An upcoming Etobicoke Civic Centre planned for the Six Points area will be world class and have all the bells and whistles.
The proposed Etobicoke Civic Centre, to be located at the north-east corner of Dundas Street West and Kipling Avenue, will have municipal offices, market office space, an outdoor civic square, a community recreation centre, medical clinic, childcare centre, a café, public art gallery and brand new Toronto Public Library district branch, according to a final report from the City Planning Division to the Planning and Housing Committee.
NEW ETOBICOKE CIVIC Centre among other buildings proposed for Six Points area. Courtesy photos.
The glass building will face 3755 Bloor Street West, near Kipling Avenue.
The community recreation centre is proposed to have a gymnasium, aquatic centre, multi-purpose and fitness rooms.
The proposal that came before City Council on December 15 is seeking to amend the former City of Etobicoke zoning bylaws to permit the building, which will have heights varying from three storeys to 16 storeys and with a gross floor area of 44,677 square metres.
The building, with two levels of underground parking, will have 420 parking spaces that will be managed by the Toronto Parking Authority, according to the city.
New parks and open spaces are to be located and designed to be accessible and visible from the public street, and the guidelines note the importance of publically accessible open space as a way to complement and enhance the network of public open spaces within the community, according to the plan.
With respect to gateways, the guidelines state that “sites at the entry points into the
Etobicoke Centre will be developed as landmarks to identify the Etobicoke Centre.”
“The lands immediately around the Kipling subway station will form a high-density mixed-use neighbourhood that can reap the benefits of the nearby transit facilities,’ according to the report. “Large development blocks in the area will be divided with new public roads that will provide connections to the existing community and organize tall urban-scale buildings.”
The new Etobicoke Civic Centre is a landmark project that represent architectural
design excellence in the Etobicoke Centre. The current design was selected through an international design competition in 2017.
The new ECC will contribute positively to the area and be “the jewel of the Etobicoke Centre.”
The building will provide a wide range of new public facilities including a new Civic Square that extends the park network in the Etobicoke Centre area, municipal services that would be pedestrian friendly and transit oriented, a non-profit daycare, a new public library and a new community recreation centre, according to officials.