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Not sure if singles are in scope, but this is an infill development of 19 homes in Scarborough on a former farm called Conlins Enclave. Address was 511 Conlins Rd, new units run 50-97 Chelliah Crt. Satellite shows it's under construction, and although it's far from any amenities (and I'm guessing utilities), it's probably within normal for most of Toronto's suburbs.
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This looks poorly thought out, here's the City map for this area, showing all the property lines (pink):

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This development can be seen towards the left-hand side, just north of 401, off Conlins with all those pink dots in isolation.

IF this is what we wanted to see done w/this parcel (debatable), I still want to see how the street grid here would tie into the subdivisions further east (Goya Crescent etc.)

This area has been built up with surprisingly little park space for a latter year subdivision.

I would like to see a clear plan for a significant park, and also to address the retail question. The likely retail street here would be Sheppard, though its current built-form in the area isn't overly conducive to that; but somewhere this area should have shops in walkable distance. That could be the current 'Auto-mall' site to the north on Conlins......but regardless, none of this should have been built without a more thoughtful plan for a complete community.
 
I think the project name says it all; Conlins Enclave. Seems part of the marketing appeal lies in its "exclusivity", as judged from the marketing:

"...an exclusive collection of luxurious single detached homes in a private enclave..."

Nothing says luxurious like being sandwiched between 12 lanes of the 401 and a hydro corridor. But hey, the "world-class" shopping of STC isn't far away.
 
This was found via a quick google search...

https://www.reddit.com/r/canadahousing/comments/nonhr5

511 Collins - an example of collusion between developer and city staff - $1M for 2000 square feet

Hi everyone,

My friend was walking her dog this week and saw the new sign for 511 Conlins Collins Road, in Scarborough Ontario, where the starting price is $1,049,000 for 2000 square feet! This neighbourhood "Collins Enclave," will have only 19 homes. We tried to understand how such a property could be approved on land that could have been used for affordable housing.

In scanning the report to City Council of Toronto, what the planning staff did was to say that this new "neighbourhood" meets the objectives for the city's growth plan and affordable housing strategy for "Healthy Communities."
The report states that there was a community consultation, but it is very likely that the Councilor's office did not even advertise it so the public didn't know about it.
It's all pretty sickening. That land could have housed way more people than 19 families, assuming people actually live there instead of empty homes as investment properties.
Background: https://thebloomfieldgroup.ca/conlins/ (if you scroll a little, you can see that the homes are a few feet away from each other with next to no backyard; the quality of the home is very cheap; the overall size is only 2000 sq feet)
Council report: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/sc/bgrd/backgroundfile-117449.pdf
"Staff are of the opinion that the proposal is consistent with the PPS (2014) and does not conflict with the Growth Plan (2017). Furthermore, the proposal is in keeping with the intent of the Toronto Official Plan, particularly as it relates to supporting the policies of Healthy Neighbourhoods, Neighbourhoods, Built Form, Public Realm and transportation polices."

Staff worked with the applicant to reduce the number of dwellings proposed from 22 to 19 and move the public street to the north end of the lands to improve sightlines from Conlins Road. In addition, staff secured a new public road that connects the proposed development to Conlins Road and will facilitate the completion of a road network that would be developed comprehensively over time. Staff recommend that Council support approval of the applications.

Greg Hobson-Garcia, Planner, Councillor Jennifer McKelvie
 
Art Tsai said:
This was found via a quick google search...

https://www.reddit.com/r/canadahousing/comments/nonhr5

511 Collins - an example of collusion between developer and city staff - $1M for 2000 square feet

Hi everyone,

My friend was walking her dog this week and saw the new sign for 511 Conlins Collins Road, in Scarborough Ontario, where the starting price is $1,049,000 for 2000 square feet! This neighbourhood "Collins Enclave," will have only 19 homes. We tried to understand how such a property could be approved on land that could have been used for affordable housing.

In scanning the report to City Council of Toronto, what the planning staff did was to say that this new "neighbourhood" meets the objectives for the city's growth plan and affordable housing strategy for "Healthy Communities."
The report states that there was a community consultation, but it is very likely that the Councilor's office did not even advertise it so the public didn't know about it.
It's all pretty sickening. That land could have housed way more people than 19 families, assuming people actually live there instead of empty homes as investment properties.
Background: https://thebloomfieldgroup.ca/conlins/ (if you scroll a little, you can see that the homes are a few feet away from each other with next to no backyard; the quality of the home is very cheap; the overall size is only 2000 sq feet)
Council report: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/sc/bgrd/backgroundfile-117449.pdf
"Staff are of the opinion that the proposal is consistent with the PPS (2014) and does not conflict with the Growth Plan (2017). Furthermore, the proposal is in keeping with the intent of the Toronto Official Plan, particularly as it relates to supporting the policies of Healthy Neighbourhoods, Neighbourhoods, Built Form, Public Realm and transportation polices."

Staff worked with the applicant to reduce the number of dwellings proposed from 22 to 19 and move the public street to the north end of the lands to improve sightlines from Conlins Road. In addition, staff secured a new public road that connects the proposed development to Conlins Road and will facilitate the completion of a road network that would be developed comprehensively over time. Staff recommend that Council support approval of the applications.

Greg Hobson-Garcia, Planner, Councillor Jennifer McKelvie
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"Collusion" is more than a bit rich here, but then so is the idea that a private company wouldn't have a subdivision plan approved if it conformed Growth Plan policies, etc. The City couldn't stop such a plan if there were an OLT challenge, so they're going to do whatever they think is important, like configure the end of the road for a potential future extension to the south at its east end. Anyway, Provincial policy does not yet require affordable housing in such places, so it's not the City colluding to approve this, it's just them working within the rules.

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