PLANNING & URBAN DESIGN RATIONALE

The massing of the building will be broken up through the use of inset balconies
and terraces.
North Building
The 12-storey building is 35.35 metres in height (excluding mechanical penthouse)
and is located to the south of the properties fronting Queen Street, adjacent to
the widened private lane. The building will have a total gross floor area of 21,984
square metres, including 2,376 square metres of non-residential gross floor area
and a total of 270 residential units. Rental tenure is being considered for the
residential units. In addition, 4,187 square metres of non-residential space (auto
service uses) will be located on the P1 and P1M levels below grade.
The building will include a 4-storey automobile dealership located at the western
end of the building, with auto retail facing East Don Roadway on the ground floor
and an auto service area to the rear (east). The upper floors of the dealership
will consist of auto showroom space and an office mezzanine. The residential
lobby will be located at the northeast corner of the building, with its main entrance
facing the proposed private street, while the southeast corner is proposed as a
223-square metre retail (café) space. The remainder of the ground floor will be
comprised of the loading ramp within the northerly portion of the building and atgrade
parking spaces for autoplex customers within the southerly portion of the
building, which will be screened from the east-west private lane. A mezzanine
parking level is proposed, which will be accessed via a ramp within the building.
A 391 square metre residential amenity space will be located on the mezzanine
level, to the east of the parking.
With the exception of the auto dealership component, the building will be treated
with precast concrete and accented with precast brick, with inset balconies, similar
to the Queen Street building. The auto dealership component of the building will
feature a contemporary commercial design, with a sloped roof, large expanses of
glass and metal panels.
South Building
The southerly building will be 24 storeys in height (76.3 metres, excluding the
mechanical penthouse) and will include an 8-storey podium building with a
16-storey tower element. The building will have a total gross floor area of 30,871
square metres, including 9,516 square metres of non-residential gross floor area
and a total of 241 residential units.
The 8-storey podium includes a 4-storey base, which will predominantly contain
non-residential space occupied by four auto dealerships, with the exception
of residential uses located at the east end of the building. The non-residential
component of the base building is proposed as an adaptive reuse of the existing
3-storey warehouse building, which will be opened up through the insertion of
windows in the north, west and south building faces. This portion of the base
building will include auto retail uses on the ground floor facing the new east-west
private lane, with service bays and tool/parts storage to the rear (south) served
by a shared service lane within the building. The upper levels will contain auto
showrooms and offices for the four dealerships.
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