Project · Yorkville, Toronto

Hazleton on the Avenue

89 Avenue Road, Toronto. A 20-storey, 28-unit residence for Armour Heights Developments, designed by Richard Wengle. In progress.

01 — Project facts

About the project

DeveloperArmour Heights Developments

ArchitectRichard Wengle

Location89 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario

Building20 storeys · 28 units

StatusIn progress

Parking systemFully automated shuttle system, 59 spaces

EV spaces13 energized

Footprint49 m × 11 m, excavated to 12.5 m

02 — The challenge

An 11 m wide site holds 59 cars

The site’s narrow, elongated footprint could not support a conventional ramp-access parking layout. Driveway width limits and too little room to manoeuvre also ruled out a standard car elevator. The lot was at risk of being written off as unviable for the parking count it needed.

The WVIP solution

We designed a fully automated shuttle system around the narrow plot, stacking cars across several rows and levels off one short access path. At 11 metres wide, with under 6 metres of driveway, the site ruled out even a conventional car elevator. The system delivers 59 spaces anyway. In Yorkville, parking count drives unit count, so those recovered spaces are what make the building work.

03 — The system

59 spaces where a ramp layout reached 34

59 spaces

Delivered by the WVIP system, including visitor and accessible spaces.

34 spaces

The estimate for a conventional ramp layout on the same lot.

About 70% more

Parking on the same 49 m × 11 m footprint.

12.5 m deep

Three parking levels of 19 spaces each, plus 2 at grade.

System drawings

Ground floor and three parking levels on a 49 m × 11 m plot. A single cabin and lift feed a storage and retrieval unit that runs the length of each level, reaching nineteen spaces per floor off one short access path. No resident drives below grade.