Item - 2026.PH28.3

The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council approve the Rental Housing Demolition Application File Number 25 256278 STE 04 RH in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code and pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 to permit the demolition of 154 existing social housing units located at 1-154 Swansea Mews (21 Windermere Avenue), subject to the following conditions:

a. The owner shall provide and maintain no less than 154 replacement social housing units with rents geared-to-income on the subject site for a period of at least 99 years beginning from the date that each replacement social housing unit is first occupied and, during which time, no application may be submitted to the City for condominium registration, or for any other conversion to a non-rental housing purpose, or for demolition without providing for replacement;

b. The replacement social housing units required by Recommendation 1.a. above shall be comprised of 20 one-bedroom units, 30 two-bedroom units, 68 three-bedroom units, 26 four-bedroom units and 10 five-bedroom units, as generally illustrated in the plans submitted to City Planning dated November 7, 2025. Any revision to these plans shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

c. The owner shall provide tenant relocation assistance to all Eligible Tenants of the 154 existing social housing units proposed to be demolished at 1-154 Swansea Mews (21 Windermere Avenue), including the right to return to occupy a replacement social housing unit to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, and as further detailed in the Tenant Relocation and Assistance Implementation Plan;

d. The owner shall provide tenants of all 154 replacement social housing units with access to, and use of, all indoor and outdoor amenities in the proposed 35-storey and 20-storey mixed use buildings and 5-8 storey mid-rise at no extra charge. Access to, and use of, these amenities shall be on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the building without the need to pre-book or pay a fee, unless specifically required as a customary practice for private bookings; and

e. The owner shall enter into, and register on title to the lands, an agreement pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 to secure the conditions outlined in Recommendations 1.a. through 1.d. above all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to issue Preliminary Approval of the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 for the demolition of the 154 existing social housing units located at 1-154 Swansea Mews (21 Windermere Avenue) after all the following have occurred:

a. All conditions in Recommendation 1 above have been fully secured in an agreement pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

b. The Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments for application 25 250881 STE 04 OZ have come into full force and effect; and

c. The owner has provided Typical Unit Layouts for the replacement social housing units, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

3. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to issue a Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, or their designate, has given Preliminary Approval referred to in Recommendation 2 above.

4. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to issue a Residential Demolition Permit under Section 33 of the Planning Act and Chapter 363 of the Toronto Municipal Code for 1-154 Swansea Mews (21 Windermere Avenue) after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning has given Preliminary Approval referred to in Recommendation 2 above, which may be included in the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 pursuant to section 6.2 of Chapter 363, on condition that:

a. The owner removes all debris and rubble from the site immediately after demolition;

b. The owner erects solid construction hoarding to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building;

c. The owner erects the proposed buildings on the site no later than four (4) years from the date that the demolition of the existing social housing units commences, subject to the timeframe being extended at the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

d. Should the owner fail to complete the proposed building within the time specified in Recommendation 4.c. above, the City Clerk shall be entitled to enter on the collector’s roll, as with municipal property taxes, an amount equal to the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) per dwelling unit for which a demolition permit is issued, and that such amount shall, until payment, be a lien or charge upon the land for which the Residential Demolition Permit is issued.

5. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take such actions as are necessary to implement City Council's decision, including execution of the Section 111 Agreement and any other related agreements.

6. City Council in its capacity as Service Manager under section 161(2) of the Housing Service Act, 2011, consent to the demolition of 1-154 Swansea Mews (21 Windermere Avenue) by Toronto Community Housing Corporation for the purpose of redevelopment.

The Planning and Housing Committee held a Statutory Public Meeting on February 26, 2026 and notice was given in accordance with the City of Toronto Act.

This report recommends that City Council approve a Rental Housing Demolition application which proposes to demolish 154 social housing units located at 1-154 Swansea Mews (21 Windermere Avenue). The 154 social housing units are proposed to be replaced as part of the new development on the site. The proposal includes a Tenant Relocation and Assistance Implementation Plan (TRAIP) that addresses the right of existing tenants to return to replacement social housing units at similar rents, and provides moving assistance, including moving services and other support to assist with moving into a new replacement unit.

In June 2022, following an incident of structural failure, the Chief Building Official issued an Emergency Order under the authority of the Building Code Act, 1992 deeming the 154 existing social housing units located on the site to be unsafe for occupancy. At the time, 115 of the 154 units were occupied and all tenants were relocated to other TCHC units by July 2022. A total of 109 tenant households have signed relocation agreements with a right to return to a replacement unit.

At its meeting of April 23 and 24, 2025, City Council adopted Item PH20.8 - Swansea Mews Initial Development Proposal, which requested TCHC submit a Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion application to demolish the existing uninhabitable vacant 154 social housing units located at Swansea Mews, and address replacement obligations and provide an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Implementation Plan in conjunction with an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-Law Amendment application.

The proposed development is the subject of a related Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application (25 250881 STE 04 OZ). The proposed development would permit 35-storey and 20-storey mixed use buildings and a 5-8 storey mid-rise with 649 dwelling units, including 154 replacement social housing units. Approval reports for the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application have been advanced concurrently with this Rental Housing Demolition application approval report.

This report recommends approval of the Rental Housing Demolition application under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code and the demolition permit under Chapter 363 of the Toronto Municipal Code, subject to conditions.

This report also recommends that City Council in its capacity as Service Manager under section 161(2) of the Housing Service Act, 2011, consent to the demolition of 1-154 Swansea Mews (21 Windermere Avenue) by Toronto Community Housing Corporation for the purpose of redevelopment.