Item - 2020.SC18.3

Scarborough Community Council:

1. Directed staff to schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands subject to the rezoning application at 2206 Eglinton Avenue East, together with the Ward Councillor. 

2. Directed that notice for a community consultation meeting to landowners and residents within 300 metres of the site and to additional residents, institutions and owners to be determined in consultation with the Ward Councillor, with any additional mailing costs to be borne by the applicant.

3. Directed staff to process these applications concurrently with, and within the context of, Official Plan Amendment 499 as may be further revised prior to final approval.

The site is subject to an Official Plan Amendment Application for the entire site. The applicant has filed a zoning by-law amendment application for the lands municipally known as 2206 Eglinton Avenue East.  The applicant has also submitted a draft Plan of Subdivision Application on the entire site, for the lands municipally known as 2200-2206 Eglinton Avenue East, 1020-1030 Birchmount Road and 75 Thermos Road.

The zoning by-law application (Block 2) proposes development of the 0.75 hectare Block 2 corner portion of the larger approximately 6.4 hectare site with two residential towers of 39- and 46-storeys, connected by a consolidated podium element of 3- to 4-storeys.  The total gross floor area proposed is 65,699 square metres, including 64,861 square metres of residential uses, 612 square metres of ground floor retail space, and 226 square metres of childcare space.  The resulting combined density of the proposed development represents an FSI of approximately 1 times the overall site area and 8.7 times the area of proposed Block 2 specifically.  Together, the proposed development includes 976 residential units (60%: 1-bedroom; 30%: 2-bedrooms; 10%: 3-bedrooms).  

Staff are currently reviewing the application.  It has been circulated to all appropriate agencies and City divisions for comment.  Staff will proceed to schedule a community consultation meeting for the application with the Ward Councillor.

The draft plan of subdivision (see Attachment 7: Simplified Draft Plan of Subdivision) proposes:

Block 1 containing the existing 7-storey office building and 4-storey above-ground parking structure to be retained;

Block 2 subject to the current rezoning application discussed in this report as the first phase of site redevelopment;

Blocks 3 and 9 proposed as public parks/open spaces;

Blocks 4 and 8 proposed as private north-south streets (segments A and B);

Block 6 proposed as an east-west public street indicated as 'Golden Mile Boulevard' (as per the recent Golden Mile Transportation Master Plan but otherwise referred to as 'New East-West Link 2' in draft Official Plan Amendment 499 - Golden Mile Secondary Plan);

Blocks 5, 7 and 10 for future development; and

Block 11, being a 1.89 metre-wide road widening conveyance along Birchmount Road.