summary
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the Wilton Court Hotel and Henry Tasker House at 212 Dundas Street East (designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the Garden District Heritage Conservation District) in connection with the development of the subject property.

The development application proposed a 41-storey plus mechanical penthouse tower that incorporates retained portions of the Wilton Court Hotel and Henry Tasker House as part of the base building and includes a new base building along Dundas Street East. The retained portions of the Wilton Court Hotel and Henry Tasker House are proposed to be restored. The proposed alterations conserve the onsite and adjacent heritage buildings as well as the Garden District Heritage Conservation District and the proposal is consistent with the policy framework. The heritage impacts of the development proposal are appropriately mitigated through the overall conservation strategy.​
Additional heritage info posted: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2021.PB28.2 and
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/pb/comm/communicationfile-140024.pdf
 
Curious to see if this site is the "Elektra" project that's listed in Menkes video about their plans for 2022.

In one of the preview clips, they show an overhead view of the venerable and soon to be rebranded as " The Tenor", 10 Dundas East building as being associated to Elektra.

Which fwiw, Dundas Square is one of the more common marketing connections to a location like this:

 
Today

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The new rendering is updated in the database. There are several project information changes in the database. The total building height changed from 133.20m to 133.50m. Overall storey count increased from 41 to 42 storeys. The total unit count also increased from 495 to 520 units. Finally, total parking spaces increased from 78 to 81 parking spaces.

The renderings are taken from the architectural plan via the Rezoning application:

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