Four towers will be going up at the new Islington station site at Bloor Street W. and Islington Ave.
Construction of a new Islington Station began in the Spring and when completed it will include a new bus terminal, elevators, more accessible platforms with four 40-storey towers on the property for housing.
Once finished in 2026 the station at Bloor Street W. and Islington Ave. will have two new elevators to connect customers between the passenger pick up/drop off area, concourse level and subway platform.
The replacement terminal will connect with Islington’s current subway station concourse level and the platform below via a new underground connection lined with retail, and also containing back-of house service rooms.
Four proposed condo towers will be built at north west corner of the new Islington Terminal at Bloor Street W. and Islington Ave.
There will also be improved signage and wayfinding and an accessible bus terminal, which will accommodate five bus bays including one designated as a Wheel-Trans stop.
The rebuild is part of the TTC’s Easier Access Program which is making subway stations accessible by 2025. Some 56 stations are now accessible and 14 are under construction.
The proposed Islington Station Redevelopment will be a one storey transit station located at 1226 Islington Avenue, at the northwest corner of Bloor Street West and Islington Avenue.
Homes will also be built on part of the sprawling property next to the station.
New Islington Bus Terminal when completed in about 2026.
“With Islington’s vast space for buses unused, CreateTO has identified this land as an area for redevelopment, including for significant net-new affordable housing units,” according to plans.
Shuttle buses will be deployed during closure, and access to buses will not be disrupted. The 534 total parking spots will be permanently reduced to 316 spots during the construction.
To facilitate the redevelopment, Islington station’s existing bus terminal, south entrance, and north entrance/passenger pick-up and drop-off areas will be demolished.
The City of Toronto’s Housing Now initiative, an ambitious plan to bring thousands of new affordable housing units adjacent to rapid transit across the city, has been charging full steam ahead since it was announced in 2019, with 17 sites across Toronto earmarked for development.
The city is planning to add the most density to what is referred to as the Bloor-Islington site, with four towers rising as high as 40 storeys. Split into two phases of two towers each, the towers will be mixed-use, with over 5,000 square metres of non-residential space on the lower two floors.
The towers are aligned along the south portion of the Bloor-Islington site fronting onto Bloor Street, while the northern portion will be retained for transit uses with the new bus terminal.
The site is located on a triangular plot of land directly adjacent from Islington subway station. It is bounded by Bloor Street W. to the south, Islington Avenue to the east, and the rail corridor to the north.
The development will be located on 4.9 acres of land currently occupied by surface parking and the Islington bus terminal. Current plans include roughly 1,250 units of housing to be built on the site.