A 40-storey tower is being proposed for Yorkdale-Glen Park that would bring 477 new condo units to the site at 250-258 Viewmount Avenue. Notably, the site is within steps of the Glencairn subway station (just a two-minute walk).
Signature Hill Corporation filed official plan and zoning by-law amendment applications for the development in mid-July, which are now awaiting the City of Toronto's review. If approved, the project would be in line with the growing densification of the largely suburban North York neighbourhood, joining around nine other developments that are in various stages of planning.
The proposed subject site is located on the north side of Viewmount Avenue, east of Marlee Avenue, and approximately 50 metres west of the Allen Road Expressway and the entrance to the Glencairn TTC. Designed by Kirkor Architects, the tower element would rise from a five-storey podium atop a square-shaped 2,808-sq.-m lot. Currently, the property is occupied by four single-detached homes, one of which is used as a psychiatrist office.
The 477 new units would encompass 31,663 sq. m of gross floor area, all of which would be residential in nature, with residents having access to an additional 969 sq. m of indoor amenity space and 1,028 sq. m outdoors spread across levels one and six. Units would be comprised of 16 studio apartments, 106 one-bedrooms, 202 one-bedrooms plus den, 101 two-bedrooms, four two-bedrooms plus den, and 48 three-bedrooms.
Site plan prepared by Kirkor Architects
The planning report specifies that the development would include 154 residential parking spaces and seven for visitors across three underground parking levels, plus 430 resident bike parking spaces and 106 for visitors. Outside, residents would be able to enjoy 930 sq. m of landscaped area, and at the top of the development is a 560-sq.-m green roof. Just east of the building also is a city-owned green strip with a walking path that extends into Benner Park for additional access to green space.
In addition to being only 40-50 metres from the Glencairn subway, the development would also be serviced by nearby bus routes — including 109 Ranee, 14 Glencairn, 29 A/C Dufferin, and 32 Eglinton West — as well as the future Eglinton Crosstown LRT.
As mentioned, the development application joins nearly a dozen others in the surrounding area, including a pair of 35- and 39-storey condos proposed by Osmington Gerofsky Development Corp in mid-June.
