Toronto's Pawn Shop Row to Tower: 61-Storey Condo Plan

0:00It's March 28th, Toronto News Today starts now, AI-powered and ready. Toronto's famous row of pawn shops at Queen and Church Streets is on track for a massive makeover into a 61-story condo tower. Developer Pemberton Group wants to transform the sites at 137-149 Church and 18-20 Dow Housy with a sleek, design from Graziani plus Coraza Architects. This block has housed spots like the old metamies and still running H Williams and company for generations. Earlier this week, planners got the latest version after a 2022 approval got wiped out by a provincial zoning order for a new air. Ambulance flight path from St. Michael's Hospital. That forced a redesign, but instead of shrinking, the team went taller up from 54 floors to 61, hitting nearly 201 meters. High. Locals might feel the ship from pawn shop Central to high-rise Haven, especially with the nearby Queen Church Project already rising 57.

1:01Stories south of the intersection. The plan preserves the heritage facades on Church and Dow Housy to honor that history while packing in more homes. Over eight years, proposals jumped from 49 stories in 2018, adjusted for old fly pass and now this beefed up version. Adds 29 extra units for a total of 469 sweets. As Toronto's condo scene hits some bumps, this tower's future hangs in the balance, but the push for vertical growth downtown keeps rolling strong.