TORONTO—Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) recently received final approval from the Ontario Municipal Board for the residential portion of its mixed-use development project at 784 Sheppard Avenue East.
According to a release, work can now proceed on the 50-unit stacked townhome complex that will sit on the back (north) part of the 1.8-acre site. Construction is also continuing on the MEC’s 42,000-square-foot store in North York, in the same area.
"We are pleased to now have the final approvals in hand," said MEC CFO Sandy Treagus.
"MEC is all about enabling Canadians to lead healthy active lifestyles. Our stores serve as community hubs, and our intent is to create a mixed-use development that provides lasting value and vitality to the neighborhood."
MEC North York will open in spring 2016 with the Park Towns complex scheduled for completion in summer 2016. The Park Towns development is combination of two- and three-bedroom units as well as four one-bedroom suites.
MEC has partnered with its general contractor for the store Broccolini Construction to create the townhouse development, explains the release. Broccolini has experience with residential development and previous history building MEC stores.
The company expanded a MEC in Ottawa in 2012 and built MEC Longueuil in 2009.
The store and townhome complex will each have a separate underground parking garage, accessible from a common ramp. Vehicle access and egress to the property will be from Sheppard Avenue.
MEC North York will be the outdoor retailer’s second store in the GTA, and sixth in Ontario.
The store will be marked by a "saw-tooth roof lined with clerestory windows that flood the retail floor with natural light," the release reads.
"The building itself is designed to be almost 50 per cent more energy efficient than a comparable commercial building. When it opens next spring, MEC North York will join the co-op’s growing portfolio of high-performance green buildings."
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