Item - 2021.PH22.3

The Planning and Housing Committee:

1. Directed staff schedule a community consultation meeting for the application located at 641-663 Danforth Road and the lands adjacent to the Scarborough GO Station on St. Clair Avenue East, together with the Ward Councillor.

2. Directed staff also coordinate community consultation on the subject application in conjunction with community consultations relating to 3585-3595 St. Clair Avenue East and 411-415/636-646 Danforth Road together with the Ward Councillor and appropriate Community Planning staff.

3. Directed staff provide notice for the community consultation meeting to landowners and residents in the area bound by the properties north to Corvette Avenue (east side of Kennedy Road), east to Midland Avenue at St. Clair Avenue East, south of Midland Avenue and St. Clair Avenue East to Park Street running east to Kennedy Road, west to Birchmount Road at St. Clair Avenue, and south of St. Clair Avenue East and Birchmount Road to the Lakeshore East GO line, 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.

4. Directed staff to review the application, which includes the proposed conversion of the subject lands from Employment Areas to Mixed Use Areas for the purpose of permitting residential development, concurrently and in the context of the statutory Review of the Official Plan, which includes the Municipal Comprehensive Review that has been commenced by the City Planning Division.

This report provides information and identifies a preliminary set of issues regarding the subject combined Official Plan amendment and rezoning application located at 641-663 Danforth Road. The application proposes conversion of lands designated General Employment Areas at the above Danforth Road addresses, as well as the easterly residual employment lands adjacent to the Scarborough GO Station on St. Clair Avenue East (see Attachment 3: Key Map (All Related Applications) for locational context of this and associated planning applications). The application proposes 1,618 dwelling units in three mixed use towers of 38- to 48-storeys with 1,271 square metres of retail commercial space on a new public street traversing the Danforth Road lands.

Of note, the applicant has jointly submitted a number of planning applications within the area known locally and historically as "Scarborough Junction", generally located south of St. Clair Avenue East and east of Kennedy Road, adjacent to Scarborough Station on the GO Lakeshore East rail corridor. The applications propose a coordinated overall redevelopment concept master plan to create a new mixed use community as illustrated on Attachment 7: Artist's Perspective Rendering - Overall Development Concept.

Overall the proposals include approximately 6,600 new dwelling units in up to 17 new high-rise mixed use apartment towers ranging in height from 12 to 48-storeys on stand-alone or shared podiums of varying heights. The overall development proposed comprises approximately 480,000 square metres of residential uses, 15,300 square metres of retail space, a new GO station entrance building and approximately 4,600 square metres of community use space, representing an overall density ("FSI") of 4.88 times the combined site area. A draft plan of subdivision has also been proposed for the area south of St. Clair Avenue East, east of Danforth Road, to establish new development blocks, introduce new public streets and create approximately 1.46 hectares of new parkland.

The applicant has entered into an agreement with Metrolinx under the Province's Transit Oriented Communities Program. This authorizes the applicant to obtain planning approvals for an integrated development, including a new GO station building and transit plaza which connect to the tunnels under the rail corridor.

For ease of reference in this report, the subject applications will be referred to throughout as the "641 Danforth" application (the above noted related applications for 3583-3595 St. Clair Avenue East and 411-415 Kennedy Road/636-646 Danforth Road will, where referenced, be indicated as the "St. Clair" and "Danforth Triangle" applications respectively as well).

Staff are currently reviewing the subject application In the context of the statutory review of the Official Plan which includes the current Municipal Comprehensive Review, and together with Draft Plan of Subdivision Application 20 211336 ESC 20 SB that also includes abutting lands at 3585-3595 St. Clair Avenue East. The applications have been circulated to all appropriate agencies and City divisions for comment.