Credit to Marcus CLS who posted the original devapps link in the General Suburban updates
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Originally Posted by Marcus CLS
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
Novatech has prepared this Planning Rationale on behalf of Nokia Canada Inc. to support Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications for a site on two municipal addresses – 570 and 600 March Road (together the “Subject Site”).
Nokia proposes a mixed use development comprising the relocation of the existing Nokia offices to the southern end of the Subject Site and mixed use buildings and a park on a new private street network.
Note that this Planning Rationale should be read together with the Design Brief by Gensler Architects to fully comply with the Terms of Reference for the Design Brief.
2.0 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL
The existing office building on the Subject Site no longer meets Nokia’s requirements and will be demolished and the large surface parking lot will be removed. A new office campus for Nokia is proposed at the southern end of the site. It will be subject of a separate Site Plan Control application. The current concept is for a building with a low-rise base with retail and a podium-top amenity area for occupants of the building, with a four storey and a 10 storey tower extending above this. Conceptually, 46,000m2 of office and laboratory space is proposed, along with 3,200m2 of ground floor retail/commercial, for an approximate Floor Space Index (FSI) of 1.06. A total of 1,344 car parking spaces are proposed for the Nokia office building.
The building will address a proposed pedestrian oriented street (‘Lifestyle Street’ on the plans) that will link March Road and Legget Drive and will also connect the office building with the rest of the site. Vehicle access to the new office building will be from March Road and Legget Drive via a driveway to the south of the building that is away from the main pedestrian access. Visitor vehicle access is to the west of the new office building from March Road.
North of the new Nokia office campus the Subject Site will be developed in the future and will be subject to future development applications. Conceptually, it is intended for this part of the site to be developed for 11 towers of 13 to 29 storeys with podiums of six to eight storeys. The two towers in both Buildings C and D share a podium. Across the broader site 1,900 residential units and an FSI of 3.0 are conceptually proposed. A total of 4,500m2 of retail is conceptually proposed for this northern part of the site, along with a total of 2,410 car parking spaces.
The building are conceptually arranged around the edges of the site with the internal part of the site available for a north south pedestrian oriented private street, public parkland and extensive landscaping. The pathway around the site’s perimeter with access into the site at multiple points provides a high level of pedestrian permeability. A signature urban plaza provides a primary, ‘gateway’ pedestrian access directly from the future Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stop at the intersection of March Road and Terry Fox Drive immediately to the northwest of the Subject Site. Vehicular entrances are limited to the north-south street and the east-west street separating this Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment 570 and 600 March Road 3 part of the site from the Nokia office campus. Except for limited on street parking, parking is undercover.
Two new private streets are proposed. One runs east-west between March Road and Legget Drive (‘Lifestyle Street’ on the plans). The second runs north-south connecting the Lifestyle Street with Terry Fox Drive. These streets are intended to function well for all users and have conceptual cross-sections designed to serve all users... etc
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