Bridlewood Mall Open Meeting

The councillor hosted an open forum meeting today at L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute concerning the status of the Bridlewood Mall redevelopment project. Our office has been in touch with the working group and the city planners over the past months, and wanted to share with you some of the details concerning the developer's revised site plans.

• The tallest building has been reduced from 38 storeys to 33 storeys
• One other building has been reduced from 33 storeys to 29 storeys
• 1370 units have been reduced to 1275, a reduction of only 95 units
• 1495 underground parking spaces will be available, with approximately one allotted to each unit
• 9,000 square feet and $1 million have been offered towards a library, which is not enough (15,000 square feet is the minimum)
• The main entrance will face the intersection of Warden and Finch diagonally
• A new entrance will face the street on Finch

The public opinion was that both the height and density of these buildings continue to be too high. In addition, there were some grave concerns that the stability of the local infrastructure is being overestimated by the city planners. Comparisons were drawn to the Markington project, at Markham Road and Eglinton, in which the number of units was reduced by over 25% before it went to council.

The councillor reminded the people that the decision is not in his hands, but rather that of the city planners, and encouraged people to visit both his own website and Stand Up Bridletowne, and to contact Renrick Ashby, the city planner in charge of the project, to voice their opinion.