Item - 2022.TE34.14

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 29, 35, 41 and 75 Basin Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 7 to the report (June 7, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

4. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to include funding for the delivery of the 18 metre wide Water’s Edge Promenade along the Ship Channel and the Turning Basin adjacent to the proposed Basin Media Hub in the Port Lands in their capital budget submission for the 2023-2032 budget process.

3. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, to include funding for public realm improvements for Basin Street and Bouchette Street in the Port Lands, beyond those that would be secured through the site plan approval process in the 2023-2032 capital budget process. 

4. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to reduce the width of Basin Street within the Basin Media Hub, proposal at 29, 35 and 41 Basin Street below the Official Plan minimum width of 20 metres to 18 metres in order to accommodate the full build out of the studio proposal and the public promenade on the Ship Channel.

5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on June 29, 2022 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This report provides information in support of a City-initiated rezoning of 29, 35, 41, and 75 Basin Street, to permit a new production studio known as Basin Media Hub in the Port Lands. Basin Media Hub is a partnership between CreateTO and Hackman Capital Partners that will result in a purpose-built state-of-the-art film, television and digital media hub on 3.6 hectares (8.9 acres) of CreateTO property at 29, 35 and 41 Basin Street and 2.0 hectares (5.0 acres) of private lands at 75 Basin Street.