VISION
The vision for Centerpoint Mall is to redevelop a complete, urban, transit-oriented community that is an extension of the abutting residential areas to ensure integration into the existing neighbourhood. The long-term redevelopment plan will create a complete and sustainable community that is focused on an enhanced quality of life, organized around plazas, a centralized community park, community amenities and a mix of residential, commercial and neighbourhood retail uses. Streets will be designed for pedestrians to ensure a safe, enjoyable and comfortable experience.
guiding principles
PROPOSED CONCEPT
Supported by the vision and guiding principles, the proposed concept provides an overarching guide for the future redevelopment of Centerpoint Mall over time.
DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Public realm
The enhanced public realm is a key principle to this new community’s design.
- Public and private streets will be designed to provide an engaging, enjoyable and safe environment for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles.
- Well-designed boulevards will be used to support ground floor retail, live/work units and residential building entries, providing an activated street life as part of an overall theme of connecting people to place.
- The public realm will be enhanced through the selection of materials, plantings, street furnishings, wayfinding, signage and lighting.
A new public park is central to the community to serve residents and will be supported by a network of public-accessible open spaces and walkways. The park makes up approximately 20 per cent of the site and will be programmed by the City of Toronto and designed to support both active and passive recreational opportunities. Connected to Steeles Avenue West and Yonge Street via a network of greenways and pathways, the Central Park is intended to be accessible, inviting and the focus of community life.
The streetscapes along Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue West will be designed to define and support the streets’ roles as commercial streets and vibrant urban places. Well-designed boulevards will support ground floor retail, with the balance supporting residential frontages, lobby space and loading facilities, providing an activated street life as part of an overall theme of connecting people to place.
Outdoor life will be accessible and unique to the community with opportunities for socialization and activated with light, water, plantings and sustainable material selections.
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Living Streets will support water quality and habitat creation, as well as strengthen the Urban Forest. Living Streets are green at their core, and are integral to innovative community design in leading cities of the world.
Connected greenways and pathways will form a network of linked systems in support of community health.
» Images and locations below are for reference only and represent prototypical design ideas not actual proposed elements.
BUILDING MASSING & DESIGN
The plan proposes a connected and coordinated built form that defines and supports the public realm and respects the surrounding context by:
- Placing buildings parallel to public streets with main building entrances on the street-facing facades.
- Placing the tallest buildings at the Yonge and Steeles intersection, gradually decreasing in height to the south and west to respect the adjacent lower-scaled neighbouring communities.
- Strategically placing buildings to enhance public realm and open space opportunities to create a sense of place.
- Ensuring mid-rise buildings will respect a 45 degree angular plane from the existing low-rise neighbourhood to the south to avoid shadow impacts.
MOBILITY & CONNECTIVITY
The new community will be well-connected within the site and to the surrounding neighbourhood throughout a network of pedestrian, cycling, transit and vehicular connections. An objective of the redevelopment is to transform the site’s current use as a car-centric, suburban shopping mall into a community that prioritizes pedestrians, cyclists and public transportation as primary modes of transportation.
The planned transit facilities at the intersection of Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue will connect the site to the surrounding municipalities and will serve as a transit hub for the Region.
Pedestrian Network
Vehicle Network
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