People are already complaining online about the traffic congestion.
New plans and updates have been released about a mixed-using community coming to the site of the former Christie’s Cookies plant at Humber Bay Shores.
A resubmission of an Official Plan Amendment application for the 2150 Lake Shore Blvd. W., development was filed in February by landowners First Capital Realty and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
The Master Plan introduces a new local street network, a relief road to direct traffic away from Park Lawn and Lake Shor, and an integrated transit hub centred around a new GO station and the TTC.
The development provides a network of open public spaces anchored by squares, a ravine, large community parks and a year-round covered galleria. It includes a ‘diverse range’ of building types and architecture.
Park space and other public space have increased and plans for now includes two daycares, two schools, a community centre, library, a retail galleria and non-profit human agency space.
“The fundamental vision and features remain consistent: a transit-oriented urban mixed-use community complete with housing, jobs, retail, parks, public space and community facilities,” according to the Master Plan.
The six phase project will feature 15 towers, with heights ranging from 28 to 70 storeys, according to information from the company.
The first phase will include buildings located beside the new GO station and Park Lawn Road, as well as the construction of the GO Station itself, the loop road that will serve it, and the relocation of the ramps connecting Lake Shore Boulevard to the Gardiner Expressway at the east end of the site.
Two public spaces will also be completed during the first phase; Station Square and Park Lawn Gardens, linking the GO station with new bus service facilities on Park Lawn Road. Ground floor retail near the station is to be oriented towards commuter convenience.
There will be a one-hectare community park on the 11-hectare property and a 2,500 square-metre Boulevard Square.
The developers say access to sunlight in the proposed community park has been further enhanced by shifting height and density away from towers mostly to the south of the park.
The iconic water tower is now proposed to be relocated in high-profile ‘Station Square’ instead of the community park, due to concerns from the community.
First Capital announced in February they have retained Allies and Morrison, the architectural lead on the master plan design team, to be the design lead for buildings in the first phase.