Item - 2021.TE23.40

The Toronto and East York Community Council directed:

1.  Staff schedule a community consultation meeting for the application located at 1319 Bloor Street West together with the Ward Councillor.

2.  Notice for the community consultation meeting be given to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the application 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.

This report provides information and identifies a preliminary set of issues regarding the application located at 1319 Bloor Street West. The application proposes a 31 and 33-storey mixed-use building (109m and 115m in height including mechanical equipment), connected by a "C" shaped base building ranging in height from 4 to 7-storeys, 634 residential units, 56,877 square metres of residential and 769 square metres of commercial uses, 443 square metres for a Bloor-Lansdowne GO Station entrance within the development, for a total of 58,089 square metres of gross floor area resulting in an FSI of 5.9. Also proposed is a public park (867 square metres) and POPS (421 square metres) located at the south end of the site. A total of 215 vehicular parking spaces on two levels underground are proposed, and 640 residential bicycle parking spaces. In addition, the landowner proposes to convey a 10-metre wide strip of the site along the western lot line to Metrolinx for a station platform and a multi-use path connecting to the existing West Toronto Rail Path. The applicant has entered a commercial agreement with Metrolinx under the Province's Transit Oriented Communities Program.

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.