Item - 2025.EY27.2

The Etobicoke York Community Council: 

1. Adjourned the public meeting for item EY27.2 to the February 18, 2026 meeting of the Etobicoke York Community Council and that no further notice be given, and directed the Director, Community Planning, Development Review, in consultation with the Director, Strategic Initiatives, Policy and Analysis, City Planning, and Legal Services, to report with an update to the November 6, 2025 report to Community Council on:

a. Results of the review of the new Transportation Impact Study posted November 4, 2025, including an explanation of the changes to previous transportation related submissions, including the new road and traffic volumes, and the provision of shared parking across the entire site and future site divisions;

b. Options to provide a public roadway through the site which will address concerns of local residents, and protect for public access to the plaza during the various development phases;

c. Results of the outcome of the pending Ontario Land Tribunal decisions on variances and consents;

d. Updated performance statistics concerning Floor Space Index for each building on each land parcel as contemplated in the original and revised consent application, with regard to streets, easements, shared public spaces, and park land;

e. Update on the status of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension – Major Transit Station Areas, and what, if any, application there is to this site; and

f. A comparative review of the new provisions of the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment (November 21, 2025) to the provisions of Zoning By-law 834-2021, as amended by By-law 57-2025.

2. Requested the Director, Community Planning, Development Review, and the Applicant, in consultation with the local Councillor, continue discussions in an effort to resolve the community’s concerns with the application, and to report on any revisions.

The Etobicoke York Community Council commenced a statutory public meeting on November 26, 2025 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This Report recommends approval of the application to amend a site specific Zoning By-law at 250 Wincott Drive and 4620 Eglinton Avenue West to increase the heights of two previously approved mixed-use buildings (Buildings A and B) from 11-storeys each to 24- and 29-storeys. With the proposed increase in heights, the current development application would permit approximately 690 residential units and 513 square metres of non-residential space, 470 square metres of community agency space, and 387 residential parking spaces in Buildings A and B. The site is currently developed with an existing commercial plaza (Building D) that would remain in the northern portion of the site. The site has permissions for an additional mixed-use building (Building C) located in the southeast portion of the site near the intersection of Wincott Drive and Eglinton Avenue West.

The current development application is scoped to the central and west portions of 250 Wincott Drive and 4620 Eglinton Avenue West, focused on increasing the heights of Buildings A and B while continuing to provide the main elements from the 2021 Rezoning (18 150932 WET 04 OZ), including non-residential and community agency space in the base buildings of Buildings A and B, and maintaining the previously approved public park, Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible space (POPS), private street with access from Wincott Drive and Eglinton Avenue West, and private driveway with access from Widdicombe Hill Boulevard. All site accesses would continue to have public access easements secured for both vehicles and pedestrians. The current development application does not seek changes to Building C and D beyond the permissions that are already in place for those two buildings through existing Planning Act approvals to date.

Overall, Buildings A, B, C, and D are designed to function together to provide a cohesive public realm and add a significant amount of new residential units (both rental and condominium), commercial space, and public amenities to this area of Eglinton Avenue West in close proximity to planned higher order transit – the Eglington Crosstown West Extension (ECWE) – with its associated planned stations at Kipling Avenue and Islington Avenue.