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The building will be the first of three mixed-use towers Brigil plans to build on a city block fronting Catherine Street and Arlington Avenue between Kent and Lyon streets.
Records show the property, which was previously owned by Colonnade BridgePort and an unnamed institutional investor, sold for $12 million on Sept. 4 to an entity identified as 1900 City Park GP Inc.
Colonnade BridgePort chief executive Hugh Gorman says the developments — one near the Blair LRT station in the city’s east end and the other at the former Granite Curling Club property on Scott Street — will be built in phases.
Colonnade BridgePort has filed an application with the city seeking permission to subdivide the four-acre site at 2000 City Park Dr. into eight blocks that would feature five residential highrises ranging from 12 to 30 storeys, a park and a multi-use pathway.