The development proposal for 1331 Yonge Street by Aspen Ridge Homes and Quadrangle Architects is beginning to take shape, with a couple of recently released renderings from Quadrangle. The address is the site of the former 1050 CHUM Building, which in the 1950s became Toronto's first Rock n' Roll radio station.

1331 Yonge Street image by Quadrangle Architects

1331 Yonge Street image by Quadrangle Architects

The original development proposal was for a 13-storey condo with 184 parking spaces. Nearly 150 local residents attended a community meeting regarding this proposal hosted by the area's city councillor, Josh Matlow (Ward 22) and City Planning staff in December 2011. There was almost unanimous opposition to the proposal, which has subsequently been revised and resubmitted to City Planning for approval. 

The new proposal calls for an 11-storey condo with four units of at-grade retail, four levels of undeground parking and 169 bicycle parking spaces. The community meeting for this revised proposal was held on August 9th.

1331 Yonge Street view from north image by Quadrangle Architects

1331 Yonge Street view from south image by Quadrangle Architects

The CHUM Building is only two storeys, so any proposal for a condo tower on that site would dramatically change the block, which is two blocks south of St. Clair Avenue between Rosehill Avenue and Jackes Avenue. The site happens to fall on the Yonge Street spine between Eglinton Avenue and Bloor Street, where new developments have been encouraged and approved by the city. The trend along this stretch of Yonge has been to limit the number of storeys for new developments to be within the 8- to 12-storey range, in consideration of the area's stock of exisiting low- and mid-rise buildings (with the exception of high rise towers set back further from Yonge) and how they will fit in with the rest of the neighbourhood. 

1331 Yonge Street (former CHUM Building) image by Google

The push for higher density near transit stops is part of the city's Official Plan, so it's likely this development will be approved in some form as it sits between the St. Clair and Summerhill subway stations. 

We've created a dataBase listing for this development that you can find linked below; let us know what you think of the proposal in the comments section, or join the discussion on the associated thread.

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