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BRICKS AND MORTAR CAMPUS TRANSFORMATION Heritage façade Michener Institute By Amy Lazar Students and faculty have been invited back onto a trans- A downtown building that began to fall apart last month is formed campus at The Michener Institute on St. Patrick now the discussion of a heritage designation. Street. The city’s preservation board will receive a report at The home for the institute’s applied health sciences Friday’s meeting recommending heritage designation for courses and CAE Healthcare, which has established a the red-brick building at the southeast corner of Yonge healthcare simulation training centre there, has undergone and Gould streets, 335 , which was originally an addition and interior renovations to add study space and known as the William Reynolds Block and was built in improve the connectivity of the campus. 1888. “This facility remedies a fragmented atmosphere for According to the city’s tax assessment roll, William learning in this 15-storey building,” said Donald Schmitt, Reynolds bought the property in 1847 and his bakery was principal at the firm hired to design the transformation, in the corner unit in 1859. In 1888, Reynolds received a Diamond + Schmitt Architects. building permit for a three-storey six-unit commercial “We have created flexible, multi-purpose rooms that building and within a year, it was operating as the Empress enhance an interactive and collaborative learning environ- Hotel. ment.” The exterior of the three-storey commercial building This is the first phase of the campus transformation has changed little over the last century, with the exception and when the new 20,000-square foot centre is fully oper- of its signage. The property changed hands in 1944 and ational, more than 1,500 students and healthcare profes- again three years later to Edison Hotel Limited, when sionals will take courses on the two renovated floors in the archival photos show it operating as the Edison Hotel in institute’s building every year. the 1950s. The hotel closed in the early 1970s but the prop- On one floor, students have flexible studio space to cre- erty owners retained the site until 1991, according to city ate a broad range of mock clinical environments. There are directories. also observation and debriefing rooms to support the stu- Last month, red bricks started to fall off the façade, dios. On the other floor, there are examination facilities landing on the street below. No one was injured but a por- that can accommodate assessments of up to 37 candidates at a time. tion of the building’s north wall had to be demolished. CONTINUED PAGE 4 Councillor Kyle Rae has indicated that he wants the build- ing restored, not demolished. “The designation of the property would enable city I Planning Straightforward I Development council to control alterations to the site, enforce heritage I Municipal property standards and maintenance and refuse demoli- Legal Solutions I Real property tion,” the staff report states. I Environmental The staff report was requested at the April meeting of I Infrastructure/PPP Jim Harbell [email protected] I Litigation the Toronto and community council following Calvin Lantz [email protected] I Finance the incident on April 16. The building has been on the city’s inventory of heritage

