Item - 2024.TE17.5

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands at 90-110 Eglinton Avenue East substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment included as Attachment 6 to the revised report (October 16, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 90-110 Eglinton Avenue East substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment, which includes a Holding Provision, included as Attachment 7 to the revised report (October 16, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

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

4. In accordance with Holding Provision included in the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment, included as Attachment 7 to the revised report (October 16, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, City Council require the owner of the lands at 90-110 Eglinton Avenue East to enter into an agreement for the conveyance of a minimum of 4,595 square metres of gross floor area for affordable rental housing, in lieu of the required office replacement, with the City of Toronto and operator of the social housing program pursuant to Section 453.1 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to secure the provision of a social housing program on the lands and registered it in priority against the title to the lands; such terms and conditions shall be satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the City Solicitor, in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined in Attachment 8 to the revised report (October 16, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

5. City Council require the owner of the lands at 90-110 Eglinton Avenue East to enter into, and register on title, an Amending Section 37 Agreement which would amend the June 22, 2022 Section 37 Agreement registered on title for 90 Eglinton Avenue East as Instrument AT 6189536 to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor; the revised community benefits to be provided by and at the owner's expense, and secured through the Zoning By-law Amendment and the required Amending Section 37 Agreement, are as follows:

a. a financial contribution to the City in the amount of $4,500,000.00, inclusive of the previously secured $2,995,000.00, subject to indexing, allocated to local community benefits and improvements which will benefit the community in the vicinity of the project such as, but not limited to, affordable housing, local parkland improvements and/or public realm improvements, and community services and facilities, all at the discretion of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor;

b. the owner shall provide and maintain, at its own expense, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, a mid-block connection with a minimum width of 3.5 metres in the form of a landscaped pedestrian walkway, connecting Eglinton Avenue East to the north property line, between the West Tower and East Tower, and aligning with the planned public walkway connecting to Roehampton Avenue, as a surface easement for pedestrian use by members of the general public; such easements shall be conveyed to the City prior to site plan approval, and with the final configuration and design to be determined to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in the context of site plan approval;

c. the owner shall provide and maintain, at its own expense, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, a surface easement along the Eglinton Avenue East frontage to form a widened public sidewalk; the surface easement shall range in width from 1.8 metres to 5.4 metres, from the building's structural pillars and open spaces to the south property line; and such easements shall be conveyed to the City prior to site plan approval, and with the final configuration and design to be determined to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in the context of site plan approval; and

d. City Council request that the owner make reasonable commercial efforts to convey off-site parkland to the City equal to the value of the on-site parkland dedication owed for the additional density, in fulfilment of the parkland dedication requirements pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act, with the off-site parkland dedication to be acceptable to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and free and clear of any above or below grade encumbrances, to be conveyed prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit; and

i. in the event that the off-site parkland dedication is less than the value of the on-site parkland dedication, then the owner will pay cash-in-lieu of parkland to make up for the shortfall in parkland dedication, prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit;
 

ii. in the event that the owner is unable to provide an acceptable off-site parkland dedication to the City, the owner will be required to satisfy the parkland dedication requirement through the payment of cash-in-lieu; and

iii. the value of the cash-in-lieu of parkland dedication will be appraised through the City's Corporate Real Estate Management Division and payment will be required prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit.

The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on October 24, 2024 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a two tower mixed-use building at 90-110 Eglinton Avenue East at 58-storeys each. The towers are connected at floors 5 to 10 with a bridge element.

The proposed building contains 1,035 residential units, with a total gross floor area of 93,096.6 square metres, including 1,305.2 square metres of at-grade retail. The proposal includes 2,375 square metres of publicly accessible space, which includes a 24.1 metre-wide landscaped mid-block connection with a minimum 3.0 metre-wide publicly accessible pedestrian walkway that will connect Eglinton Avenue East with a planned walkway through to Roehampton Avenue. Also proposed is a 5.4-metre setback from the property line along Eglinton Avenue East facilitating a 15.0-metre public sidewalk.

The Official Plan Amendment will secure the provision of 4,595 square metres of affordable housing in lieu of a portion of the required office space replacement, should the office space not be replaced.