Location: 25 Imperial Street, Toronto
Developer: Plaza Partners and Dream
Architect: BDP Quadrangle
Anticipating that work-from-home policies will become more commonplace in a post-pandemic world, developers behind a new condominium proposed in Toronto’s Chaplin Estates community have plans to provide a number of remote worker-friendly amenities.
Last month, a Zoning By-law Amendment application was submitted to city planners to construct a 14-storey condo building with 144 units at 25 Imperial Street. Dream, one of the two developers collaborating on the proposal, is working on a number of high-profile projects across the city, including Mirvish+Gehry Condos and Canary House Condos.
The lot being eyed for redevelopment is located on the south side of Imperial Street between Duplex Avenue and Yonge Street, just north of Davisville Avenue. A four-storey commercial office building with surface parking currently occupies the 10,965-square-foot site.
The mid-rise office building would be demolished to make way for the new structure, which would span 113,193 square feet of gross floor area.
Of the 144 condos proposed, the breakdown would include 14 live-work suites, 46 one-bedroom, 47 one-bedroom-plus-den, 22 two-bedroom and 15 three-bedroom units. The live-work units would occupy the second and third floors, ranging from 608 to 908 square feet in size. A business centre and meeting room have also been pitched for the building’s second level in an effort to facilitate the needs of future residents who will likely work from home.
“These elements have been included in recognition of the expectation that there will be an increased number of people working from home on an ongoing basis following COVID-19,” explains the planning rationale written by Goldberg Group.
Totalling 6,985 square feet throughout the building, indoor and outdoor amenity space would be allocated on the building’s second floor. The ground-floor lobby, accessible from Imperial Street, would be shared by a dog wash area, concierge desk, mail area and parcel room, according to the application’s architectural drawings.
Eighteen car spaces would be provided at the rear of the building in two-level parking stackers, while a below-grade basement would offer 157 bicycle parking spaces and resident storage.
In the neighbourhood, registration is currently open for The Millwood Condos, while sales and construction are underway at UOVO Boutique Residences.
