At the first community consultation for a high-rise condo proposed on Main Street just south of the Danforth, attendees—including a local councillor—learned that the developer has already appealed the application to the Ontario Municipal Board. “This has been appealed already?” Ward 31 Coun. Janet Davis said at the public meeting held inside Hope United Church […]
An east-end Toronto community group has concerns about how a proposed 30-storey high-rise condo at 286 Main Street just south of Danforth could impact everything from local green space to daily commutes. “The big concerns [are] parking, traffic, and can the TTC handle all these riders going on it, because it’s not just that development, […]
A second public meeting will be held tonight, February 23, to discuss the future of development along Danforth Avenue. Since last year the city, a consulting firm, and community members have had their heads together working on a planning study of the Danforth between Coxwell and Victoria Park Avenues, the first of two stretches of […]
A developer is asking the city to rezone for a seven-storey condo on Kingston Road that would back onto the Glen Stewart ravine near Beech Avenue. Gabriele Homes Ltd. plans to have 29 suites in the building, with retail on the ground floor. It would have two levels of underground parking, accessed from Beech Avenue. […]
A pair of developments needing zoning amendments at opposite ends of Ward 32 were the subjects of separate public meetings last month. About 70 residents gathered at Danforth Mennonite Church to air concerns about a 10-storey, 32.2-metre-tall building proposed for 2359 Danforth Ave., the site of the former Morris Auction House. Rubyk Enterprises Incorporated is […]
With residents and developers looking on, lawyers made final arguments at an Oct. 22 hearing into a six-storey condo proposed for Queen and Woodbine. But with a February hearing into another six-storey condo planned across the street and a May appeal of a city bylaw related to the Queen Street urban design guidelines, debate over […]
It all hinges on a point of view. As lawyers debated plans for a six-storey condo on Queen St. East at the Ontario Municipal Board last week, they took different angles on a key question: How much of the historic Kew Beach firehall should people see from Queen if the condo is built on the […]
