Housing and development in the city is changing as people change the way they get around the city, and Centricity Condos reflects this shift.
Neil Pattison was heading to work one January morning when he approached yet another of the city’s notorious bottlenecks. A water main had broken at the intersection of King and University. Cars were clogged and idling in all directions.“Some people who drove were complaining it took an extra half-hour just to get through there,” he says., sees that experience as one more sign that city life is shifting. “The future of cities is not about the automobile.
“We want Centricity to be one of the most bike-friendly buildings in the city,” says Pattison, who makes his daily five-km., 18-minute commute on abike. “And how do we do that? We treat the cyclist equal to the pedestrian. We make it as convenient and practical as possible for people to come and go.”
City Council recognized this shift back in late 2021, voting to eliminate minimum parking requirements for new condo developments. Previously, condos needed to provide at least 0.5 parking spots per one-bedroom unit, but even that seems excessive by today’s standards, says architect and urban planner Naama Blonder. “If you think about Toronto in 20 years, you have to think about where all these people will live, and how they’ll get around. That puts everything in a new perspective.
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