A few things to take into consideration:
According to the property parcel data on the
City's mapping site, the parking lot and the old Woods factory to the west are one parcel. As such, it may prove worthwhile to utilize the entirety of the property in our concepts.
Bonus: approximate site size
Also worth noting is that the entire block to the north is becoming a Transit Oriented Community given the Ontario Line station at Gerrard/Carlaw. There are no plans publicly available at the moment to my knowledge, just a single rendering. It does seem safe to say, however, that Dickens Street could/will be evolved quite significantly from its current state, which is basically a back alley.
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All things considered, a very interesting site with a lot of potential (that is probably a good candidate for redevelopment in reality, given the emerging development around the future Ontario Line station) and I am looking forward to seeing what we all come up with!