Ontario Construction News staff writer
The Gupta Group has submitted a rezoning, site plan and subdivision approval application to the City of Toronto for two mixed-use towers in Yorkville.
The developers have proposed a 33 and a 19 storey project with 401 units at 906 Yonge St., DataBid.com reports, citing Urban Toronto.
The 33 storey residential and mixed-use tower will be along Yonge Street and the 19 storey residential tower will be along McMurrich Street. The two towers will be connected by a two-storey base building, the published report says.
ERA Architects has designed the project.
The proposed site is an irregularly shaped through-lot that runs between McMurrich Street and Yonge Street, north of Davenport Road. There is currently a partially vacant, 3-storey Tudor Revival heritage building on the site which was recently used as a private elementary school. There is also an associated surface parking lot and outdoor play area that fronts on McMurrich.
Overall, the new development will have a combined gross floor area (GFA) of 28,736 sq. m. The Yonge street building will include 213 units, with a total GFA of 15,150 sq. m., while the one on McMurrich building 188 units with a GFA of 13,226 sq. m.
There will be 75 sq. m. Retail space on the ground floor of the Yonge Street structure, amenity spaces and services.
“The existing 3-storey heritage building along Yonge Street provides the base element for the tower above,” DataBid reports. “Its Tudor Revival facade, side walls, and gable roof will be retained, and repairs to the roof, windows and masonry would be undertaken as part of the proposed scope.”
