First Capital has
submitted applications to the City of Toronto for Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Approval for a site located on the northeast corner of Bloor Street West and Spadina Road. If approved, a 37-storey mixed-use development designed by BDP Quadrangle will rise on the site. The proposed development at 328 Bloor Street West would be comprised of an eight-storey podium with retail uses at grade, topped with a 29-storey residential tower.
The building has a total unit count of 366 units. Vehicular access is proposed through the woonerf connection to Madison Avenue along the eastern extension of the site, providing access to the underground parking ramp and garbage/loading area. A total of 61 parking spaces are proposed within a 2-level underground garage. Based on current By-laws, the proposed development is required to provide a minimum of 269 parking spaces. If the proposal of only 61 spaces is approved, it would put additional pressure on surrounding street level parking availability. Similarly to the KESKUS development team, the First Capital argues that a reduced number of parking spaces is a function of the availability of subway, streetcars, and buses within minimal walking distance of the building.
The proposed building would also cast an afternoon shadow over significant portion of the planned KESKUS site for most of the year.
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to the strong type06 Feb 2022 09:00
Well, there are interesting questions here: -- first off wtf: did we settle for three stories when everything nearby is going 30 plus?(Old church 29 stories; old scout guide building, 29 stories, old BNS 37 stories, 711 - 39 stories...) Yes, the Annex NIMBY Ass'n objected and the local city councillor was "all in" when "our side" folded up their tents at three stories, but did that get us anything? Like a break on permits (hahaha)? Other than possibly an uneconomic charity case that is going to be begging for funding in perpetuity and aggressively renting out for every passing convention or conference - Even 2 or 3 floors of rentable no-parking commercial space would have endowed the facility with a continuing basic income stream other than a single tenant that has demonstrated itself to be a flighty and capricious "partner" ....
Silent Majority04 Feb 2022 13:13
It is the vanity of a small group of fringe extremists who have tried to sabotage the KESKUS project with misinformation campaigns that we need to worry about. They truly frighten people with their incoherent conspiracy-laden accusations.
Hei news flash04 Feb 2022 11:16
Why build in the most inaccessible, congested,
expensive, restrictive and vibrating corridor?
For who? Adults only, obviously a vanity bragging point.
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