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Revised plans for 30 Huntley Street in Downtown Toronto’s Upper Jarvis neighbourhood are seeking approval through a Zoning By-law Amendment resubmission alongside a newly added Site Plan Approval application submitted to the City of Toronto. Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects for Osmington Gerofsky Development Corp on behalf of Rogers Real Estate Development Ltd, the proposal remains for a pair of 56- and 60-storey towers, while reworking floor-plates for an increased unit count, but fewer elevators.
The approximately 3,831m² assembly occupies the northwest corner of Huntley and Isabella streets, immediately east of Rogers Communications’ Mount Pleasant-area campus in the North St James Town neighbourhood. Extending across 30 through 40 Huntley Street and 112 through 124 Isabella Street, the site is currently occupied by a collection of 2- and 3-storey house-form buildings, several of which have remained vacant for years.
An existing L-shaped public laneway divides the property into north and south development parcels. The surrounding area consists of a varied mix of listed heritage homes, tower-in-the-park apartment buildings, institutional uses, and a growing concentration of high-rise proposals.
Rogers assembled the properties over more than a decade before submitting an initial Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Site Plan Approval applications in December, 2025. Since then, the proposal has undergone revisions following comments from City staff and agencies.
On opposite sides of the existing public laneway, the proposal continues to organize the development into two towers rising from behind heritage exteriors. The south tower along Isabella Street would reach 56 storeys (194.55m), while the north tower fronting Huntley Street would rise 60 storeys (204.55m), both increases over the previous submission’s 186.5m and 198.1m. A Gross Floor Area of 88,551m², all residential, is up from 87,591m², resulting in a Floor Space Index of 23.11 times lot coverage, up from 22.87 times.
The revisions increase the project’s count from 1,362 to 1,419 residential rental units, with 737 in the north building and 682 in the south. Plans now indicate five elevators per tower, down from six in the earlier submission, resulting in ratios of one cab for every 136 units in the south tower and 147 in the north tower, with particularly high-speed motors required to ensure adequate response times when all elevators are operational.
The updated unit mix includes 252 studios, 736 one-bedrooms, 289 two-bedrooms, and 142 three-bedroom units, representing a substantial increase in studio apartments alongside gains in larger family-oriented layouts, while one-bedroom inventory has been reduced. Thirty-two rental replacement units are proposed, down from the previous 33.
The development would now provide 2,011m² of indoor amenity space and 607m² of outdoor amenity area, both reduced from the previously proposed 2,255m² indoors and 1,840m² outdoors. At grade, new landscaped open space and pedestrian connections would now extend through the site, including a 215m² POPS (Privately-Owned Publicly-accessible Space) fronting Isabella Street and a mid-block, east-west pedestrian route linked to a pedestrian easement along the north edge of the property.
The heritage strategy, overseen by ERA Architects, would retain the facades at 122-124 Isabella Street in place while relocating and incorporating the north, east, and west facades of 30-32 and 38-40 Huntley Street into the podium. The revised design is intended to increase the depth and visibility of the retained heritage elements and reduce balcony encroachment around the podium levels. Below grade, a five-level underground garage would contain 196 resident parking spaces and 16 visitor spaces, down from the previously proposed 214 resident and 15 visitor spaces. Bicycle parking has meanwhile increased from 761 to 952 spaces overall, including 800 long-term resident spaces, 142 short-term spaces, and 10 publicly accessible bicycle parking spaces.
Sherbourne station is located roughly 400m northeast of the site, while the Bloor-Yonge interchange lies approximately 700m northwest. Wellesley station is situated about 900m southwest. Surface transit connections are available along Sherbourne and Wellesley streets, while cycling infrastructure includes east-west bike lanes along Bloor and Wellesley streets and the north-south Sherbourne Street cycle track.
The proposal is one of several intensification proposals in the Upper Jarvis and Isabella area. To the northeast, HuntleySelby is proposed at 58 and 63 storeys, while to the east are the under-construction 53-storey Burke Condominiums and the 56-storey The Bourne, the proposed 576 Sherbourne at 61 storeys, 137-141 Isabella Street at 69 storeys, and 164-168 Isabella Street at 70 storeys. South of the site, proposals include 10 Huntley at 45 storeys, Jarvis & Earl Place at 58 storeys, 5 Huntley at 63 storeys, and 135 Isabella at 69 storeys. Westward along Isabella Street, applications at 88 Isabella, 90 Isabella Street, and 81-83 Isabella Street would introduce towers ranging from 62 to 70 storeys.
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