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Unit Distribution and Amenity Space The Phase 2 building will have a total of 339 units. The unit mix will feature a wide range of unit types, consisting of 25 bachelor units, 183 one-bedroom units, 118 two-bedroom units and 13 three-bedroom units. A total of 163 square metres of indoor amenity space will be located on the 9 th floor, within the tower portion, opening onto 264 square metres of outdoor amenity space located on the roof of the 8-storey building component. Landscape and Public Realm Improvements The proposal includes numerous improvements to the public realm on and adjacent to the subject site. Along the Queen Street frontage of the subject site, 7 new street trees are proposed in front of the Phase 2 building, together with a widened public sidewalk. As well, 4 new street trees would be planted along the site’s East Don Roadway frontage. The north-south private street would be designed for shared pedestrian and vehicular use (i.e. a “woonerf”), and would include street trees on either side of main traffic lanes (12 in total). The east-west private laneway would have shrubbery and low planting located along the building frontages. Both the private street and laneway would be surfaced with interlocking brick or a similar paving material from building face to face, while the area to south of the east-west lane, at the south end of the site, would be a area solely for pedestrian use and would expand outward to the angled ground floor of the Phase 2 building. This pedestrianized courtyard area would include seating for general use as well as seating areas associated with the café in the Phase 1 North Building and the restaurant at the southwest corner of the Phase 2 building. The outdoor play area associated with the daycare facility would be located at grade to the south of the Phase 2 building. Within the road allowance associated with the Eastern Avenue Diversion, the landscape concept plan by The Planning Partnership proposes the extension of the public sidewalk along the east side of East Don Roadway southerly from its current dead-end near the south site limit and then easterly within the rightof-way lands associated with the Eastern Avenue Diversion, which are currently unimproved and practically inaccessible to pedestrians. These lands are proposed to be landscaped, with additional tree planting, to create a pleasant and comfortable pedestrian environment. In the future, the public sidewalk could be extended further east across the frontage of the Broadview Lofts townhouses to create a more normalized City street condition. The Planning Partnership has also prepared an Overall Vision Plan, which demonstrates how the site redevelopment could be inter-connected with the Lower Don Valley open space system. The proposal shows a southerly extension of the East Don Roadway pedestrian route underneath the Eastern Avenue Overpass to access the open space that is currently encircled by the Eastern Avenue on-ramp to the Don Valley Parkway. This area, which is approximately 1.45 hectares (3.6 acres) in size, is proposed to be improved as the Sunlight Fitness Park. 26 bousfields inc.
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