Item - 2025.MM33.37
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on October 8 and 9, 2025 with amendments.
- See also 2017.TE27.10
MM33.37 - Amending Item 2017.TE27.10 - 263 to 267 Adelaide Street West - Rental Housing Demolition Application- Final Report - by Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 10 - Spadina - Fort York
City Council Decision
City Council on October 8 and 9, 2025, adopted the following:
1. City Council amend its previous decision of Item TE27.10:
a. by deleting Section 2.d.; and
b. by deleting section 4 and replacing it with a new section 4 as follows:
4. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to issue a permit under Section 33 of the Planning Act for the demolition of the 12 residential dwelling units at 263-267 Adelaide Street West after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning has given preliminary approval referred to in Part 2 above, which permit may be included in the demolition permit for Chapter 667 under 363-11.1, of the Municipal Code, on condition that:
i. the owner erect a residential building on the site no later than three (3) years from the day demolition of the buildings is commenced; and
ii. should the owner fail to complete the new building within the time specified in the condition outlined in Part 4.a. above, the City Clerk shall be entitled to enter on the collector’s roll, to be collected in a like manner as municipal taxes, the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) for each dwelling unit for which a demolition permit is issued and that has not been demolished, and that each sum shall, until payment, be a lien or charge upon the land for which the demolition permit is issued.
Background Information (City Council)
Motions (City Council)
That Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik be permitted to add to the agenda of today's meeting an urgent Motion without Notice concerning:
Amending Item 2017.TE27.10 – 263-267 Adelaide Street West - Rental Housing Demolition Application- Final Report
Reason for Urgency:
This motion is urgent as it will enable the earlier demolition of 263-267 Adelaide Street West to allow for a more expedited timeline for the project, which will assist the applicant in proceeding in a timely manner and enable tenants to move back in sooner.
That City Council amend the recommendation by adding part 1.b. so that it now reads as follows:
1. City Council amend its previous decision of item 2017.TE27.10:
a. by deleting Section 2.d.
b. by deleting section 4 and replacing it with a new section 4 as follows:
City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to issue a permit under Section 33 of the Planning Act for the demolition of the 12 residential dwelling units at 263-267 Adelaide Street West after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning has given preliminary approval referred to in Part 2 above, which permit may be included in the demolition permit for Chapter 667 under 363-11.1, of the Municipal Code, on condition that:
i. the owner erect a residential building on the site no later than three (3) years from the day demolition of the buildings is commenced; and
ii. should the owner fail to complete the new building within the time specified in the condition outlined in Part 4.a. above, the City Clerk shall be entitled to enter on the collector’s roll, to be collected in a like manner as municipal taxes, the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) for each dwelling unit for which a demolition permit is issued and that has not been demolished, and that each sum shall, until payment, be a lien or charge upon the land for which the demolition permit is issued.