Item - 2026.TE28.4

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands municipally known as 808 Mount Pleasant Road and 247-251 Roehampton Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 7 to the report (December 18, 2025) the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required and to take any necessary steps to implement City Council’s decision including execution of the Section 37 Agreement as referenced in Recommendation 5 below, and any other necessary agreement(s).

3. City Council approve the acceptance of an on-site parkland dedication having an area no less than 262 square metres, to be used for the purpose of public parkland pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act and in accordance with the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 415, Article III, at no cost to the City and subject to the owner transferring all the Parkland Dedication to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, except for the temporary encumbrance, registered as Instrument No. AT2938877, in an acceptable environmental condition, all to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor in accordance with all applicable City policies prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit for the site.

4. City Council allow the owner to propose at their election the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks in the parkland noted in Recommendation 3 above, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the Executive Director, Development Review, in consultation with the City Solicitor; and such an encumbrance will be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount as determined by the Executive Director, Development Review and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.

5. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require the owner to enter into an Agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act as it read on the day before Section 1 of Schedule 17 of the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020 came into force, and any other necessary agreements, satisfactory to the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor, at the owner's expense with such Agreement to be registered on title to the lands in a manner satisfactory to the City Solicitor to secure the following matters, services, and facilities to be provided as community benefits to support the development:

a. prior to the earlier of the registration of the first condominium in respect of any part of the site and the first occupancy of any part of the development, the owner shall design, construct, finish, commission, and convey to the City no less than 5,000 square feet of space within the development, being the most northern non-residential unit facing the Parkland Dedication for the City's EarlyON program (the "EarlyON Space"), all at no cost to the City and in accordance with the terms and conditions of an agreement entered into between the owner and the City pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act as it read on the day before Section 1 of Schedule 17 of the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020 came into force, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the General Manager, Children’s Services;

b. prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit for any part of the lands, the owner shall prepare and submit a final design submission for the EarlyON Space to the City, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the General Manager, Children’s Services and the Executive Director, Development Review;

c. prior to the earlier of the first condominium registration in respect of any part of the site and the first residential use of any part of the development, but in any event prior to the conveyance of the EarlyON Space to the City, the owner shall enter into and register on title an Easement and Cost Sharing Agreement, for nominal consideration and at no cost to the City, that is in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; the Easement and Cost Sharing Agreement shall address and/or provide for the integrated support, use, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement and reconstruction of certain shared facilities, and the sharing of costs in respect thereof, or portions of the subject lands to be owned by the City and the owner as they pertain to the EarlyON Space;

d. the owner shall provide an over-dedication of parkland required to achieve a 317 square metre park beyond the on-site parkland dedication required under Section 42 of the Planning Act, the balance shall be conveyed to the City prior to the issuance of the first above grade permit under the Building Code Act, 1992 for any part of the lands, save and except for a demolition permit, of the fee simple interest in a part of the site with an area of up to 55 square metres as an over-dedication of public parkland which is adjacent to the parkland dedication as described in Recommendation 3 above, at no cost to the City and subject to the owner transferring the over-dedication to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, except for the temporary encumbrance, registered Instrument No. AT2938877, in an acceptable environmental condition, all to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor, and subject to the authority granted to the Executive Director, Development Review in respect of tiebacks;

e. the owner shall make arrangements satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Executive Director, Development Review respecting any matters arising from Instrument No. AT2938877 as it relates to the required fee simple conveyances to the City for parkland, road widenings and the EarlyON Centre; 

f. prior to residential occupancy, the owner shall design and construct Above Base Park Improvements at their sole cost, for the on-site parkland dedication and the over-dedication of parkland referred to in Recommendations 3 and 5.d. above, as approved by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the General Manager, Parks and Recreation; and prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit for any part of the lands, the owner shall provide the City with financial security in the amount of 120 percent of the value of the above base park improvements, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review;

and to secure the following matters as legal conveniences:

g. the owner shall provide no less than 15 percent of the total number of residential units as 2-bedroom units, no less than 10 percent of the total number of residential units as 3-bedroom units, and no less than 15 percent of the total number of residential units as convertible to 2-or-3-bedroom units, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review as a part of the Site Plan Control application for the development;

h. the owner shall construct and maintain the development in accordance with the Tier 1 performance measures of the Toronto Green Standard applicable at the time of the complete site plan application for the lands was submitted to the City;

i. pursuant to the Site Plan Application process for the development, but in any event prior to Site Plan approval, the owner shall provide the following Transportation Demand Management measures to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review:

i. review potential to include 1-2 publicly accessible car-share spaces onsite;

ii. one (1) car-share and/or bike-share membership per unit, offered in the first year of occupancy;

iii. one (1) pre-loaded Presto card ($100.00 value) per unit offered in the first year of occupancy; and

iv. a minimum of two (2) bike repair stations provided on-site; with the location of said repair stations to be finalized pursuant to the site plan control application process, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review;

j. prior to final site plan approval for the lands, the owner shall prepare all required documentation and convey a road-widening (right-of-way) of Mount Pleasant Road to the City along the frontage of the site abutting Mount Pleasant Road and a width of no less than 2.0 metres, at no cost to the City and free and clear of all physical encumbrances above and below grade and of all title encumbrances and in accordance with all City policies respecting the conveyance of potentially environmentally contaminated lands, to be subject to a right of way in favour of the owner until such time as the road-widening (right-of-way) is dedicated as public highway, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Servcies, the Director, Engineering Review and the City Solicitor; and

k. prior to final site plan approval for the lands, the owner shall prepare all required documentation and convey a pedestrian clearway easement to the City, with all rights of support and at no cost to the City and in priority to all title encumbrances, which commences at the south property line of the site with variable width of not exceeding approximately 0.40 metres and a variable length of not exceeding approximately 8 metres along the Mount Pleasant Road frontage, with the final area and configuration of the pedestrian clearway easement area to be determined through the site plan control application process, to the satisfaction of the Director, Engineering Review and the City Solicitor.

6. City Council direct the applicant, in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Executive Director, Development Review, to establish a Neighbourhood Liaison Committee with key community stakeholders including the Central Eglinton Community Centre, Eglinton Junior Public School and local Residents Associations, and to consult the Neighbourhood Liaison Committee on the Construction Management Plan for the project.

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 Site Specific Zoning By-law 1208-2022(OLT) to permit changes to the height, density, and building massing for a 197.5-metre (61-storey, excluding the mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building and a new 317-square-metre park at 808 Mount Pleasant Road and 247-251 Roehampton Avenue. Zoning By-law 1208-2022(OLT) permits a building with a height of 114.4 metres (35 storeys, excluding the mechanical penthouse).

The proposed development represents an increase of 83.1 metres in height and approximately 16,000 square metres in total gross floor area compared to the previous approval, along with modifications to the approved building massing. The proposal also includes a total of 889 residential units and 802 square metres of non-residential floor space, including a 471.6 square metre space on the ground level that will be dedicated as an EarlyON Centre.