Another condominium and a new restaurant doubling as a retail store and microbrewery were approved at today’s city council meeting.
The condo application, put forward by developer Claridge Holmes, would have approximately 65 units, located at 260 MacLaren St.
No dissent was noted from Somerset Ward councilor Diane Holmes, but the public made concerns during the planning committee stages about the proposed condo’s proximity to the Mayfair Apartments.
For Mayfair residents who face the parking lot, the new condo would block their existing view as the Mayfair Apartments also stand at seven-storeys high.
In the planning committee report, the developer recognized that the building would block the view, however the developer had already reduced the initial application from nine-storeys in height.
The condo would house one and two-bedroom units.
Also approved by council is a new restaurant that will act as both a retail store and a microbrewery to be built at 556 Wellington St. on the historic Thompson-Perkins Mill.
The property was formerly used as a Mill Restaurant, which closed its doors back in 2007 leaving the property vacant to this date.
The developer is a Toronto-based business called the Mill Street Brewery
The Mill Street Brewery was opened in 2002 in Toronto and brews half a dozen bottled and 10 tap beers.