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Damis Properties' three-tower community at 7 through 11 Rochefort Drive in Flemingdon Park has moved forward following an October, 2025 resubmission intended to clear the Ontario Land Tribunal’s (OLT) conditions for a Final Order. Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects, the site is located close to both the soon to open Don Valley station on Eglinton Line 5 — eventually to be an interchange with Ontario Line 3 — and to Line 3's future Flemingdon Park station as well.
The 1.46-hectare site within the heart of Flemingdon Park, a neighbourhood defined by mid-century towers and growing high-rise redevelopment, is on the east side of Don Mills Road between Rochefort Drive and St Dennis Drive. It hosts a snaking nine-storey building along its south and east sides facing St Dennis, and a pair of splayed four-storey buildings along the north side, facing Rochefort. They contain 128 two-bedroom rental apartments with underground parking. The site also boasts extensive lawns and some surface parking. The application only affects the two buildings facing Rochefort; the 9-storey building is to remain.
Damis Properties first sought rezoning for the Rochefort site in late 2021, proposing to replace the two four-storey buildings with three towers ranging from 30 to 46 storeys, while fully replacing the existing rental stock. The application was appealed, prompting a series of without-prejudice discussions with City Planning that culminated in a revised package and settlement offer submitted in May, 2025. Council considered the offer later that month, and the OLT subsequently endorsed the settlement at a hearing held in the summer. With the framework in place, the applicant returned in October, 2025 with updated drawings and technical studies to clear the Tribunal’s conditions for a Final Order.
N. Barry Lyon Consultants submitted the Zoning By-Law Amendment and Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion applications, along with a Clearance of Settlement Conditions, to the City of Toronto on behalf of the developer. The settlement establishes a reworked three-tower composition rising 30, 47, and 53 storeys (106.2m to 176.1m) atop six-storey podiums, stepping down in height from Don Mills Road toward the east. Towers have been rearranged to improve separation distances, with floor-plates capped at 820m². The new layout introduces a larger public-realm framework, removing a previously contemplated internal public road.
Residential density increased from 1,322 to 1,496 units, with 128 rental-replacement homes secured in the first phase and matching the existing two-bedroom configuration, sizes, and rents. Gross Floor Area (GFA) grew from 97,485m² to 107,295m², comprising 107,092m² of residential space and 199m² of retail, bringing the design’s Floor Space Index from 6.67 to 8.05 times lot coverage.
The updated program introduces 3,062m² of indoor amenities and 4,293m² of outdoor space. Vertical circulation entails six elevators in the 53-storey tower, five in the 47-storey tower, and four in the 30-storey tower. This yields ratios of roughly one elevator per 96 to 101 units, indicating reasonable response times. At grade, the settlement secures a 1,323m² public park at the east end of the block and a 1,160m² POPS (Privately-Owned Publicly-accessible Space) along Don Mills Road.
Below grade, two underground levels will provide 427 parking spaces, a significant reduction from the 802 stalls previously proposed. That total includes 353 resident spaces and 74 visitor spaces. Bicycle facilities increased from 1,324 to 1,646 spaces, comprising 1,346 long-term and 299 short-term stalls.
Don Valley station, where Ontario Line 3 will eventually intersect with Line 5 which we are promised will open shortly, lies about a 300m walk to the north, while the planned Flemingdon Park station on Ontario Line 3 will sit about a 550m walk to the south. Frequent bus service on Don Mills Road, Eglinton Avenue East, and neighbourhood roads, adds to good transit coverage in the area.
The proposal enters an area already experiencing substantial intensification. To the south, Metro Park Condos rising to 38 storeys is one of several area infill projects, accompanied by four-tower plans at 10 Grenoble, ranging from 41 to 54 storeys. Southeast, additional high-rise proposals at 48 Grenoble and 1 Deauville Lane introduce towers between 41 and 49 storeys. To the north, a series of major applications at 805, 770, and 793 Don Mills Road envision towers spanning 26 to 60 storeys.
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| Related Companies: | Diamond Schmitt Architects, ERA Architects |
