An Official Plan Amendment Application for 108-162 Vine Avenue, has been submitted by the owners of 108-162 Vine Avenue Vine Avenue Holdings Limited.
- Purpose: To demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of converting the site from an industrial (Core Employment) designation to residential/mixed-use zoning.
- Change the site: to a mixed-use development with a Gross Floor Area (GFA) of approximately 47,000 square metres.
- Buildings: The plan proposes a podium-tower design with base buildings along Vine Avenue and taller building elements set back from the street.
- 3: towers with heights of 18, 22, and 28 storeys
- Tower count: Up to three towers could be be built, 2 on 108 Vine Avenue and 1 on 162 Vine Avenue (next to Vine parkette) .
- Parks: A small new park is illustrated at the north end of Pacific Avenue, as well as a thin amount added to eastrern of Vine Avenue Parkette.
- Housing: 500 new residential units.
- The development would also include a commercial component.
The following text is from the planning rational as the proponent published it to the the City of Toronto in their development application, from which the above points have been taken.
Conceptual plans have been prepared by Giannone Petricone Associates Inc. Architects (“GPAIA”) in support of the Official Plan Amendment application in order to illustrate a potential form of development on the subject site pursuant to the requested redesignation. A description of the plans is provided in Section 3.1 of this report. The conceptual plans assist in demonstrating the feasibility and desirability of residential/mixed-use development on the subject site. In particular, they demonstrate that the subject site has sufficient depth to accommodate appropriately scaled base buildings along the Vine Avenue frontage, with the taller building elements stepped back from the base buildings, while achieving a 30-metre horizontal plus vertical setback from the adjacent rail corridor, together with a crash wall, in accordance with the FCM/RAC Rail Proximity Guidelines. The conceptual plans also illustrate that a mixeduse development would be able to deliver significant public realm improvements that would not be possible under the current Core Employment Areas designation. The plans illustrate a new park at the northern terminus of Pacific Avenue as well as a parkland dedication along the west limit of the site that would serve as an expansion of Vine Avenue Playground. As well, significant improvements to the streetscape along Vine Avenue would be able to be achieved through a comprehensive redevelopment of the subject site. The proposed heights and building organization demonstrate that up to three towers could be accommodated on the subject site, one on the 162 Vine Avenue property and two on the 108 Vine Avenue property. The intervening properties at 128-142 Vine Avenue, if assembled, would be able to accommodate redevelopment in the form of a new mid-rise building, but are not collectively large enough to accommodate a fourth tall building having a viable tower floor plate and adequate separation distances. At 18, 22 and 28 storeys, similar in height to the existing Heintzman Place development (16 and 24 storeys) and the proposed development at 5 and 43 Junction Road (18 to 35 storeys), both of which also back onto the rail corridor, the redesignation could facilitate a future mixed-use development with a Gross Floor Area of approximately 47,000 square metres, which in turn could generate over 500 units of additional housing supply, as well as a non-residential component.