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QUEEN’S PARK VIEW heritage status and the proposed Coming Up development would negatively affect Avenue-Bloor that view. Stefanko noted that in pho- JUNE 1 towers approved tos submitted as evidence, the pres- Economic Development Committee, By Mark Ostler ence of buildings behind Queen’s Park 9:30 a.m. “is barely discernible.” JUNE 2 Queen’s Park visitors may see the ven- “The simple fact of the matter is that TTC, 1:00 p.m. erable legislative building in a new the further south one is from the [Legislative JUNE 8-9 City Council, 9:30 a.m. light—or rather, with a new back- Assembly of Ontario building] the drop—soon. greater the likelihood that any build- JUNE 9 OPPI Toronto District: Railway The Ontario Municipal Board ings in the background can be seen,” Lands Walking Tour, 6:00 p.m. Email approved the development of two high- Stefanko wrote, adding that “the inter- [email protected] to register. Meeting location will be emailed to reg- rise condominium towers at Avenue ruption [of the view] is only modestly istrants. Rain date: June 10, 6:00 p.m. Road and West, which the visible from a very small aperture of Waterfront Toronto Design Review Ontario Legislative Assembly and University Avenue and only when Panel, 9:00 a.m. others felt would destroy the view of leaves are not on the trees, which are JUNE 9-10 Queen’s Park as seen from the south. in the viewshed of [Queen’s Park].” City of Toronto: Green Fleet Expo, The highly publicized case was Centennial College, Ashtonbee Campus, 75 Ashtonbee Road. More info at resolved when Menkes Developments— www.toronto.ca/fleet/expo.htm. known officially in OMB documents JUNE 10 as Avenue-Yorkville Developments Canadian Urban Institute—Toronto: Ltd.—reached a settlement with the How to Supersize the Vision, not guide.com just the Buildings, Innis College Town city over the project. The settlement Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, 7:45 – 9:45 a.m. will mean two towers, 127 and 133 The Architectural Conservancy of Register online at metres, with 383 residential units atop Ontario also waded into the debate, www.canurb.com/events. a three-storey podium at 21 Avenue publicly calling for legislation protecting JUNE 14 Road, currently the site of the Four the view of Queen’s Park earlier this year. Executive Committee, 9:30 a.m. Seasons Hotel. “Looking up University Avenue, JUNE 15 Public Works & Infrastructure Council approved the revised plans one can see a magnificent vista with Committee, 9:30 a.m. in January, including Section 37 com- the legislative assembly at its centre,” Design Review Panel, 12:00 p.m. mitments of $1-million toward a local read a statement on the conservancy’s park and street improvements in the website. “This view of Queen’s Park is JUNE 16 Planning & Growth Management area and $500,000 for renovation of the now threatened by proposed develop- Committee, 9:30 a.m. Toronto Reference Library. The original ments north of the legislature, in par- JUNE 16-17 proposal, submitted in December 2007, ticular of the proposed development 2nd Annual Transforming & sought significantly larger towers—48 at 21 , the site of the Revitalizing Downtowns Summit, Yorkland Hotel, 185 Yorkland and 58 storeys—and 392 residential Four Seasons Hotel at Avenue Road Boulevard, Toronto. More info at units. and Yorkville.” www.revitalizingdowntowns.net. The OMB decision, written by The OMB decision approves offi- JUNE 17 board member Stephen Stefanko, cial plan and zoning by-law amend- Government Management Committee, 9:30 a.m. disagreed with the legislature’s asser- ments required to permit the develop- tion that the view of Queen’s Park is ment. (See NRU-Toronto Edition, April Parks & Environment Committee, 9:30 a.m. an important part of the building’s 1, 2010.) NRU

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NOTICE TO PROCEED necting to the Yonge Subway line and a 13-kilometre stretch of the Eglinton Crosstown line’s west section, including the Transit City update Pearson Airport link. Funding for the second phase is contingent on The two Transit City lines most affected by the province’s Metrolinx’s forthcoming investment strategy, which is delayed funding and Metrolinx’s subsequent revised plan required to be released by June 2013. for its first five projects have been given a green light by the As a result of the increased need for sustainable transit province. funding, some have called for the implementation of road Both the Finch West and Eglinton Crosstown light rail tolls to finance Metrolinx’s ambitious transit expansion lines were recently given notice to proceed from environment plans for the GTA and Hamilton. minister John Gerretsen. Notice to proceed follows submis- A paper released last week by the Toronto Board of sion of the environmental project reports for the two lines. Trade identifies a set of financial tools it estimates could However, Metrolinx’s new plan for the Finch West, generate between $500-million and $1-billion annually. Such Eglinton, Sheppard and Scarborough lines includes longer tools include a dedicated parking surcharge, dedicated gas construction timelines and lacks funding for significant por- tax, dedicated lane road pricing or tolls and congestion pric- tions of the lines, due to the recent provincial budget pro- ing. (See NRU-Toronto Edition, May 7 and 21, 2010 and NRU- viding $4-billion less funding for the projects in their first GTA Edition, May 19, 2010.) NRU five years of development. The projects will be phased with funding secured only for the first phase of each line. The Finch and Eglinton lines, originally planned to be 17 and 33 kilometres, respec- COMMUNITIES tively, are the most affected by the phasing. The phase two portions of the Finch and Eglinton lines ENVIRONMENT include a six-kilometre section of the Finch West route con- FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE

