Item - 2026.TE28.12

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands municipally known as 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment included as Attachment 5 to the report (December 18, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, for the lands municipally known as 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 6 to the report (December 18, 2025) 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. City Council require the owner of the lands at 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street, to enter into, and register on title, a Section 37 Agreement to secure the matters identified in Schedule A of By-law 812-2022, as amended as follows:

a. Schedule A, Section 3 is amended by replacing the words “Tier 3” with “Tier 2”.

5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to take such actions as are required to implement City Council's decision, including the execution and implementation of appropriate agreements.

The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on January 13, 2026 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This report recommends approval of the application to amend the Official Plan and Site-Specific Zoning By-law 812-2022, which includes Section 37 provisions, to permit a 48-storey mixed-use building (166 metres, excluding mechanical penthouse) at 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street. The proposed building would contain approximately 440 residential dwelling units, including a minimum of 30% affordable dwelling units (presently 132 dwelling units). Schedule A to By-law 812-2022 is further recommended to be amended to allow greater flexibility in meeting higher tiers of the Toronto Green Standard.

As part of the proposed development, the existing heritage designated church, St. Luke’s United Church, will be retained and adapted to provide a new residential lobby, 1,453 square metres of community space and improved public realm along Sherbourne Street, of which a minimum of 250 square metres would be secured as a Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible Space (POPS).

A separate report from Heritage Planning regarding the proposed alterations to the designated heritage property will be considered by City Council in conjunction with this report.

The applicant continues to be eligible for exemptions from the payment of development charges and waivers of planning and building permit fees and parkland dedication fees for the affordable rental units in this project that were approved through the Open Door Program associated with the previous approval in 2021.PH21.5 provided that the applicant continues to meet the program’s eligibility requirements. Thirty-one (31) affordable rental units in this development have also been approved for property tax exemptions. Staff will report back for authority on any additional property tax exemptions.