Parliament Street North of Gerrard

There is always room for improvement along our main commercial street.  There is a wide variety of businesses, restaurants and bars serving a wide range clientele.   The Wellesley to Carlton blocks have little room for new development with several new build townhouse units, a new Starbucks with housing above and a  new bank recently developed along the street.  The businesses along this stretch serve a wide range of customers from the St Jamestown Apartments to the north and  Cabbagetown along the center blocks and the old Regent Park and Moss Park to the south. Many of the businesses are well and long established in the neighbourhood.   There are several one story buildings such as the No Frills, Shoppers Drug Mart etc. that could be better developed with commercial space on the ground floor and low rise housing above.

The building housing Cycle Solutions is a good example of a storefront with residential units above.  The commercial row south of Carlton is under renovation and hopefully a new business will lease the space in the near future..  

Parliament Street South of Gerrard

This part of Parliament Street will likely see the most change, especially in the coming years particularly in the stretch south of Lord Dufferin School .  The New Regent Park will hopefully spur on new development in this area.  There is a wide variety of small businesses housed in buildings in various states of disrepair on the blocks south of the school down to Shuter Street.  Several businesses are geared towards  the new immigrant population in Moss Park and the old Regent Park.  This waive of immigrants will likely move on to other parts of the city as they become more established and likely the businesses will follow.  There are some one to three storey buildings housing thrift stores, community service agencies etc. that could be better utilized with new development with some commercial/office space and low to mid rise housing  above.   This part of Parliament Street could also be primarily residential since it tends to be quieter then the east/west streets with regular streetcar  traffic.

Low rise condos with flexible commercial/office space similar to what is pictured above with townhouses facing Poulett Street would be a perfect fit for this stretch.  Apparently the Duke of York/Regent Park school at Shuter and Parliament is slated to close in the next year and the property will be put up for sale.  This large sight could be redeveloped to include townhouse and low/mid rise development similar to the buildings pictured below.                                                                                                            

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