Item - 2024.TE12.19

The Toronto and East York Community Council:

1. Deferred consideration of the Item until the May 7, 2024 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council.

This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the heritage properties at 191-199 College Street and 74-76 Henry Street which are designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.

The subject properties are located on the southwest corner of College and Henry streets and comprise part of a collection of surviving representative examples of late 19th-century semi-detached house form buildings with detailing from the Victorian period. They support and maintain the historical character of College Street and the residential neighbourhood that developed on the south side of the street across from the University of Toronto campus, as well as the transition that occurred as College Street evolved into the present-day commercial thoroughfare.

In May and August 2022, the City received Official Plan Amendment, Site Plan Control and Zoning By-law Amendment applications related to the proposed redevelopment of the subject properties to permit a 31-storey mixed-use building atop a seven-storey podium, containing 492 new rental dwelling units (including 408 new affordable units) and 1,356 square metres of non-residential gross floor area. The proposal includes partial retention and restoration of the subject properties in-situ.

The proposed development is consistent with the existing policy framework and proposes an overall conservation strategy that conserves the heritage resources at the subject development site.

The owner has submitted an application to alter the designated heritage properties under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and this report recommends the application be approved subject to refinements to the alterations of the lower floors.

At its meeting on March 18, 2024 the Toronto Preservation Board considered Item PB15.6 and made recommendations to City Council.

Summary from the report (February 28, 2024) from the Acting Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning:

This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the heritage properties at 191-199 College Street and 74-76 Henry Street which are designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.

The subject properties are located on the southwest corner of College and Henry streets and comprise part of a collection of surviving representative examples of late 19th-century semi-detached house form buildings with detailing from the Victorian period. They support and maintain the historical character of College Street and the residential neighbourhood that developed on the south side of the street across from the University of Toronto campus, as well as the transition that occurred as College Street evolved into the present-day commercial thoroughfare.

In May and August 2022, the City received Official Plan Amendment, Site Plan Control and Zoning By-law Amendment applications related to the proposed redevelopment of the subject properties to permit a 31-storey mixed-use building atop a seven-storey podium, containing 492 new rental dwelling units (including 408 new affordable units) and 1,356 square metres of non-residential gross floor area. The proposal includes partial retention and restoration of the subject properties in-situ.

The proposed development is consistent with the existing policy framework and proposes an overall conservation strategy that conserves the heritage resources at the subject development site.

The owner has submitted an application to alter the designated heritage properties under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and this report recommends the application be approved subject to refinements to the alterations of the lower floors.