Item - 2026.TE34.34

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend Site Specific By-law 1096-2021 for the lands municipally known as 27 Grosvenor and 26 Grenville Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 4 to the report (June 17, 2026) from the Acting 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.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to amend the Section 37 Agreement dated December 10, 2021 in connection with the development located at 27 Grosvenor and 26 Grenville Street to:

a. reduce the required interior gross floor area for the non-profit childcare centre to 640 square metres; and

b. reduce the required number of on-site parking spaces for the use of the childcare centre to be provided on site from six to three.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to take such actions as are required to implement City Council's decision, including execution and registration of the amended Section 37 Agreement on title to the lands municipally known as 27 Grosvenor and 26 Grenville Street.

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.

On May 5 and 6, 2021, City Council approved a Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a mixed-use development with two towers, 32 and 46 storeys in height, connected by a shared base building at 27 Grosvenor Street and 26 Grenville Street. As part of the approval, Council directed staff to enter into an agreement under Section 37 of the Planning Act to secure a non-profit childcare centre with a total interior gross floor area of 685 square metres and an exterior gross floor area of 290 square metres located on the first and second floors of the building with a total of six parking spaces required on site. 

The proposal has been modified through detailed design since the original approval to locate the childcare centre entirely on the first floor. The new configuration removes requirements for staircases and elevators, creating a more efficient floorplate and allowing for the interior area of the childcare centre to be reduced by 45 metres while increasing capacity from 49 to 62 children.

The revised design also contemplates three pick-up and drop-off spaces for the childcare centre being located in a layby within the public Right-of-Way immediately adjacent to the childcare centre entrance instead of within the underground parking, garage allowing for the required on-site vehicle parking spaces to be reduced. 

This report recommends amending the Section 37 terms in Schedule A of site-specific By-law 1096-2021 and the Section 37 Agreement registered on title at 27 Grosvenor Street and 26 Grenville Street to reduce the required interior gross floor area of the childcare centre from 685 square metres to 640 square metres and to reduce the required number of on-site parking spaces reserved for the use of the childcare centre from 6 to 3.