Item - 2016.NY17.30

North York Community Council: 

1. Referred the matter to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division to allow any recommendations with respect to cultural heritage to be made in tandem with recommendations on the comprehensive development framework and the final report on the planning application for the lands.

2. Requested the owner to provide a written undertaking within 30 days that the owner will not apply for a demolition permit with respect to the subject building prior to the final report being considered by City Council.

This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 844 Don Mills Road and 1150 Eglinton Avenue East under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 

The properties are located at the north-west corner of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East and are bound on the north and west edge by the CPR railway corridor.  They  formed a Canadian corporate campus for IBM.  The property at 844 Don Mills Road contains the former Canadian IBM head office and factory complex (now known as Celestica), completed in 1951 with later additions. The property was included on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in 2006.  The property at 1150 Eglinton Avenue East contains the IBM Headquarters (Canada) building completed in 1967. 

Following research and evaluation, staff have determined that the properties at 844 Don Mills Road and 1150 Eglinton Avenue East meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The Toronto Preservation Board on September 28, 2016, considered a report (September 7, 2016) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division regarding Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act - 844 Don Mills Road and 1150 Eglinton Avenue East.