Toronto 491 Glencairn | 31.2m | 8s | Greatwise | Core Architects

Appealed to the OMB based on the City's failure to render a decision within the prescribed time.

City Council, at the July 2016 meeting, voted to oppose this at the OMB. Essentially the developer is looking for 12 storeys on a street that the City sees as an Avenue, something which might support 8 storeys or so. From the Conclusion in the Final Report:

The current proposed setbacks, grading, height, massing and transition are not appropriate. The proposed built form does not adequately address the existing and planned context and does not provide an appropriate relationship to Bathurst Street, Glencairn Avenue or to the adjacent Neighbourhoods designation to the east. The proposal represents an over development of the site and is not consistent with the Official Plan. The proposed redesignation of the Neighbourhoods portion of the site to Mixed Use Areas is not supported by Planning Staff. ​


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I always chuckle at the NIMBY signs all over Glencairn saying "SAY NO TO MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT".
Wonder how the proposed FSI stacks up vs the building at Bathurst and Glen Park to the northwest.
 
The OMB hearing for this development started on Monday, January 30, and is scheduled for 10 days, ending by Friday, February 10, 2017.

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In a report released in Nov, 2017, the OMB turned down the appeal here, disagreeing with the developer that the increase in density, height of the building, was necessary to meet Provincial Places to Grow objectives. The OMB basically said, too big, too tall. It would approve an eight-storey building here.

There's been no new submission to the city since then.

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Development site property listed for sale.

Placeholder rendering:

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491 Glencairn | 491 Glencairn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5N 1V9 | JLL PowerSearch

Property details for 491 Glencairn located at 491 Glencairn Avenue.
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Additional placeholder rendering along with site description from the sales brochure:

THE OPPORTUNITY
491 Glencairn Avenue and 278-282 Strathallan Wood, Toronto (collectively, “491 Glencairn,” the “Property” and/or the “Site”) represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire a 100% freehold interest in a high-profile, Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (“LPAT”) approved residential development site in a prominent neighbourhood of Midtown Toronto. The Property comprises a total land area of 31,494 square feet (“sf”), or 0.72 acres, and encompasses three frontages on the east side of Bathurst Street, spanning from Glencairn Avenue south to Strathallan Wood. The Site is currently improved with three vacant single-family homes on Strathallan Wood, with the remainder of the lands being cleared and vacant.

CLEAR PATH TO DEVELOPMENT
Through a process that involved negotiation with neighbourhood representatives, City Planning, the Ontario Municipal Board and the LPAT, height and density provisions have been established for the Site, allowing for an eight-storey, 112,357 sf mixed-use project that is well-suited to the area and streetscape.
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This is a pretty sharp looking design. I hope whoever purchases the site or owns it now, plans to build it out as rendered here.
 
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