Item - 2020.EY13.6

Etobicoke York Community Council:

1.  Directed that staff schedule a community consultation meeting for the application located at 1440 & 1442 Lawrence Avenue West and 2400 Keele Street, which includes the provision of light refreshments and, when required, childcare and accessibility resources including sign language interpretation at the sole cost of the applicant, together with the Ward Councillor.

2.  Directed that Notice for the community consultation meeting be given to landowners and residents within 240 metres of the application 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. 

This report provides information and identifies a preliminary set of issues regarding the application to amend the former City of North York Zoning By-law No. 7625 and City-wide Zoning By-law No. 569-2013, for the lands municipally known as 1440 & 1442 Lawrence Avenue West and 2400 Keele Street. The application proposes a 25-storey (88.5 m in height, including the mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building including a 6-storey podium, while retaining the two existing 13-storey rental apartment buildings on the site.

The application also proposes a 2-storey (15 m in height, including mechanical penthouse) amenity building for the exclusive use of the residents of the existing rental apartment buildings. The amenity building would have a gross floor area of 882 m2.

The proposed 25-storey building would contain 1,571 m2 of non-residential floor area on the first floor and 360 residential rental units above. The proposed building would have a gross floor area of approximately 30,653 m2, while the existing buildings have a combined gross floor area of approximately 83,812 m2. The total gross floor area of all buildings on the site would be 115,347 m2, yielding a Floor Space Index (FSI) of approximately 3.9 times the area of the site.

The development would add 330 new net parking spaces proposed at-grade and within a three level below-grade parking garage. Combined with the existing parking, a total of 799 parking spaces are proposed for the site. Vehicular access would be provided via the existing accesses from Wyndale Drive and Lawrence Avenue West.

Staff are currently reviewing the application. It has been circulated to all appropriate agencies and City divisions for comment. Staff will proceed to schedule a community consultation meeting for the application with the Ward Councillor.