Item - 2025.TE24.10

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands municipally known as 1711-1741 Eglinton Avenue West substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment included as Attachment 5 to the report (June 19, 2025) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands municipally known as 1711-1741 Eglinton Avenue West substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 6 to the report (June 19, 2025) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

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

4. City Council direct the Executive Director, Development Review, in consultation with the local Ward Councillor and the City Solicitor, to continue discussions with the applicant to finalize the details of the in-kind Community Benefits Charge community benefit (the proposed indoor and outdoor community space) pursuant to Section 37(6) of the Planning Act, and to report back to City Council for further instruction if the in-kind community benefit is offered by the applicant to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review.

5. City Council request the owner to make reasonable commercial efforts to convey off-site parkland to the City equal to the value of the on-site parkland dedication, in fulfillment 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 and Recreation, and free and clear of any above or below grade encumbrances, with the exception of any encumbrances as may be otherwise approved by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, to be conveyed prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit, and:

a. 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;

b. 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

c. the value of the cash-in-lieu of parkland dedication will be appraised through Real Estate Services and payment will be required prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit.

6. City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for any design and construction by the owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation; the development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time.

7. City Council direct the City Solicitor to withhold the necessary Bills for enactment, until:

a. the owner, at its sole cost and expense, provides a revised Pedestrian Level Wind Tunnel Study to address the matters outlined in this report to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review; and

b. City Council has approved the Rental Housing Demolition Application Number 24 192674 STE 12 RH under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to permit the demolition of existing rental dwelling units.

8. City Council delegate the approval and signing authority to the Executive Director, Development Review for agreements related to payments-in-lieu of bicycle parking under Article 900.11.10 Exception Number 1120 of Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

9. City Council direct the Executive Director, Development Review to use $538 per short-term bicycle parking space reduced, adjusted for inflation, as the basis upon which payments under Article 900.11.10 Exception Number 1120 of Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, be calculated.

10. City Council direct the Executive Director, Development Review to use $1,076 per long-term bicycle parking space reduced, adjusted for inflation, as the basis upon which payments under Article 900.11.10 Exception Number 1120 of Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, be calculated.

11. City Council request the owner of 1711-1741 Eglinton Avenue West to continue to meet with all relevant community stakeholders, including the “Little Jamaica Coalition” (composed of Oakwood Vaughan Community Organization, CP Planning and Toronto Community Benefits network), Black Urbanism Toronto, the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Catholic District School Board, and the local Councillor during the Site Plan Control process to identify further opportunities to secure community benefits including affordable housing, provide updates of key project milestones, implement wind mitigation measures and consult on construction management. construction management.

12. City Council request the owner of 1711-1741 Eglinton Avenue West to work with the owner of 1675 and 1685 Eglinton Avenue West proposing the adjacent development to explore phasing the construction of the two proposals on each site to minimize tenant displacement.
 

13.  City Council request the owner of 1711-174­­1 Eglinton Avenue to work with City Staff and community stakeholders to offer the right of return for existing businesses that would be displaced by the site’s redevelopment, or displaced legacy Black-owned business who previously operated in Little Jamaica, to the new retail spaces within the development to support the local Black-business ecosystem, in alignment with the objectives of the City’s Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism and the Little Jamaica and Eglinton West Study.

The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on July 8, 2025 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 129.5-metre (39-storey excluding mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building, on the south side of Eglinton Avenue West, east of Northcliffe Boulevard, at 1711-1741 Eglinton Avenue West. 

The building is proposed to contain 427 dwelling units, including 8 rental replacement units and have a total gross floor area of 26,800 square metres, including 116 square metres of commercial-retail space. The proposal would provide 486 bicycle and 87 vehicle parking spaces, as well as a 3.0-metre-wide rear land conveyance for a future public laneway.

A Rental Housing Demolition application (Number 24 192674 STE 12 RH) has been submitted, and will be reviewed and analyzed in a related but separate Rental Housing Demolition Application - Decision Report.

An approximate 363-square metre community space is also proposed at the northwest corner of the site along Eglinton Avenue West, comprised of a 171-square metre indoor space and a connected 192-square metre outdoor area. The proposed indoor and outdoor community space is proposed to be an in-kind Community Benefits Charge (CBC) contribution for this site. Staff are continuing discussions with the applicant, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, to finalize and secure this contribution.

The site is directly west of the development proposal at 1675 and 1685 Eglinton Avenue West (Application Number 24 194386 STE 12 OZ) which is also being considered at the July 8, 2025, Toronto and East York Community Council. Staff’s review and recommendations of the two adjacent proposals, have been coordinated.