I think to say this street has no character or charm is a little dismissive. I do think many properties along this street could use a redevelopment, some of the plazas, empty lots, carwash, and this lot. But the 2 - 3 storey brick buildings are nice to walk past with the trees and such.

Everything being glass and large units does kill the charm a little bit. This also means housing is more expensive, but if we redevelop everything in the name of housing affordability while allowing the suburbs to maintain their ultra low density sprawl, the urban areas will have lost everything while the suburbs gained everything.

I think this development is perfectly reasonable at its 9 storey height, but I don't think people's fears of everything being replaced are unfounded, as much of Toronto has had exactly that happen. Midrises should be commended in these types of areas if they do everything right as they bring more housing, people to the areas, and offer different kinds of housing. But if the plan is to demolish the entire street in due time, it would be unfortunate. New isn't always better, density for the sake of density isn't better. Build midrises here where they make sense and expand outward to other underdeveloped areas where a gross plaza can be built on.
 
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RioCan Partners to Redevelop Retail Sites in Toronto and Montreal

The projects are part of RioCan's plans to intensify commercial assets through redevelopments.
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The Toronto mixed-use condominium project, along Bloor Street West, directly across from the TTC’s Royal York subway station, is in Toronto’s affluent Kingsway neighbourhood. The transaction involves the sale of a 50 percent interest in RioCan’s 2939 – 2943 Bloor Street West property to Fieldgate and the acquisition of a 50 percent interest in Fieldgate’s 2915 – 2917 Bloor Street West property, resulting in both partners having a 50 percent interest in the combined site. The transaction is valued at $180 per square foot buildable density. The net transaction price was approximately $8 million paid by RioCan to Fieldgate, including reimbursement of its share of development costs incurred to date.

RioCan said the combination of the two adjacent sites will allow for a development project of increased scale with greater density allowance and development efficiencies. The project is expected to receive final approvals and initiate pre-sales by year end 2021 followed by condominium sales activity to be launched in the second half of 2022. RioCan will act as retail property manager and Fieldgate as construction and development manager for the project. The company is hoping to start construction in the second quarter of 2023 with completion in 2025.

RioCan said the project expands the company’s growing presence in this highly-coveted area. It is ideally located, situated in the heart of the Kingsway neighbourhood which is recognized as a prime Toronto destination with an abundance of urban amenities. The project will include about 240 units in a seven-storey condo building with about 18,000 square feet of retail at grade.

“This development, along with RioCan’s strategic assembly of three other nearby properties along this Bloor Street West corridor, provides RioCan a unique opportunity to capitalize on residential intensification within this highly attractive node,” said the Trust.

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Two buildings currently on the site will be demolished to build the mixed-use development.
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Northern Light said:
Hold on...........how are they getting that many units into 7 stories?

The site isn't double what it was.

Surely they didn't cut unit sizes that drastically.
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Why would you stop at 7 storeys here, now that within 800 metres of a rapid transit station, the sky is the limit thanks to new planning rules handed down from on low (Queen's Park)?

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New Application here:

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Link: http://app.toronto.ca/AIC/index.do?folderRsn=jUD3iHkrmo7+sUGVyS0sOw==

Covers 2915-2943 Bloor St. West
 
PMT said:
Site Plan Approval Application submitted December 30:

2939 BLOOR ST W
Ward 3: Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Development Applications

City Planning COA Application Information Center
app.toronto.ca

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This one is seriously dragging in terms of the zoning approval; it's not even 'under review'.

From my understanding the City did a bunch of hiring in Planning November but did not manage to fill a vacancy in Etobicoke which is holding things up......

But this may be OLT bound if they don't give it some attention shortly.
 
New renderings are updated in the database! The changes are listed in the section below.

The architecture firm changed from "TACT Architecture" to "IBI Group". The overall building storey count reduced from 8 storeys to 7 storeys. Building height went from 27.13m to 27.45m. The total parking spaces went from 90 parking to 91 parking. Lastly, the total unit count changed from 90 units to 210 units.

The renderings are taken from the architectural plan via Site Plan Approval:

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We have a front page story up here. This building has more of those bowling alley and nested L-shape units on the deep lower floors that Fieldgate has been proposing in several buildings lately.

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