STARKLANDS VISION

Toronto’s newest transit accessible mixed-use community located at Union Street and Turnberry Avenue. The Starklands will revitalize underutilized industrial land around the future St. Clair Smart Track Station offering a mix of housing options, attractive jobs, new park space, new retail services, and promote a healthy lifestyle.

The Starklands community design is based on the following principles:

  1. Maximize opportunities offered by the future St. Clair SmartTrack station and support its success.
  2. Improve the safety and connectivity of the road network for all road users.
  3. Build a new vibrant residential community that reinforces the existing adjacent neighbourhoods.
  4. Develop a comprehensive pedestrian and bicycle network.
  5. Create and connect new parks and public spaces.

Looking at the numbers

Numbers are approximate and are subject to change

1.25 Acres of new parkland

1,818 New apartments/units

5,032 sm
of new retail

13,090 sm of new office space

4 new road connections

2 new local urban roads

Status of Application

October 21 2021 – Submission made to City and is under review

Context

Toronto Stockyards District

The surrounding area is evolving from an older, more traditional industrial area surrounded by low-rise neighbourhoods to a vibrant mixed-use community. The current industrial landscape was spawned by access to the railway. It was the intersection of two rail lines that provided access to goods movement which created the industrial area. Now access to the railway for people movement will spur the rejuvenation of the industrial area into a modern mixed-use community.

The Site Today

The site is currently used for the recovery, recycling, restoring and storage of automobiles and supporting industrial offices. As a result of the City’s proposed transportation infrastructure improvements, including the new road extensions that need to be accommodated, the remaining Starklands will no longer be viable for that purpose. The strategic location of the remaining lands however, make it a logical conversion to a broader mix of more compatible uses in keeping with the emerging Stockyards District and SmartTrack transportation hub.

The Starklands

Community Design Principles

MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY THE FUTURE ST. CLAIR SMARTTRACK STATION AND SUPPORT ITS SUCCESS
IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND CONNECTIVITY OF THE ROAD NETWORK FOR ALL ROAD USERS
BUILD A NEW VIBRANT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY THAT REINFORCES THE EXISTING ADJACENT NEIGHBOURHOODS
DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE NETWORK
CREATE & CONNECT NEW PARKS & PUBLIC SPACES
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STARKLANDS COMMUNITY

The Starklands community will further diversify the housing options within a reinvigorated, mixed-use community where residents will have access to various transportation options.

The Starklands community will create a mixed-use destination for the surrounding areas and integrate Starklands into the existing residential community.

The Starklands community will introduce new park space, enhancing the opportunities for recreational activities for existing and future residents and encouraging a healthy lifestyle.

The Master Plan

  1. Parkland
  2. Shopping street
  3. Retail
  4. Green Roof Amenity
  5. Townhouse
  6. Midrise building
  7. Highrise tower
  8. Office
  9. Future Proposed Development
  10. Extension of Keele Street to Gunns Road
  11. Extension of Gunns Road to the new Keele Extension
  12. Extension of Union Street to St. Clair Ave W.

Who we are

We are a team of professional architects, planners, community builders and stakeholders, seeking to create a forward-thinking, progressive and healthy community-oriented plan for the Starklands.

Meet the team

Stephen Stark
Ownership
Elsa Stringer
Ownership
Stan Grossman
Ownership
  • TACT Architecture Inc.
  • Dominic Gulli, DG Transportation Planning Services
  • Palacio Land Development Strategies Inc.
  • SGL Planning & Design Inc.
  • Thomson Rogers Lawyers
  • NEXTRANS Consulting Engineers
  • Altus Group Limited