Location: 685 Warden Avenue, Scarborough, Toronto
Developer: Choice Properties REIT
Architect: Turner Fleischer Architects
Due to a recently submitted development proposal, the vacant land around Birchmount Park in Scarborough could be improved.
In early July, a revised official draft of a master plan, redevelopment and zoning was presented to the City to transform a vacant lot located at 683-685 Warden Avenue into a multi-use project with over 1,500 new ones. apartments. The same developer, Choice Properties REIT, partnered with Daniels Corporation earlier this year to come up with another major project, the redevelopment of the Golden Mile shopping centre.
The development site is positioned at the eastwards of Warden Avenue, barely south of St. Clair Avenue East and the Warden TTC Subway Station. The rectangular lot spans about 6.5 acres, and is presently vacant, having been formerly occupied by a one-storey industrial complex and a rail spur owned by former Geco CN.
According to the planning by Bousfields Inc, a rear part of the land became severed from the previous Geco CN rail spur in 2004 and conveyed to “Loblaw,” the previous proprietor of the land. Two years later, Loblaw submitted a Rezoning and Site Plan Control application to construct commercial spaces and a grocery store on the grounds of the consolidated lands. After the local planning was made appealing a submission was made of a revised application in 2007 where Loblaw appealed their Rezoning and Site Plan Approval applications to the OMB. However, that has since been closed and withdrawn.
The latest proposal for the site might see the introduction of a brand new street, a public park and 6 residential towers, known as Buildings A to F, starting from 13 to 36 storeys. The novel “C-shaped” public street might act as a fringe across the building site, with the six buildings built indoors and an internal north-south private street bisecting the building premises.
A 1/3 submission made this month envisions similarly will increase to the peak and density of the proposal. Although the peak of the mid-upward push constructing on the nook of Warden Avenue and Roper Road (Building A) has been decreased from 9 to 6 storeys to "higher relate to the present constructed shape placed north of the site," the peak of the constructing at the southwest nook (Building B) has accelerated from eleven to 19 storeys to house extra housing opportunities. The construction hugging the subway corridor (Building C) stays at 18 storeys.
The revised improvement might additionally include 311 parking areas and 594 bicycle parking areas. A TTC workplace construction proposed at once north of Building C is being taken into consideration one by one from this improvement.
The proposed 1,519 houses would be reduced to 928 one-bedroom and one-plus-den suites, 452 two-bedroom and 139 three-bedroom units. According to the application’s project information sheet, the houses might be tenured as condos.
Pedestrians might be capable of input the improvement via a vital open area and journey alongside a pedestrian connection (POPS) that slopes up from Warden Avenue and leads via the site in the direction of the brand new public park to the east. The (POPS) might be paired with outdoor landscaped regions and outside amenity centres for the residents.
Buildings A and B, every thirteen storeys in height, might be built at the northeast and southeast corners of the site, incorporating numerous architectural stepbacks on their east-facing elevations. The proposed linear public parkland might be positioned simply east of Buildings A and B. The tallest towers within the project, the 36-storey Building C and the 33-storey Building D, might be located in the centre of the building site. Buildings E and F, which can be 22- and 19-storeys tall, might be constructed closest to Warden Avenue.
Residents of Buildings C to F will cohabit in 24,801 square feet of outside amenity area at the building’s 2nd level, and 7,986 square ft among Buildings A and B. Indoor amenity areas might be positioned at some point of the 1st and 2nd floors of every tower, fronting onto the outside area.
A general of 996 parking areas will be included in the project. Two levels of underground parking space will be furnished for Buildings C to F via the brand new street, plus an extra parking area on the ground floor of the podium. Parking might additionally be set aside in the podium of Buildings A and B.
In the neighbourhood, sales are expected to boost soon for Nahid Kennedy, while registration is open for 3431 St Clair Avenue East.
