[iDANIEL]

i just found out today that berkley developments owns 6 loyd ave and has just acquired 1474 st clair ave west. this development at 1474 st clair west will be an 8 storey mid rise and will be designed by raw design.

 

[nrb]

And 360 weston rd is a landmark historical hotel ala gladstone and broadview hotel, would not be surprised if that is renovated in the same way eventually.

 

[junctionist]

And 360 weston rd is a landmark historical hotel ala gladstone and broadview hotel, would not be surprised if that is renovated in the same way eventually.

Indeed. It was originally the Heydon House. I would have immense respect for anyone who'd restore it and rebuild the picturesque turret. It would be a valuable linchpin to the area's revitalization.

 

[PMT]

Link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/ey/bgrd/backgroundfile-115381.pdf

City Planning staff have identified concerns with the proposal described in this report with respect to conformity with the City's Official Plan, built form, the mixed use buildings' height, massing, site layout, shadow impact and proposed vehicular access. These issues and all additional matters that arise through the development review process will need to be addressed prior to submission of the Final Report to City Council. While staff will continue to work with the applicant to address the issues noted here, since it is an election year, it is recommended that City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend and oppose the application in its current form should the application be appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) on the basis of City Council's failure to make a decision on the application within the statutory timeframe of the Planning Act.

 

[Johnny Au]

The flea market across the street needs to be renovated.

 

[Froggy]

From Palacio's inaccurate newsletter:

 

[iDANIEL]

next door is for sale.

 

[PMT]

New docs posted September 13: http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentAp...4345095&isCofASearch=false&isTlabSearch=false

From the Cover Letter:

The key revisions include:

• Implementation of the design vision for potential green open space in the St. Clair Avenue West Between Keele Street and Glenholme Avenue Urban Design Guidelines (2009) with the provision of 857 square metres of parkland dedication in the north east corner of the site immediately adjacent to SADRA Park, including a 6.1 metre wide strip providing direct public access from Old Weston Road. This represents 55 percent of the calculation for onsite parkland dedication. The initial submission did not include parkland dedication.

• The provision of 159 square metres of space as a Privately-Owned Publicly Accessible Space (‘POPS’) at 383 Old Weston Road, providing a publicly accessible open space between the site and Old Weston Road. The initial submission did not include a POPS.
  
  
• The relocation of the sidewalk along the west side of the private driveway to create a landscape buffer between the sidewalk and the eastern edges of Blocks B, C, D and E. In addition, the corners of these blocks have been carved to create larger landscaped areas at the sidewalk and provide entrances to units from the sidewalk to break up the corner masses and animate these edges with activity.
  
  
• The relocation of the vehicular access ramp to underground parking and Type G loading space towards the east, to consolidate vehicular access and servicing in one area of the site and improve the relationship between common indoor and outdoor amenity space
  
  
• The provision of 4,069 square metres of hard and soft landscape open space (which does not include the private driveway) of which 557 square metres is classified as common outdoor amenity space, for the use of residents. This represents almost 40 percent of the lot area.

• Changing the massing of the mid-rise building (Block A) by significantly sculpting the northeast corner of the building to set back the east portions of the upper floors (adjacent to the R-zoned property at 16 Cloverdale Avenue) to improve the relationship between the mid-rise building and the house-form buildings along Cloverdale Avenue. The seventh floor is stepped back 1.5 metres along the entire length of the main north wall of the mid-rise building. All the floors above the seventh floor adjacent to 16 Cloverdale Avenue are stepped back an additional 6.6 metres. The eleventh floor is now stepped back 8.1 metres along the entire length of the main north wall. Along the St Clair frontage, the building is stepped back 1.5 metres at the sixth floor and an additional 1.5 metres at the eighth floor. The building is also stepped back 5.5 metres from the east and west walls at the eighth floor.
  
  
• The reorientation of Block B in an east west direction.

• An increase in the separation distance between Blocks A (the mid-rise building) and B to 19.6 metres, compared to 14.3 metres in the previous submission.

• An increase in the setback to a minimum of six metres between the west walls of Blocks B, C and D and adjacent properties fronting on Old Weston Road.

• A minimum 3.0 metre setback for the frontage along Old Weston Road and the provision of a 2.1 metre sidewalk along the Old Weston Road frontage for a length of 69.4 metres.
  
  
• The provision of retail space along the St Clair West frontage of Block A (the mid-rise building), compared to a combination of retail and live-work units in the previous submission.
  
  
• The provision of a through lobby from St Clair Avenue West to the interior of the site along the proposed covered walkway in Block A, compared to a lobby only along the Old Weston Road frontage, as originally proposed.
  
  
• The provision of two parking spaces incorporated at-grade at the rear of the mid-rise building for temporary pick-up and drop-off activities.
  
  
• The unit count has been revised to 256 (compared to 242 in the initial proposal) broken down as follows: 66--1 BR; 110—2 BR; 80--3 BR. 160 units would be located in the mid-rise building and 96 would be townhouses. Twenty units would be provided for Habitat for Humanity, for affordable housing, as in the original proposal. The total GFA has been slightly reduced.
  
  
• The western frontage along St Clair Avenue West, across form Ford Street, will be designed to incorporate an architectural feature to mark the view terminus at the end of Ford Street as per the direction for terminus sites in the St. Clair Avenue West Between Keele Street and Glenholme Avenue Urban Design Guidelines (2009).

 

[AlbertC]

Good stuff, hope to see movement on this soon.

 

[Marcanadian]

14 one-bedroom units and 6 two-bedroom units have been added to the mid-rise building for a unit count of 180. Total unit count across the entire development is now 276.

http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentAp...icationsList.do?action=init&folderRsn=4345095

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

For those having trouble visualizing this site:

 

[Amare]

For those having trouble visualizing this site:

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Not a question for you directly Wisla, but isnt this exactly the kind of model the city as a whole is trying to move away from (ie: the private driveway, secluded neighborhood within a neighborhood model)? But yet here we are 2018 with a proposal for exactly just that.

For reference as to what i'm talking about:

Lawrence Park

St.Dennis Area

Kingston and Galloway:

 

[interchange42]

The three examples you've posted @Amare in comparison, are all much larger properties, designed off-grid, with a lot of space lost to the diagonals. In this case, the City would not want a new public street connecting to St Clair here, so there's pretty much no choice but to have a narrower private street, the land-use is maximized wth the only green space extending the pubic greenway to the north; it's pretty efficient densification here.

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[Midtown Urbanist]

I agree that the private driveway is lamentable, but sometimes to bring density to an area, you gotta do what you gotta do. If the city were to impose restrictions on this application, the alternative to this development would be no development.

I don't think this proposal is too bad though. There is a pedestrian pathway connecting to Old Weston Road closer to St. Clair, connection to the north to the public trail, and there appears to be an automobile entrance on Cloverdale Road that pedestrians will doubtlessly use to cut through the property. This doesn't appear to be designed for privacy/exclusion.

I wouldn't be surprised to see this function more as a laneway than a private driveway.

 

[RonThom]

First SPA filed Dec. 18, 2018, and revised zoning by-law and diagrams filed Jan. 28, 2019.