What exactly is in store at the southwest corner of Bloor and Bathurst has yet to be revealed (an open house is scheduled for March 3), but preliminary renderings of the latter condo have been filed with the city. It will be way taller than anything in the immediate vicinity, with closest neighbours like Tartu and the old Rochdale College building just shy of 20-storeys.
Is 40+ storeys too high for the Annex? One suspects that some neighbourhood residents will make this claim, but given the proximity to both Line 1 and 2, it's difficult to make a disinterested argument that tall buildings like this don't belong on this stretch of Bloor. As for the design, this isn't exactly going to be an architectural gem.
The proposal has yet to be approved, but you can bet that it won't be the last one to target the Annex for large scale condo development. It's coming. The only question is what it will ultimately look like.
by Derek Flack via blogTO
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