Reliance Properties has submitted their development application for 471 East Broadway; a site that they acquired last year for $33 Million.
The site is located on the North side of Broadway encompassing the Eastern half of the block bounded on the West by Guelph Street and on the East by St. George Street.
The proposal for the 28,670 SF C-2C zoned site is a new 5-storey building that includes:
- 91 condo units;
- 40 studios, 27 one-bedrooms, 22 two-bedrooms & 2 three-bedrooms;
- 16,000 SF of retail at grade;
- a total density of 2.99 FSR;
- a building height of 48 ft.;
- 75 parking spaces on two levels of underground parking.
The application describes the design rationale: “Architecturally, the commercial ground plane forms a lightweight podium with a continuous glass canopy datum line accentuating the commercial base. A 24’ wide ‘urban room’ creates an indent to the building massing, creating the illusion of 2 buildings. This strategy is enhanced by the application of different materials to the two forms on Broadway; the West portion is brick clad with recessed or ‘carved-out’ balconies, while the East portion at the corner of St. George Street is clad in a light fibre cement panel system with an increasing gradation in visual weight towards the corner with punched windows with projecting eyebrow elements replacing carved-out balconies. This provides a more incremental expression to the overall development of the building frontage. The St. George elevation introduces the step down to the lane required by the C-2C zoning height envelope. This façade introduces materials symbiotic with the related RM-4 development to the North. On the lane, brick is introduced again to the townhouse form, reflecting its distinct residential character.”
The architect for the project is Integra Architecture.
