Item - 2026.TE34.58

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 238-280 Wellesley Street East and 650 Parliament Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 5 to the report (June 19, 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 accept the owner's offer of an In-kind Contribution in Attachment 10 to the report (June 19, 2026) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, pursuant to subsection 37(6) of the Planning Act and allow the owner to provide a minimum of 464.5-square-metre community agency space to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review, and the Executive Director, Social Development, the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the City Solicitor (the “In-kind Contribution”), and in accordance with the following terms:

a. the community agency space shall be delivered to the City in accordance with the City's Community Space Tenancy Policy and finished to a complete "turnkey" state as per the Community Space Term Sheet and its Base Building Conditions, with the terms and specifications to be secured in the In-kind Contribution Agreement.

4. City Council attribute a value to the In-kind Contribution set out in Recommendation 3 above, equal to 75 percent of four percent of the value of the land (net of any exclusions or exemptions authorized under the Community Benefits Charge By-law), as determined the day before the day the first building permit is issued in respect of the development.

5. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Development Review to enter into an Agreement pursuant to subsection 37(7.1) of the Planning Act (the "In-kind Contribution Agreement") to address the provision of the In-kind Contribution identified in Recommendation 3 above to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review, in consultation with the Executive Director, Social Development, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

6. City Council determine that the execution and registration of the In-kind Contribution Agreement constitute satisfactory arrangements for the provision of the In-kind Contribution for the purpose of Applicable Law as defined in the Building Code.

7. City Council approve that in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit, the owner shall convey to the City, an on-site parkland dedication, having a minimum size of 1,894 square metres, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review, and the City Solicitor.

8. City Council approve that, in accordance with Chapter 415, Article III of City of Toronto Municipal Code, the remaining Section 42 parkland dedication requirement not fulfilled through the on-site parkland conveyance shall be satisfied through a cash-in-lieu of parkland payment, in an amount to be determined by the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, with such payment to be made prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit, all to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review.

9. City Council approve the acceptance of on-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition.

10. City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation; the development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time.

11. City Council direct the Executive Director, Development Review, to request the owner to develop a Construction Mitigation and Tenant Communication Plan to mitigate the impacts of construction of the development on tenants of the existing rental apartment buildings prior to Site Plan Approval.

12. City Council direct the Executive Director, Development Review, to request the owner to undertake, through the Site Plan Control process, improvements to the existing rental apartment buildings, at its sole expense and at no cost to tenants, at 238-240, 260 and 280 Wellesley Street East and 650 Parliament Street, as follows:

a. accessible door improvements to lobby at 650 Parliament Street;

b. laundry room lounge upgrades within 238-240 Wellesley Street East, 260 Wellesley Street East, 280 Wellesley Street East and 650 Parliament Street;

c. new indoor amenity space proposed as a party room within 650 Parliament Street;

d. new ground floor indoor amenity space within the proposed Building B1 with programming to be determined in the future and to be accessible to all current residents of the existing rental dwelling units;

e. new private outdoor amenity spaces for each of the existing buildings at 238-240 Wellesley Street East, 260 Wellesley Street East, 280 Wellesley Street East and 650 Parliament Street;

f. enclosure and consolidation of waste and recycling facilities for the existing buildings at 238-240 Wellesley Street East, 260 Wellesley Street East, 280 Wellesley Street East and 650 Parliament Street;

g. new secured bicycle parking for the existing buildings at 238-240 Wellesley Street East, 260 Wellesley Street East, 280 Wellesley Street East and 650 Parliament Street; and

h. new ground level terraces for ground floor units at 280 Wellesley Street East and 650 Parliament Street.

13. 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 Zoning By-law to permit an infill development consisting of a 58-storey (193.0 metres, including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building, a 9-storey (40.5 metres, including mechanical penthouse) residential building, and a 21-storey (74.0 metres, including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building, containing a total of 1,115 new dwelling units and 3,164.5 square metres of new non-residential space, including 464.5 square metres of community space, at 238-280 Wellesley Street East and 650 Parliament Street. The proposal includes the extension of Rose Avenue as a public street from Wellesley Street East to the south side of 77 Howard Street and a new 1,894 square metre public park.

The existing four rental apartment buildings on the site containing a total of 2,251 rental dwelling units will be maintained.

A related Rental Housing Demolition application has also been submitted as the proposal includes the demolition of 4 rental dwelling units. A decision on the Rental Housing Demolition application is delegated to the Chief Planner or their designate, as fewer than six rental units are proposed to be demolished.