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MAYORAL Wendell Brereton Baquie Ghazi Rocco Rossi Withdrawn mayoral CANDIDATES Douglas Campbell Howard Gomberg George Smitherman candidates Kevin Clarke (as of May 27) Jaime Castillo Monowar Hossain Mark State Stephen C. Feek Mark Cidade John Letonja Himy Syed Mell Findlay Rocco Achampong Keith Cole Colin Magee Sarah Thomson Adam Giambrone Don Andrews Charlene Cottle Giorgio Mammoliti Ratan Wadhwa Naseeb Husain Ange Maniccia Selwyn Firth Joseph Pampena Sonny Yeung George Babula Tom Sullivan Andrew Barton Rob Ford Joe Pantalone

NOTABLE WARD RACES vacated Ward 29 – Toronto- Pontypool, Ontario and said and councillor Jane Danforth seat currently held she is not planning to return Pitfield, Chris Caldwell, Rumours were circulating by Case Ootes but she told to the city to run for city Mary Fragedakis, Mike that former city councillor NRU that they are just not council in October. Restivo, John Richardson Anne Johnston was making true. Johnston, 78, is happily Running for Ootes’ seat are: and Jennifer Wood. a run for the soon-to-be retired and living in former mayoral candidate FRIDAY • MAY 28 • 2010 NRU • CITY OF TORONTO EDITION • 4

The building is also the only Heritage façade surviving 19th century com- continued from page 1 mercial building along the east side of Yonge Street in the block Heritage planners believe it meets the between east and criteria under the categories of design and Gould Street. NRU contextual value, since it is a well-crafted th example of a late 19 century commercial A photo of 335 Yonge Street at Gould Street, building with elements of Second Empire originally the Empress Hotel built in the last 1880s and then the Edison Hotel in the 1950s and Romanesque Revival styles. It is a dis- (shown here). A portion of the north wall col- lapsed last month and as the intention is to fix tinctive corner tower with a mansard roof it, city staff are recommending heritage desig- and monumental round-arched openings nation for the property. Source: Brigdens Limited, Toronto/City of Toronto Archives Series574 that enhance the presence of the building file0018 id49378 on prominent Yonge Street.

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“This state-of-the-art facil-  Interior renovations and an addition have transformed the campus at The Michener Institute on St. Patrick Street. ity is designed to enhance the Source: Diamond + Schmitt Architects student experience by using  Exterior photo of The Michener Institute on St. Patrick Street, inter-professional education where students and faculty have been welcomed back to a and integrated simulated transformed campus with an addition and interior renovations designed by Diamond + Schmitt Architects. learning to better prepare our Source: Brain Ko future healthcare providers to respond to patient care needs,” said The Michener Institute president and CEO Dr. Paul Gamble. In addition to reconfiguring and adding to existing floor space, architects at Diamond + Schmitt had to address mechanical, health and safety, electrical and environmental upgrades to a few other floors of the building. The entire building will undergo a transformation over a number of years with no set completion date as of yet. Nearby, the Toronto architecture firm has also designed additions and renovations at Hospital for Sick Children, Women’s College Hospital and St. Michael’s Hospital. NRU FRIDAY • MAY 28 • 2010 NRU • CITY OF TORONTO EDITION • 5

