This nine storey apartment building is planned for 2491 Lake Shore Blvd. W. strip mall site.
The first sign of a redevelopment of Mimico seems to be getting underway.
A long-ignored strip mall at 2491 Lake Shore Blvd. W., at Mimico Avenue, which in the early 1960s was a Studebaker of Canada automobile showroom, has been approved for demolition by Etobicoke York Community Council.
Community council last March 13 approved Rental Housing Demolition Application for the outdoor mall, which only has about three stores left open and eight apartments on the second floor.
A new nine storey mixed use complex will be built on the site, as applications are being heard that will lead to the development of the strip from Mimico to Superior Avenues. A proposal to build a 33-storey condo tower just east of Amos Waites Park is also being considered.
The site now contains about three stores that remain open and eight apartments on the second floor.
The proposed nine-storey building would contain stores on the main floor, 151 dwelling units and parking for 84 vehicles. The mixed-use building will contain 80 one-bedroom units, 36 two-bedroom units and 23 three-bedroom units.
The five of eight tenants left will be offered places to live and allowed to return when the facility is completed.
There will be three levels of underground parking, accessed via a two-way ramp parallel to the east elevation, to provide 167 parking spots and 527 bicycle spaces.
The mall was formerly a Studebaker of Canada auto showroom in the early 1960s and deemed not a heritage site.
A covered driveway along the southwestern extent of the site would provide a vehicle turnaround and loading space which leads off Lake Shore.
The property was at one time considered as having potential cultural heritage value due to the Studebaker connection. The U.S. auto company operated from 1948 to 1966, and at one time manufactured some its vehicles at a plant in Hamilton.
A plan to expand Amos Waites Park next door is also proposed.