Here is a link to C of A files from which the current notice originates:
www.toronto.ca
If you follow the link, carefully note the dates as there are multiple versions of the assorted files across different dates.
Currently, the variation in the latest notices is set to go before C of A on Nov 8th, 2023.
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Of note are the Letters of Objection filed in September to current proposal.
TMU up first:
They go into a great deal more detail thereafter.
TMU then proposes 'solutions' which would allow it withdraw its objection:
The BIA also filed a letter; but it wasn't a clear objection or support, but rather a request that they get to meet w/the developer to review the proposal.
The Councillor also chimed in, in Sept:
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The Amended Planning Rationale summarizes the proposed changes:
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So the driver here is that TMU is not exercising their option for the podium space.
As institutional space there was greater floor height than for a residential floor.
The proposal converts 4 institutional floors to 6 residential floors within the podium.
This means increasing the podium height, which is offset by dropping a 'penthouse' (tower) floor.
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On review, I would deny the application.
First and foremost the C of A application is wrongly before the C of A, the nature of the change is not 'minor' and represents a significant alteration to the proposal. A new Planning Application is required.
Second, the proposal would be better served by dropping 2 of the proposed residential floors from the podium and adding them to the tower instead, assuming the entirety of the space is converted to residential.
In the absence of TMU as a client in the podium, I don't see a good rationale for that space as office space in the current market, nor do I see 4 floors of retail moving in. The area is saturated for grocery and big box.