Item - 2020.TE16.37

The Toronto and East York Community Council:

1.  Deferred consideration of the item until its September 15, 2020 meeting; and

2. Requested Transportation Services to continue to provide temporary permits and consult with adjacent properties before further temporary permits are issued.

This staff report is about a matter that Community Council has delegated authority to make a final decision provided that it is not amended so that it varies with City policy or by-laws.

Mizrahi Developments is constructing a mixed-use development at 1 Bloor Street West. The site is located on the southwest corner of Yonge Street and Bloor Street West. The development will consist of an eight-storey high retail podium and an 86-storey high residential tower.

Construction staging operations for the development currently take place within the road right-of-way on the south side of Bloor Street West and on the west side of Yonge Street. Phase 1 of construction involved excavation, piling and shoring operations and building to the ground level, which is completed. City Council, at its meeting on November 26, 2019, authorized the extension construction staging areas on Bloor Street West and Yonge Street from November 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020. To minimize disruptions on these arterial roads, a staging area for concrete trucks and deliveries is proposed on Balmuto Street south of Bloor Street West.  

Transportation Services is requesting authorization to close a portion of the northbound curb lane/sidewalk on Balmuto Street from a point 29 metres south of Bloor Street West to a point 12 metres further south for 24 months (i.e. from July 17, 2020 to June 30, 2022), in order to facilitate the construction of the eight-storey high podium (Phase 2A) and 86 storey high residential tower (Phase 2B).