Accommodating the floor area from the terraced tower scheme has required an additional 21-storey tower and added ten floors to other towers. The easterly 34-storey tower has a slightly larger plate because it is separated from the family of towers to the west. As well, some towers are closer to the water than the previous scheme. Lower heights create a better transition to the street and open space compared to eight storey buildings in the current scheme. The paired towers emphasize the axis of the Quayside Bay and respond to the downtown street grid.
Staff recommend that the revised scheme become the form of development for the waterfront block.
Further design development is recommended to refine the scheme through the development application process. If the new rezoning is approved at public hearing, the new form of development will replace those sections of the Quayside CD-1 Guidelines dealing with the waterfront block. A revised set of guidelines will be presented for Council adoption at the public hearing. By-law to accommodate the new form of development and reallocation of building mass on the Quayside block. This work is ongoing and we anticipate bringing more details to Council at the Public Hearing.