Item - 2017.TE27.42

The Toronto and East York Community Council directed:

1.  City Council request the Acting Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to:

a.  initiate a study focusing on development potential, built form and public realm within proximity of the Main Street subway station and Danforth GO station, the ultimate study area to be established after further analysis with a report back to Toronto and East York Community Council in the second quarter of 2018; and

b.  work with the Ward Councillor to establish a community consultation process for this study, which will include consultation with local landowners and the broader local community.

c.  not complete the review of the proposal until the study is complete.

The Toronto and East York Community Council directed that:

1.  Staff to schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 286-294 Main Street together with the Ward Councillor.

2. Notice for the community consultation meeting be given to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the site, and to additional residents, institutions and owners to be determined in consultation with the Ward Councillor, with any additional mailing costs to be borne by the applicant.

3.  Notice for the public meeting under the Planning Act be given according to the regulations of the Planning Act.

The applicant proposes to construct a 30-storey (93.3 metres plus a 5 metre mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building which would contain 301 residential units at 286-294 Main Street.  A total of 114 vehicular parking spaces are proposed in a 3-level below grade parking garage and 377 bicycle parking spaces would be located on the first floor and mezzanine level.  The proposed gross floor area is 22,444.8 square metres (20,908 square metres of residential; 110.3 square metres of retail; and 1,426.5 square metres of office).  The density of the proposed development is 12.56 times the area of the lot.

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

A Community Consultation Meeting is anticipated to be held in fourth quarter 2017.  A final report is targeted for the fourth quarter of 2018, assuming that the applicant provides all required information in a timely manner.