Big Plans for Scarborough Town Centre Mall

 Report From Lorne Ross

The mall has filed plans to tear down the Cineplex building and build a new one to the north of the former Sears store. At the same time, the old Sears store will be converted into three levels of smaller retail outlets.

Below is an artist’s rendering of what it will look like. The view is looking north toward 401, with the existing Sears store on the left and the new Cineplex on the right.

 

Demolishing the existing Cineplex clears that part of the mall property for the city to build the new much larger bus terminal along Triton Road. The new cinema will be further away from all the construction noise and vibration for the 6 or 7 years it will take the city to builds the new subway station/bus terminal.

What’s really interesting to Glen Andrew people is that in filing this application the mall owners have shown the city their long term vision for developing all the land they own around the shopping mall. With the exception of the former Scott House [now Baton Rouge] they own all the land north of Triton Road between Brimley and McCowan. All the existing stores like Best Buy, Jack Astor’s and Canyon Creek are tenants.

Below is a drawing they filed with the city. It is very difficult to understand, in large part because all the existing buildings we might know today are gone AND they have bought into the City Planning Department’s idea of changing most of the roads.

The coloured shapes are 35 hi-rise apartment towers.

Green =               3 buildings at 20 storeys.

Grey =                  5 buildings at 30 storeys.

Brown =               21 buildings at 40 storeys.

Red =                    4 buildings at 50 storeys and two at over 60 storeys.

Total 35 hi-rise residential towers.

 In addition there are +\- 15 buildings along Progress Avenue and the west side of the mall in the 6, 8, 12 and 15 storey heights. 

And one 25 storey office tower in the south east corner, on the north side of Town Centre Court near the YMCA.

The light green areas are possible public parks.

This is a VERY preliminary plan.

The owners have NOT asked for approval.

It is simply an illustration of the owners’ present thinking. It would take years for any of it to be approved and built.

If you wish to see the original drawings and reports filed to support demolishing-rebuilding the Cineplex, you can read these on-line or save them as you wish.

Crank up your internet and go to:

http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentApplications/associatedApplicationsList.do?action=init&folderRsn=4490269&isCofASearch=false&isTlabSearch=false

The studies and reports for all applications in Scarborough Centre Ward are available at:

https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/

1.       Click on “Application Information Centre”.

2.       When the new page comes up, click on the blue square that says “Application information Centre”;

3.       When the big map of Toronto comes up, click on the ‘Ward’ box and chose ‘Scarborough Centre’ then click on ‘Search’;

4.       A whole bunch of blue pins will appear on the map.

5.       Zoom in and click on the one you want to see.

6.       Click on ‘Learn More’ and a box will come up.

7.       Click on ‘Supporting Documents’ and a list of all the reports that the owner filed will come up.

Lorne Ross for Glen Andrew Community Association.