Item - 2026.TE34.32

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands municipally known as 1075 Bay Street substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment included as Attachment 6 to the revised report (June 29, 2026) 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 1075 Bay Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 7 to the revised report (June 29, 2026) from the Acting 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 Amendments as may be required.

4. If the owner elects to provide affordable housing as part of the development, City Council require the owner to enter into, and register on title, an amending Section 37 Agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act, as it read the day before the date section 1 of Schedule 17 of the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020, came into force securing the following matters of legal convenience to implement the requirements of the recommended Official Plan Amendment, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor as follows:

a. in accordance with draft Official Plan Amendment, included as Attachment 6 to the revised report (June 29, 2026) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, the owner shall be required to provide a minimum a minimum of 1,815 square metres of non-residential gross floor area or a combination of non-residential uses and/or affordable rental housing; the affordable rental housing shall be provided in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined in Attachment 8 to the revised report (June 29, 2026) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to submit the necessary Bill(s) to implement City Council's decision, and if affordable housing units are provided as part of this development, the City Solicitor is satisfied that the appropriate legal mechanisms are in place to ensure that no building permit will be issued until such time as the Amending Section 37 Agreement is executed and registered.

6. City Council amend Schedule D of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, such that, despite anything in the chapter to the contrary, the General Manager, Transportation Services will not accept applications for a permit from residents of, visitors to, or tradepersons at the developments listed below:

The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on July 8, 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 833-2021 to permit a reduction in the non-residential gross floor area from 12,100 square metres to a minimum of 1,815 square metres of non-residential and/or affordable housing gross floor area, and an increase in height from 59 storeys (210.1 metres including mechanical penthouse) to 62 storeys (222 metres including the mechanical penthouse) at 1075 Bay Street. An open space of approximately 265 square metres is proposed at the southeast corner of the site with frontage along Inkerman Street.

An Official Plan Amendment is required to amend the Downtown Plan to permit a reduction to the required non-residential gross floor area to a minimum of 1,815 square metres of non-residential gross floor area or a combination of non-residential uses and/or affordable housing.