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Mall Redevelopment Guide

Published by City of Toronto

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Type
Guide
Published by
City of Toronto
Date
2021
Also called
the Guide
For
designer
Building types
All building types
Pages
28

Overview

Mall Redevelopment Guide, a 28-page City of Toronto City Planning urban design guideline marked Draft and dated 2021. It offers principles, with precedent photographs, illustrations and two demonstration sites, for redeveloping or intensifying mall and shopping centre sites. Its sections cover the guide's intent, Toronto's malls, principles on streets, blocks and connections, parks and open spaces, building interface with the public realm, servicing, loading and parking, and phasing, then a list of relevant City documents for mall redevelopment.

What it covers

  • Introduction
  • The Guide
  • How to Use the Guide
  • Intent of the Guide
  • Organization of the Principles
  • Toronto's Malls
  • The Principles
  • Streets, Blocks and Connections
  • Parks and Open Spaces
  • Building Interface with the Public Realm
  • Servicing, Loading & Parking
  • Phasing
  • Mall Demonstration Sites
  • Relevant Documents
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