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Condo Tower Set to Replace Tiny Homes in Toronto

Toronto (C) Maarten van den Heuvel
Toronto (C) Maarten van den Heuvel
23 May 2022 | Toronto, Canada

A plan is in the works to tear down two tiny homes and a low-rise apartment building in East York and replace them with a high-rise condo development. A late-April 2022 development application could bring about the end of the trio of small buildings at 16-26 Cosburn Avenue, with a plan from KingSett Capital proposing to bring a BDP Quadrangle-designed presence to the block between Broadview and Logan avenues.

The site is currently home to a pair of tiny houses next to a three-story rental apartment building, proposed to be torn down to make way for a 27-story tower containing just over 20,000 square meters of residential space. A six-story podium's standout feature will be a large central section containing three double-height floors housing lobby and indoor residential amenity spaces, framed by wings clad in brick to match the established feel of the neighborhood. Additional outdoor amenity space is proposed atop the podium roof.

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The 272 units within the podium and tower—proposed almost entirely as condos—are planned in a breakdown of 54 studios, 106 one-bedrooms, 84 two-bedrooms, and 28 three-bedroom units. Three of the units would be rentals replacing existing ones within the buildings proposed for demolition, as per the City's rental replacement policy.

The application is currently pending review by Toronto planning staff.

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