the city as part of the co-ordinated lands are currently zoned for employ- street furniture program designed and ment and industrial uses, but the City in Brief maintained by Astral Media Outdoor. amendments are required to allow con- Convention centre ranked No. 1 The pillars are in high-traffic and struction close to the top of the near- tourist areas of the city at 40 Dundas by valley bank. Toronto was ranked the No. 1 conven- Street west, 777 , 280 Following the Transit City trend, tion city in North America in a study , 220 Dundas Street another meeting is scheduled that day released by Watkins Research Group west and 750 Bloor Street west. The to discuss an official plan amendment Inc. earlier this week. The ranking took pillars make information about city to designate a stretch of the proposed into account the Convention and sites, destinations, transit and maps Etobicoke-Finch West light rail line as Visitors Bureau, Tourism Toronto and available at people’s fingertips. City a surface transit priority area. The area convention centre services provided by staff will gather feedback before runs west from the Humber College the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. installing 115-additional pillars around Boulevard-Highway 27 intersection to The study included a survey of more the city later this year. a proposed terminal at the Humber than 600 meeting planners from across College campus, 203-207 Public meetings North America. Toronto also ranked in the top five of 46 cities in the follow- Humber College Boulevard. The City of Toronto will host several ing categories: hotels suited for large public meetings next month on city- meetings; safety and security; conven- A third statutory public meeting will be initiated planning issues, including two tion facilities; and great all-around con- held to discuss an official plan amend- matters related to Transit City. These vention city. ment to encourage inclusion of more items include official plan and zoning residential units suitable for households Information pillars by-law amendments to permit develop- with children in new developments in ment of a new transit maintenance and the downtown area. The amendment Five new touch-screen INFOTOGO storage facility on a 13-hectare site at adds “dwelling units suitable for house- information pillars will appear around 8304 East . The CONTINUED PAGE 10 FRIDAY • MAY 28 • 2010 NRU • CITY OF TORONTO EDITION • 6

Committee Agendas Kensington BIA budget Report recommends approval of the 2010 operating budg- et for the city’s newest business improvement area, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Kensington Market BIA. The BIA’s 2010 budget is set at $121,440 and the report notes that these funds come from The Economic Development Committee will consider the following at a levy placed on the BIA’s member businesses. its meeting at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday, June 1 at 9:30 a.m. in Committee Room 1. BOARD OF HEALTH REPORTS The Board of Health will consider the following at its meeting at Toronto New home for film City Hall on Tuesday, June 1 at 1:00 p.m. in Committee Room 1.

The Toronto International Film Festivals Group will REPORTS make a presentation at the committee meeting regarding On the menu the Bell Lightbox. The site at West and will be the new home of the Toronto International Report recommends all the city’s divisions, agencies, boards Film Festival, offering new theatre and meeting space in a and commissions implement initiatives supporting a healthy, three-storey base topped by 37 storeys of condos. sustainable food system. A new report, entitled “Cultivating Food Connections: Toward a Healthy and Sustainable Food Canadian talent in town next year System for Toronto” and attached to the staff report, gives examples of initiatives and actions in several categories, The committee will hear a presentation from Canadian including supporting food friendly neighbourhoods, food as Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences president a centrepiece of the city’s green economy, eliminating Melanie Berry regarding the 2011 Juno Awards, set to be hunger, connecting the city to the countryside through food, held in Toronto. CONTINUED PAGE 7 It’s About People…And Possibilities DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC STRATEGY AND TOURISM Full-time, Salary $115,564-135,925 annually

The Regional Municipality of York consists of a dynamic blend of rural and urban communities. The nine local municipalities provide a mix of small-town and city living with an emphasis on fostering community character. As one of Greater Toronto’s Top 75 Employers (2009), York Region offers diverse and vibrant career opportunities that refl ect the ideals, spirit and quality of life of a much sought-after and growing metropolis. Our dynamic, forward-thinking organization is seeking a qualifi ed individual to assume responsibility for the delivery of an Economic Development and Tourism Strategy for the Region. Functions will include developing policies and programs, establishing plans and expected results, operational forecasting, provision of services and ensuring provision of appropriate reports. A key responsibility will be providing leadership in promoting the Region’s industrial, commercial, economic and tourism opportunities in a manner consistent with Regional policies. To successfully address the challenges of this position, you must have a University Degree in Economic Development, Business Planning, Public Administration or a related fi eld (or equivalent combination of education and experience) and a minimum of 10 years’ experience in economic development and/or tourism, including signifi cant direct senior managerial experience that includes program, fi nancial, budget administration and human resource management. Eligibility for membership in the Economic Developers Council of Ontario or Economic Developers Association of Canada is also essential. If you possess these key qualifi cations and would like to learn more information about this role, visit www.york.ca/careers and apply online by June 11, 2010, quoting competition # 10375. An equal opportunity employer. FRIDAY • MAY 28 • 2010 NRU • CITY OF TORONTO EDITION • 7

