A potential new Bayview Village development could feature an integrated elementary school. If approved, this would be just the second new build in the Greater Toronto Area to incorporate an urban school within its walls.A potential new Bayview Village development could feature an integrated school, making it just the second new build in the Greater Toronto Area to redefine the urban school by combining it with sleek condo units.
The proposal includes a range and mix of unit types, including 22 studio units, 500 one-bedroom and one-bedroom plus den units, 253 two-bedroom and two-bedroom plus den units, and 85 three-bedroom units. In this regard, over 25% of the units are proposed as two- and three-bedroom units, meeting the intent of the City’s Growing Up Guidelines. In other words, they’re fit for a healthy handful of modern families.
For residents, the development’s convenience factor will extend further than the ability to drop the kids off for school on the way out the door in the morning; the site sits just 130 metres away from Bessarion TTC station and 830 metres from the existing Oriole GO station. “Its urban format in the base of a mixed-use building represents a desirable approach to the provision of community services and facilities that can serve as a model for other such developments across the City and the Province,” reads the 1001 Sheppard application’s Planning Rationale. So, it won’t just be the school-within-a-condo’s students who are learning.