174 church st.

Location: 174 Church St, York, ON M9N 1N5

Location:

174 Church St, York, ON M9N 1N5

Total Building Area: 9,155 Square Feet

Total Building Area:

9,155 Square Feet

Project Type: New construction, Low-rise Fourplex

Project Type:

New construction, Low-rise Fourplex

Lot Dimensions: 40x134FT

Lot Dimensions:

40x134FT

Project Status: Building Permit Review

Project Status:

Building Permit Review

This underutilized corner lot in Toronto will be transformed into a fourplex, introducing much-needed, family-sized multiplex housing to the neighbourhood. The carefully articulated massing helps distinguish each home, giving it a unique identity while maintaining a cohesive low-rise form that integrates seamlessly with neighbouring properties. This building serves as a callback to a familiar housing typology—the townhome—while also showcasing the flexibility of Toronto’s multiplex bylaws to produce diverse unit configurations. The result is a vibrant, sustainable, and contextually integrated multiplex development that contributes meaningfully to Toronto’s housing supply and embodies the principles of complete communities and equitable urban growth.

Three-bedroom units have not been a significant component of recent housing completions in Toronto, making it difficult for families and larger households to find appropriately sized homes. Many of Toronto’s residential zones are already well-served by public amenities and infrastructure, including access to jobs, schools, parks, libraries, and transit. Concentrating incremental density around these amenity-rich nodes can both connect families to essential services and provide a broader range of housing options.