Project · Downtown Toronto

8 Elm on Yonge

8 Elm Street, Toronto. A 69-storey, 819-unit tower for Capital Developments and Reserve Properties, designed by Arcadis. In progress.

01 — Project facts

About the project

DeveloperCapital Developments & Reserve Properties

ArchitectArcadis

Location8 Elm Street, Toronto, Ontario

Building69 storeys · 819 units

StatusIn progress

Parking systemFully automated shuttle system, 54 spaces

EV spaces17

Truck turntableIntegrated, for Type B loading

02 — The challenge

No room for a ramp, and no room for a garbage truck

The site is small and irregular. Demand for lobby and amenity space at grade and below meant a ramp could not be built without giving up valuable program area, and an unusual structural column layout added complexity. The building’s usual garbage-truck access was not feasible on this site either.

The WVIP solution

A fully automated shuttle system fits 54 spaces, 17 of them EV, across three levels in a 15 m × 33 m footprint. Residents drop off and collect their cars in a dedicated delivery room without entering the parking structure. An integrated truck turntable handles Type B loading by rotating garbage trucks on site. Removing the ramp freed the ground floor and the level below for lobby, amenities and bicycle storage.

03 — The system

54 spaces and waste collection solved on site

54 spaces

Fully automated, across three parking levels.

17 EV spaces

Charging built into the system.

15 m × 33 m

The whole system fits this compact footprint.

Truck turntable

Rotates garbage trucks within the property line.

System drawings

Ground floor and three parking levels. Cars are handed to the system in the delivery room and distributed by shuttle. One cabin and one lift serve all three levels, and the truck turntable sits beside the cabin on the same slab.