"Intensifacation" means that at Freshco Plaza they plan to build an underground parking lot going 5 stories deep into the underground. Imagine leaks and carbon monoxide. What will be the parking plan next door, to the south-west of there ? People need more information about these infill towers as there will be considerable changes.
From what I read of the plans the parking is all above ground. Can’t go underground that close to the river. You can get all the info from the developer here: www.50marketstreetsouth.ca Lot’s of info on the other developments can be found if you hunt through city council meetings.
@@JeffThibodeau Yes Jeff, that is what I thought too, until I went and talked to Tasha (? ) from the policy planning department at city hall, second floor, to ask about parking, last week. This was when she said she believed it would be underground and 5 floors deep ! I thought it was kind of weird considering lots of things, including the floodplain. Ventilation and leaks would be other problems. Above ground would also have problems as the number of spots required would be at least 3500 due to plans. So how high would it be. how would shoppers in the commercial space be allowed reasonable parking where they would not be forced to drive round and round over and over, to buy something from say ...... Dollarama. Developers are saying 50% more commercial footage will be built then exists now. To me either above ground or under ground, this parking becomes unreasonable due to the "intensifacation" level that is proposed. Right now there are about 530 parking places on this site. Sometimes it is almost full. They take up a lot of space. How many floors would above ground parking need to be, if it was smaller and higher ? Is it reasonable to drive down 10 stories in your car from the top of this parking lot after going to Pet Valu and the LCBO ? I put it to you that we are not getting information that citizens need to feel OK with all this and the stuff next door.
Thank you very much for the video, great content as always.
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"Intensifacation" means that at Freshco Plaza they plan to build an underground parking lot going 5 stories deep into the underground. Imagine leaks and carbon monoxide. What will be the parking plan next door, to the south-west of there ? People need more information about these infill towers as there will be considerable changes.
From what I read of the plans the parking is all above ground. Can’t go underground that close to the river. You can get all the info from the developer here: www.50marketstreetsouth.ca
Lot’s of info on the other developments can be found if you hunt through city council meetings.
@@JeffThibodeau Yes Jeff, that is what I thought too, until I went and talked to Tasha (? ) from the policy planning department at city hall, second floor, to ask about parking, last week. This was when she said she believed it would be underground and 5 floors deep ! I thought it was kind of weird considering lots of things, including the floodplain. Ventilation and leaks would be other problems. Above ground would also have problems as the number of spots required would be at least 3500 due to plans. So how high would it be. how would shoppers in the commercial space be allowed reasonable parking where they would not be forced to drive round and round over and over, to buy something from say ...... Dollarama. Developers are saying 50% more commercial footage will be built then exists now. To me either above ground or under ground, this parking becomes unreasonable due to the "intensifacation" level that is proposed. Right now there are about 530 parking places on this site. Sometimes it is almost full. They take up a lot of space. How many floors would above ground parking need to be, if it was smaller and higher ? Is it reasonable to drive down 10 stories in your car from the top of this parking lot after going to Pet Valu and the LCBO ? I put it to you that we are not getting information that citizens need to feel OK with all this and the stuff next door.