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DIRECTOR COMMUNITY & STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE with an excellent bene¿ ts package, including OMERS Pension Plan

Metrolinx, an agency of the Government of Ontario, has a vision to bring about The Affordable Housing Committee will consider the following at its an integrated, customer-focused transportation system that enhances prosperity, meeting at Toronto City Hall on Thursday, June 3 at 10:00 a.m. in sustainability and quality of life for the GTHA region. Committee Room 1. To support this, Metrolinx is looking for an individual to inspire and lead a team of communications professionals mandated with building and maintaining key relationships with government and community stakeholders that will support and REPORTS enhance the ongoing development of our transit and corporate initiatives, objectives, Funding for new housing and image. As the Director of Community & Stakeholder relations, you will be responsible for: Report recommends approval of the allocation of millions ‡ Developing and executing an integrated and wide-ranging stakeholder relations strategy that reaches all levels of government of¿ cials, local communities and of dollars in funding for affordable rental housing projects businesses, and non-governmental organizations. currently under construction in the city. In total the projects ‡ Conceptualizing and initiating the development of special events to strengthen community and government awareness and support of GO Transit and Metrolinx will create 1,100 units of new affordable housing. The proj- services and initiatives. ects and their proposed funding, which will come from the ‡ Directing the development, and strategic delivery, of print, web, media, and multimedia information and material to customers, stakeholders and residents development charges reserve fund, are as follows: in the communities affected by our construction projects, focusing on the value- added aspects of these initiatives. • 110 Edward Street—300 units being built by the ‡ Applying hands-on expertise to, and acting as media liaison for, the communications initiatives surrounding issues that arise from our most sensitive, YWCA of Greater Toronto—$1,198,800 high-pro¿ le projects. • McCord site, West Don Lands—242 units being built by the ‡ Partnering with the Manager of Design, Marketing & Brand and the Director of Strategic Communications to develop and continually reinforce a strong public, Toronto Community Housing Corporation—$967,032 and community relations, pro¿ le. ‡ Representing the organization at meetings involving government, community, • Block 32, Railway lands—427 units being built by and corporate leaders. TCHC—$1,706,292 ‡ Researching industry comparators to ensure that Best Practices are always in place.

