Features

• Internationally known graffiti artist -Banksy- painted a security guard with a pink balloon dog that is being preserved after the redevelopment of the site
• .On 7/15/2011 the Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) and Menkes Development Ltd purchased the site from the Ontario Government
• On 10/19/2011 an application was submitted for a mixed use development
• The development will include 3 buildings sharing a common podium ranging from 4 to 9 storeys
• 1 office building at 31 storeys
• 2 residential buildings at 70 storeys with 1426 units
• 4 levels of below grade parking with 791 stalls (411 residential and 380 commercial spaces)
• 1300 bicycle parking stalls
• Development mirrors Maple Leaf Square with a podium containing retail uses on the first 2 floors
• Also proposed is an above grade PATH pedestrian bridge
• Residential tower proposed to be 239.5 m
• Commercial tower proposed to be 150 m
• The proposed tower separations are 20 metres from the office building to the west residential tower
• 18.2 metres from the west residential tower to the east residential tower