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Even though it is a very busy thoroughfare, there’s been scant redevelopment beyond some clumps of luxury townhouses and the ship-shaped condo that overlooks the Bayview Village mall – a legacy of anti-development councillors and anti-intensification zoning along what remains a largely residential street.

A somewhat unlikely partnership is aiming to alter that narrative with a newly green-lighted plan to significantly intensify 22 acres of the Tyndale University campus, which is situated off Bayview south of Steeles Avenue on a plot of land bounded by ravines that drift down one of the Don River tributaries.

The other is Markee Developments, a firm established by former City of Toronto chief planner and mayoral candidate Jennifer Keesmaat and real estate and finance veteran Jason Marks to build affordable housing.

The bulk of the rentals, including some family-sized units, are set to lease for 80 to 100 per cent of average market rates, which is the city’s definition of affordable.

Given the lack of nearby amenities, the developers had little choice but to acknowledge the car-oriented realities of the location, yet the entrances to the parking garages have been pushed to the edges of the site so as to discourage internal vehicular traffic.

Indeed, other similar suburban arterials, like Bathurst north of Lawrence, have long had more mid-rise buildings, while others, such as Dufferin south of Highway 401, are seeing intensive, high-density projects going up on more conventional sites, such as former car dealerships.

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