• 40 Oak Street—87 units being built by the Toronto Location: 20 Bay Street, Toronto. Christian Resource Centre—$347,652 Quali¿ cations: Completion of a 4-year university degree or any combination of • 270 Donlands Avenue—44 units being built by education, training, and experience deemed equivalent, and a minimum ten (10) Woodgreen Community Housing Inc. —$175,824. years’ experience in community and stakeholder relations, that includes direct exposure to, or demonstrated working knowledge of: Habitat to buy city land ‡ Community organization at a local level on challenging new projects or programs. ‡ Media relations, issues management, business communications, and planning, corporate branding, journalism, and new social media applications. Two reports recommend the city approve offers of pur- ‡ Meeting deadlines when managing simultaneous projects that require the assimilation of diverse or complex information for communication to stakeholder chase from Habitat for Humanity Toronto Inc. for lands audiences of varied knowledge and understanding. located between 697 and 699 Danforth Road and at 32 and ‡ Internal and external corporate communications that includes media, public relations, and the principles, practices, and use of multimedia such as audio / 36 St. Dunstan Drive, 21 Macey Avenue and a parcel visual, print, and web. ‡ Designing, writing, editing, and producing creative material for print, online, and north of 19 Macey Avenue. The Danforth land will be desktop publications. developed with seven affordable housing units and the St. ‡ Excellent interpersonal communications (verbal and written) with the public and stakeholders including news media, the business community, and other Dunstan Drive/Macey Avenue site will be developed with government and non-governmental entities. eight affordable units. ‡ Planning and delivering multimedia programs and campaigns under tight deadlines. ‡ Taking a leadership role with staff to successfully coach and mentor. ‡ The application of organizational and analytical skills. Aboriginal housing Fluency in French that meets Ontario Public Service (OPS) standards would be considered an asset. Report recommends Nishnawbe Homes Inc. be granted Resumes must be received by the Human Resources Of¿ ce, Metrolinx, 20 Bay municipal and school tax exemption for the 32 affordable Street, Suite 600, Toronto, M5J 2W3, email: [email protected], housing units set to be developed at 423-7 Dundas Street no later than June 06, 2010, quoting File Number 10-120. East. If approved the exemption will last 25 years and its esti- Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. mated value is $288,940. The development charge and planning AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY fees for the non-profit project, which will provide affordable www.metrolinx.com homes for Aboriginal people, have already been waived. NRU FRIDAY • MAY 28 • 2010 NRU • CITY OF TORONTO EDITION • 8 LAND SERVICES GROUP

AVAILABLE PROPERTIES: HUNTINGTON ROAD, VAUGHAN  N AVAILABLE LOT SIZE: 10.297 acres

HUNTINGT LOCATION: West side of Huntington Road, north of Langstaff Road in the City of Vaughan. The subject property is located within minutes to Highways 427 and 407 REGIONAL RD 24 ZONING: Agricultural

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LANGSTAFF RD OFFICIAL PLAN: Employment Area General (west portion of the property) and Prestige Area (east portion of the AFF RD property). Employment Area General designation permits uses which require outside storage and provides locational LANGST opportunity for industrial development. Permitted uses include a full range of processing, warehousing storage operations, transportation and distribution facilities. Prestige Areas permit a wide range of industrial, office, business and civic uses. ASKING PRICE: $4,829,293

N CONCORD FLORAL LANDS: 1890 HIGHWAY 7, VAUGHAN  AVAILABLE LOT SIZE: 23.86 acres; Net Developable Lands: 21.71 acres HIGHWAY 407 AY 7 HIGHW LOCATION: North side of Highway 7, east of in the City of Vaughan OFFICIAL PLAN: OPA #660, The City’s Employment Lands policy framework, designates the subject lands “The Concord GO Centre” permitting a mix of uses and high density residential. The Concord GO Centre is anticipated to accommodate major concentrations of development, generally encompassing the lands within 400 metres of the crossing of Highway 7 by the existing GO rail line. The subject property permits a minimum Floor Space Index of 3.5. N RIVERMEDE RD CENTRE ST OFFER SUBMISSION DATE: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 by 5:00 PM (ET)

19354 LESLIE STREET, EAST GWILLIMBURY  N AVAILABLE LOT SIZE: 23.79 acres LOCATION: West side of Leslie Street, north of Mount Albert Road in East Gwillimbury. The subject property is located

LESLIE ST within minutes to Highways 404 and 400. The East Gwillimbury GO station is located 5 minutes southwest of the subject property. HIGHWAY EXTENSION: Highway 404 is to be extended and operational to Ravenshoe Road in 2012. ZONING: Rural (RU) OFFICIAL PLAN: Agricultural. Located between the Sharon and Queensville Secondary Plan. BERT RD MT AL ASKING PRICE: $2,500,000

