It will soon be the end of an era for a Yorkdale hotel that’s been in business for 50 years, as a mixed-use development is poised to take over the site. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});> The long-standing, 370-room Holiday Inn Toronto-Yorkdale, located at 3450 Dufferin Street, is in its final weeks of operations, as a mixed-use development from the Gupta Group — whose Easton’s Group of Hotels division currently owns and operates the 12-storey hotel on the site — is set to replace the structure.Architectural Conservancy Ontario/Photo credit, courtesy of Bob Krawczyk When completed, the development will consist of three buildings standing 29, 33, and 37-storeys, and will be a mix of residential, hotel, and commercial components. The development will be located across from Toronto’s renowned Yorkdale Mall and will offer direct access to Highway 401 and public transit.READ: Your Next Look at the Mid-Rise ‘Kingsway Crescent’ Development in Etobicoke As per the development’s proposal, which was initially submitted in 2016, the 37-storey hotel/residential building (termed Building A) will be located at the northwest portion of the subject site, stepping down to 15 storeys. The 33-storey residential building (Building B) will be connected to a 6-storey residential building (Building D) to the southeast of Building A, while the 29-storey residential building will step down to a 6-storey base building and further to the 2-storey townhouses (Building C). The total gross floor area is 84,466 m2, including 67,539 m2 of residential, and 16, 926 m2 of non-residential gross floor area
