Item - 2017.PG17.8

The Planning and Growth Management Committee:

1.  Directed Staff to review the applications concurrently with the Don Mills Crossing Study.

 
2.  Directed Staff to schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 844 Don Mills and 1150 Eglinton Avenue East together with the Ward Councillor.

3.  Directed that Notice for the community consultation meeting be given to landowners and residents within 500 metres of the site and that the additional cost for the notice beyond 120 metres of the site be borne by the Applicant.

  
4.  Directed that Notice for the public meeting under the Planning Act be given according to the regulations of the Planning Act.

These applications propose the redevelopment of the 60 acre (24 hectare) property at the northwest quadrant of Eglinton Avenue East and Don Mills Road into a new mixed-use community.  The proposal includes a total gross floor area of 384,248 square metres consisting of: 300,826 square metres of residential uses; 56,248 square metres of offices uses; 11,162 square metres of commercial and retail uses; and 16,012 square metres of recreational and cultural uses.

There are 3,887 residential units proposed within buildings ranging from three and four storey townhouses to tall buildings with heights between 15 and 44 storeys.  The office uses would be located within two eight storey buildings situated closest to the Eglinton Avenue East and Don Mills Road intersection.  Celestica Inc. is proposing to relocate their corporate headquarters to one of the new office buildings.  Retail uses would be focused along the Don Mills Road frontage and the intersection of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East. 

The proposal includes a 2.25 hectare public park (5.58 acre) at the north end of the site and a 0.593 hectare (1.46 acre) public park at the southwest portion of the site.  Wynford Drive is proposed to be extended west and south through the site along with a network of additional public and private streets.

The development is proposed to be developed in phases with the first phase consisting of an 8-storey office building (18,730 m2), a total of 684 residential dwelling units (71,975 m2 of residential gross floor area) in the form of a 29-storey residential apartment building and townhouses and the park at the southwest portion of the site.  The proposal is being reviewed in conjunction with the City's Don Mills Crossing Study. The Study is a comprehensive review of the anticipated growth around the intersection of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East and builds on the work of the Eglinton Connects Study.  It will result in a new planning framework which will include implementation measures to support the co-ordinated development of a sustainable, transit-oriented, mixed-use, mixed-income community predicated on a vibrant public realm, access to existing and proposed parks and open spaces, integration with the future Eglinton Crosstown LRT and new community services and facilities.   

The current proposal is a revision to the May 2014 Official Plan Amendment application (14 153614 NNY 26 OZ) and includes submission of a Zoning By-law Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision applications.

This report provides preliminary information on the above-noted applications and seeks Community Council's directions on further processing of the applications and on the community consultation process.