8673 EIGHTH LINE, HALTON HILLS D A  N ERO 9TH AVAILABLE LOT SIZE: 101.61 acres LINE N 5 SID LOCATION: East side of Eighth Line, north of , south of 5th Sideroad in Halton Hills. The subject property is located in the high-growing western part of the GTA within the “whitebelt” area. The Halton Hills 401-407 Gateway Business Park is located within minutes of the subject property

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BAYVIEW AVENUE AND ELGIN MILLS ROAD EAST, RICHMOND HILL  N AVAILABLE LOT SIZE: 10.21 acres LOCATION: Northeast corner of Bayview Avenue and Elgin Mills Road East in Richmond Hill, within minutes to Highway BAYVIEW A 404. Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport is located 10 minutes south of the subject property. Located directly west of the subject property (on the NW corner of Bayview and Elgin Mills) is a retail plaza which includes Shoppers Drugmart.

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ciation, against the appeal. Butler said that the project’s approval would create new zoning standards not found Toronto OMB News elsewhere in the area. He concurred that the proposal does Bayview townhouses approved not meet the provincial growth plan or the city’s official plan. Butler also stressed that the proposal should be stud- In a decision issued May 17, board member Chris Conti ied in a comprehensive manner, as it is the first of this type allowed an appeal by Reza Akbari against the city’s failure of townhouse project to be proposed in the area. Butler to approve a zoning by-law amendment and site plan to further stated his opinion that there is no justification for permit development of eight townhouses at 2500 Bayview townhouse development in the area. He also emphasized Avenue, just north of East. the official plan policy regarding the requirement that new The board determined that an official plan amendment developments respect and reinforce the existing physical was not required for the proposed development, which was character of an area. opposed by the city and the York Mills Ratepayers Association. While Goldberg included evidence from stretches of Planner Michael Goldberg (Goldberg Group) provid- Bayview Avenue north of Highway 401, Jones and Butler ed evidence on behalf of Akbari, in support of the appeal. contended that such a comparison is inappropriate. Goldberg testified that there are other townhouses in the Area residents Peter Loebel and Dr. Jose Nazareno area and the York Mills Shopping Centre to the north of also appeared before the board, in opposition to the pro- the site is an activity hub for the surrounding area. He posed development. Loebel expressed concern over the added that more intense residential and institutional uses development causing instability in the area. Nazareno took are being developed in the area, including townhouses at issue with the project’s potential negative effects on the 2425 and 2427 Bayview Avenue. character of the neighbourhood, particularly in respect of Goldberg also stated his opinion that an official plan traffic, parking and privacy. amendment is not required for the project, noting that The board allowed the appeal, approving the zoning by- Akbari submitted an application because staff asserted it law amendment and the site plan while noting that “town- was needed and to ensure staff would consider the propos- houses are part of the built form of the neighbourhood” and al. He noted that in addition to conforming to the official “the site is a candidate for a more intense residential use.” plan, the proposed development supports provincial infill Solicitor Adam Brown (Sherman Brown) represented and intensification policies as it is in an area well served by Reza Akbari. Solicitor Jessica Braun represented the City transit and other amenities. Goldberg stated that the proj- of Toronto. Solicitor Bruce Ketcheson (Ritchie Ketcheson) ect will form a boundary between properties fronting represented the York Mills Ratepayers Association. (See Bayview and the interior, smaller neighbourhood streets OMB Case No. PL090658.) and thus will not promote intensification in those areas. City planner Kelly Jones provided evidence on behalf severance settlement of the city, against the appeals. Jones testified that the pro- posal does not conform to the official plan or provincial In a decision issued May 21, board member Marc Denhez planning policies, noting that the location is not identified approved a settlement between the city and Louise Ferrari as a growth area suitable for intensification. She stated that regarding the city’s appeal against a committee of adjust- the area is designated as a neighbourhood, which under the ment decision to approve variances and a severance to per- official plan is considered a stable area that should experi- mit development of two new houses at 194 Burnett ence little physical change. Avenue. Ferrari’s property is located northwest of Yonge Jones asserted that the area around the development site Street and Sheppard Avenue. is characterized by detached houses, rather than the town- The board was informed that a settlement had been houses that can largely be found along Bayview north of reached between Ferrari and the city, allowing the severance Highway 401. She added that other townhouse develop- and new construction to move forward. ments in the area, such as Bayview Mills, do not front onto The variances, as modified by the settlement, include Bayview and one that does—currently under construc- reductions in the required lot frontage, lot coverage, lot area tion—was opposed by the city but approved by the board. and side yard setbacks, and increases in the permitted first Jones noted that the proposed lot width and front yard set- floor height and building height. back for the townhouses is also out of keeping with the sur- The board approved the settlement, allowing the city’s rounding area. appeal in part and authorizing the severance and variances Planner David Butler (Butler Group (Consultants) subject to agreed upon conditions. Inc.) provided evidence on behalf of the ratepayers asso- CONTINUED PAGE 10 FRIDAY • MAY 28 • 2010 NRU • CITY OF TORONTO EDITION • 10

