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Nearly two years after the initial plans for the first phase were submitted to the City of Toronto, First Capital and the Pemberton Group are again advancing plans on the former Christie’s cookies factory site in the Humber Bay Shores area of South Etobicoke. Located around two open spaces dubbed Station Square and Park Lawn Gardens, the three first phase buildings would boast towers rising as high as 67 storeys. Designed by B+H Architects (with Allies and Morrison as Design Architect and Adamson Associates as Architect of Record), the project is also tied to the delivery of Park Lawn GO station, which the City of Toronto has required to open alongside the first buildings here.
The 33,615m² first phase site sits on the east side of Park Lawn Road south of where the Lakeshore West GO corridor tracks pass. The cookie factory has been cleared, with early works for the redevelopment having started in the Summer of 2024. The broader Humber Bay Shores community is bordered by the Gardiner Expressway to the north, Mimico Creek to the west, Lake Ontario to the south, and Humber River to the east, and so far contains a couple dozen mostly high-rise, mostly residential towers on the south side of Lake Shore Boulevard and west side of Park Lawn Road. A broad area of parkland faces and juts into Lake Ontario immediately south of the towers.
Planning for 2150 Lake Shore began in 2019, when an Official Plan Amendment was submitted, followed by Zoning By-law Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision applications in 2020 and 2021, with the City approving the master plan in principle. The first Site Plan Approval (SPA) application for Phase 1 was submitted in April, 2022, with a June, 2023 resubmission expanding the scope. The latest resubmission addresses City and TTC feedback.
Urban Strategies Inc. has resubmitted the SPA application to the City of Toronto on behalf of the developers, with minor refinements while maintaining its overall vision. Phase 1 would deliver three high-rises (47, 63, and 67 storeys) and four mid-rises (10, 11, and two at 13 storeys) atop three shared podiums. The tallest tower has increased from 66 to 67 storeys, reaching 224.88m, while the total residential unit count has been reduced from 2,018 to 2,003.
The revised submission outlines 198,137m² of total Gross Floor Area (GFA), with minor shifts in distribution, with a total Floor Space Index of 6.0 times lot coverage. Residential GFA is 142,712m², slightly reduced from the previous plan, while office GFA has also seen a small decrease to 45,160m². Retail GFA, however, has increased slightly to 10,264m², including space for a potential grocery store or food market. The development’s indoor and outdoor amenity spaces would total 4,586m² and 4,312m², respectively.
Across Phase 1, 21 elevators would serve the buildings, with the tallest tower containing six elevators and the shortest two, averaging about one elevator per 95 units. Below grade, a five-level underground garage eventually to be expanded to all phases, would initially provide 1,281 vehicular spaces, down from 1,481, with 771 spaces for residents, 20 for visitors, 18 for retail, and 472 for office tenants. Bicycle parking has increased, rising from 2,259 to 2,962 spaces, including 2,446 long-term and 526 short-term spaces.
One of the key technical changes in the resubmission is the relocation of TTC infrastructure to the new loop road through the site, ‘Street B’ on the diagram below, addressing operational concerns raised by the City and TTC. This has resulted in a minor reduction in park space in the eventual third phase.
Urban Strategies Inc. has also resubmitted a Draft Plan of Subdivision application, refining the framework for the community. Spanning 111,802m², the long-term vision includes multiple phases of high-density mixed-use development anchored by residential towers, office space, retail, and public parks.
Existing TTC surface routes operate along Lake Shore Boulevard West and Park Lawn Road. Phase 1 is planned adjacent to the new Park Lawn GO station on the Lakeshore West line. As part of an agreement with the City, First Capital must deliver the station alongside Phase 1, ensuring it opens before residents move in. Additional TTC curbside bays along Park Lawn Road would support the 66B Prince Edward bus.
Planning for the GO station has also been advancing, with submissions to the City in December 2024 for a building permit, and a technical resubmission in January, 2025 to tweak the building plans. The GO station will have direct entrances to the 2150 Lake Shore development on its south side at Station Square, secondary entrances on the west side of Park Lawn Road, and its main entrance facing a new road, ‘Street A’ on the diagram three images above.
Original plans had intended for the GO station and first buildings to be complete in 2026, but the pandemic and other factors have delayed the initial openings to an unknown date.
Adjacent blocks of the Humber Bay Shores area continues to see notable high-rise development by others. Southwest of the site, 20 Fleeceline Road calls for two 17-storey towers, while 2256 Lake Shore Boulevard West is planned with 10- and 37-storey buildings. To the south, proposals at 2157 and 2173 Lake Shore Boulevard West call for 13- and 49-storey towers, while the 56-storey Water’s Edge at the Cove is wrapping up construction. 2189 Lake Shore Boulevard West is planned at 59 storeys.
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