Northern Magus
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Nice. This looks like it addresses some of the legitimate concerns some people have had about the retail context along Yonge.
I think the design hasn't changed - just that this particular view has never been presented in any of the renderings.
AoD
PS: Project site w/ interviews: http://www.ryerson.ca/ryersonbuilds/studentlearn.html
I think the design hasn't changed - just that this particular view has never been presented in any of the renderings.
Does anyone know a timeframe associated with this project ? As others have mentioned I can't wait for this one to get going. It seems the rush to hastily demolish and effectively boot out a bunch of tenants was for nothing, particular if this won't start for years.
September 2011 Work on the construction documents has reached the 90% completion milestone. The application for the excavation and shoring permit is scheduled to be submitted in October. Our application for rezoning will be presented to city council on November 30th. The building permit application is tentatively set for November 2011
Love it, build it already! Those two empty corners at Yonge & Gould make me sad whenever I walk by them.
Ryerson ready to roll: Construction of the new Ryerson University Student Learning Centre could begin within weeks if the development plan gets approval, as is widely expected, during two key meetings at Toronto City Hall this month.
City planners have recommended approval for the municipal zoning bylaw amendments that would be required to permit the project to proceed. In an October 12 2011 staff report, they wrote that the new Student Learning Centre will provide “a unique architectural contribution to Yonge Street, and a gateway to Ryerson University, increasing its presence and visibility on Yonge Street. It will revitalize a section of Yonge Street currently the site of a vacant lot, provide necessary student space to a growing student population, add minimal new shadow to Yonge Street and provide retail space in accordance with Official Plan Policies.”
The university has already applied for shoring and excavation permits, and expects them to be approved in December. Construction could then quickly commence on the 9-storey, 155,464 square foot building, which will rise on the northeast corner of Yonge and Gould Streets (the official municipal address is 341-355 Yonge Street). The university hopes will be completed and ready for occupancy during the winter of 2014. Designed by Toronto’s Zeidler Partnership Architects and Snøhetta of Oslo and New York City, the facility will cost an estimated $112 million. The Ontario government is providing $45 million, while the university is kicking in another $45 million itself. Fundraising will seek to top up the $22 million balance.