study. Bain supported the rezoning. Toronto OMB News continued from page 9 The board allowed the appeal, approving the rezoning. Solicitor Robert Robinson represented the City of Solicitor Sarah O’Connor represented the City of Toronto. Solicitor Steve Zakem (Aird & Berlis) represent- Toronto. Louise Ferrari was not represented by counsel. ed Loblaw Properties Ltd. (See OMB Case No. PL100234.) NRU (See OMB Case No. PL100225.)

Avenue Road rezoning Clarification An image used on Page 6 of the May 21 issue was incorrect- In a decision issued May 19, board member Colin Hefferon ly identified. The image source is Waterfront Toronto. NRU allowed an appeal by Loblaw Properties Ltd. against a regrets the error. zoning by-law approved by the city in January of this year. The by-law implemented the results of the Avenue Road avenue study, rezoning properties fronting Avenue Road between Lawrence Avenue West and Joicey Boulevard to a different general commercial category. Under the new zon- ing any new buildings will be required to be a minimum of two storeys and residential uses will not be permitted on the ground floor. A density of three times the lot area will be permitted and adjustments to building setback and step- back permissions are also included. Loblaw appealed the zoning by-law, stating that a por- tion of its property on Avenue Road was not rezoned. City planner Paul Bain testified that the discrepancy was a decades-old error that was overlooked during the avenue

units or more have three or more bed- Finally, the statutory public meeting City in Brief continued from page 5 rooms, or the ability to be easily con- to discuss the new comprehensive zon- verted into three or more bedrooms. ing by-law will be held the same day. holds with children” in the official plan’s The amendment is specific to the The latest draft of the by-law was definition of a full range of housing downtown area, bounded roughly by expected to be made available yesterday. option. On a more specific level, the Bathurst Street, the Gardiner All four meetings will take place at amendment will also require that Expressway, , the June 16 meeting of the planning between 5 and 20 per cent of all resi- Rosedale Valley Road and the rail corri- and growth management committee. dential units in new projects of 100 dor just north of Dupont Street. NRU

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Patrick Draper has been He stepped into his new merly an associate vice Toronto fire chief William appointed as president and role on May 25. president at CB Richard Ellis. Stewart has been named CEO of the Toronto fire chief of the year by the Region Research Alliance. David Lieberman has Former interim director of Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Draper was the director of joined Avison Young’s marketing at the Art Association. Stewart has economic strategy and Toronto multi-residential Gallery of Ontario, Paul been chief since May 2003 tourism at York Region and division of the Capital Gilbert has been appoint- and previously worked as a he was previously deputy Markets Group. He has ed executive director of the firefighter in the former minister of the province’s more than 25-years experi- Robert Bateman Centre at City of North York Fire economic development ence in the commercial real Royal Roads University Department. ministry from 1997-1998. estate field and was for- in British Columbia.