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In South Etobicoke's Queensway area, revised plans have shifted 1230 The Queensway from a condominium development into a purpose-built rental project. Designed by Turner Fleischer, the 14-storey proposal has been resubmitted to the City of Toronto by ELM Developments and Leader Lane Developments following the site’s 2025 rezoning approval under the previous ownership of Starbank Development Group. The updated plans increase the unit count while maintaining a similar height.
The proposal applies to a site at the northeast corner of The Queensway and Culnan Avenue, just east of Kipling Avenue. The site is currently occupied by a single-storey Bank of Montreal branch and its surface parking. The Queensway corridor has become a focal point for intensification, with a growing concentration of mid-rise and high-rise residential developments replacing older commercial properties.
In October, 2024, Starbank Development Group submitted a Zoning By-law Amendment application for a 13-storey condominium building containing 150 units. That proposal subsequently received City Council approval. The latest submission advances the project into the Site Plan Approval stage under new proponents, while retaining Turner Fleischer as the project designer. The applicant has indicated that a future Minor Variance application will be required, as discussions with City staff continue regarding matters including building height and bicycle parking requirements.
The revised proposal calls for a 48.15m tall mixed-use building, just centimetres shorter than the 49m previous design. While the applicant continues to describe the building as 13 storeys, UrbanToronto considers the rooftop amenity level to function as a 14th storey. The revised plan maintains the general form established through the rezoning process, although updated elevations indicate changes to the upper-storey massing and architectural expression, with larger floor-plates extending higher into the building profile.
The building would contain 175 purpose-built rental units, an increase of 25 suites over the previously approved 150-unit condominium proposal. The unit mix would consist of 18 studios, 64 one-bedrooms, 63 two-bedrooms, and 30 three-bedrooms. (The number of three-bedroom units doubling from 15 to 30.) Gross Floor Area rises from 11,522m² to 13,342m², with the Floor Space Index increased from 6.6 to 7.64 times coverage of the 1,754m² site. Residential floor area would now total 13,116m², while the ground-floor retail component was reduced from 499m² to 226m².
Residents would have access to 455m² of indoor amenity space and 245m² of outdoor amenity areas. Two elevators would serve the development, resulting in an elevator ratio of approximately one elevator for every 88 units, indicating generally short waits for service when both elevators are operating. The revised ground-floor layout introduces a larger leasing office and residential amenity presence along The Queensway frontage.
Below grade, four levels of underground parking are proposed, containing 126 vehicular parking spaces, increased from 111, including 110 spaces for residents and 16 visitor spaces. Bicycle parking has decreased from 113 spaces to 67 spaces, consisting of 60 long-term and seven short-term spaces. The applicant is seeking relief from the City’s bicycle parking requirements through a future payment-in-lieu arrangement.
The site is approximately 220m east of Kipling Avenue and about 200m north of the Gardiner Expressway. TTC bus routes operating along The Queensway, Kipling Avenue, and Islington Avenue connect the area to Bloor Line 2, including Kipling station, approximately 2.5km to the northwest. The station offers connections to MiWay bus services and GO Transit rail service.
The proposal joins a growing cluster of developments around the Queensway corridor. To the east, construction is underway on the 12-storey 1156 The Queensway, and the 12-storey Joya Condos is planned. To the southeast, proposals include the three-tower 2 St Lawrence ranging from 8 to 20 storeys, the 33-storey 18 Zorra, IQ Condos Phase 3 with three towers between 19 and 42 storeys, and 40-60 St Lawrence with three towers ranging from 26 to 43 storeys. To the west, applications at 1306 The Queensway and 1325 The Queensway envision tower clusters rising between 13 and 41 storeys and 11 and 46 storeys, respectively. To the south, the large-scale redevelopment proposed at 1255 The Queensway would introduce 15 towers ranging from 12 to 65 storeys.
UrbanToronto will continue to follow progress on this development, but in the meantime, you can learn more about it from our Database file, linked below. If you'd like, you can join in on the conversation in the associated Project Forum thread or leave a comment in the space provided on this page.
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