Housing Now 158 Borough Drive – Community Consultation Meeting April 19th, 2021 Tonight’s Presentation

1. Introduction to Housing Now 2. 158 Borough Drive 3. Preliminary Development Concept 4. Project Schedule and Overview

2 Project Team

• Housing Secretariat: Corporate lead for • Partners with the City’s Housing Secretariat and the Housing Now Initiative. Approves City Planning Division in the management and targets for numbers and affordability of delivery of the Housing Now Initiative. new rental units. • Manages the City’s real estate portfolio and works • City Planning: Lead in updating planning with stakeholders, partners and community frameworks to support new investments members. in affordable housing and other community facilities in the context of a • Coordinates real estate and infrastructure needs high quality public realm. related to the Housing Now program and other initiatives. • Ensures the Council-directed city building objectives of the Housing Now • Manages design consultants to prepare Initiative are met. development concepts.

3 INTRODUCING HOUSING NOW Introducing Housing Now

• Launched by Mayor Tory and City Council in December 2018. • Accelerating the development of affordable housing. • Uses City-owned land. • Maximizes public land for public benefits, including new affordable housing as well as new community facilities, parkland and public realm improvements. • Mixed-income, mixed-use developments supporting transit-oriented and complete communities. • Enhanced consultation over the course of the development process.

5 6 Housing Now – 17 Sites City-Wide

7 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS Housing Now and Affordable Rent

Early Childhood Retired/Pensioner Construction Licensed Practical Educator Median Median Annual Labourer Nurse Annual Income: Income: Median Annual Median Annual $35,997 $38,400 Income: Income: $39,000 $51,675

9 Housing Now sites balance housing targets with broader Official Plan & project objectives

Affordable Housing

Affordability Compatibility Accessibility + Broader Objectives for 158 Borough Drive

Public Realm Mobility Child Care

10 Shaping the Development Proposal Council Need for Direction Affordable Housing Local Planning Community Policy

Development Technical Feasibility Review

CreateTO Development Design Board Proposal Review Panel Direction 158 BOROUGH DRIVE Planning Framework Official Plan – Urban Structure

The subject site is located within Scarborough Centre, one of four Centres in . Centres are described as “places with excellent transit accessibility where jobs, housing and services will be concentrated in dynamic mixed-use settings”; as well as places expected to absorb population and employment growth outside the downtown over the next 30 years.

Map 2 Urban Structure (February 2019) Legend Site

Avenues Downtown and Central Waterfront Centres Green Space System Employment Areas Greenbelt Protected Countryside Greenbelt River Valley Connections 13 Official Plan – Land Use Map

Mixed Use Areas achieve a multitude of planning objectives by combining a broad Legend array of residential uses, recreation and Site cultural activities, and parks and open spaces. Neighbourhoods Apartment Neighbourhoods • Development will: Mixed Use Areas • Create a balance of high quality mix Natural Areas of uses and open space uses that Parks Other Open Space Areas * reduces automobile dependency Institutional Areas • Provide for new jobs and homes Regeneration Areas • Locate and mass new buildings to General Employment Areas provide a transition between areas Core Employment Areas of different development intensity Utility Corridors Special Study Area ** and scale • Locate and mass new buildings so

Map 19 Land Use Plan (February 2019) as to adequately limit shadow impacts on adjacent Neighbourhoods

14 Official Plan – Identified Views

Prominent and Heritage Buildings, Structures and Landscapes A23: The building form, massing and composition can be viewed in its entirety from the northeast steps of Albert Campbell Square.

15 Scarborough Centre Secondary Plan

Existing Precincts

1. Civic Precinct

2. Town Centre Commercial Precinct

3. Brimley Precinct

4. McCowan Precinct

Legend Site 16 Our Scarborough Centre Study

Our Scarborough Centre Study (OurSC) is a planning study to refine and update the Scarborough Centre Secondary Plan and develop a robust policy direction for the area integrating a range of disciplines.

17 Our Scarborough Centre Study

Public Realm Plan (Phase 1, 2019)

Legend ENHANCED DIRECT PEDESTRIAN LINK BETWEEN ALBERT CAMPBELL ELLESMERE ROAD & 18 SQUARE & PARK ALBERT CAMPBELL SQUARE Design Guidelines The following design guidelines will be used to guide this project: • Tall Building Guidelines • Scarborough Centre Public Art Master Plan • Growing Up: Planning for Children in New Vertical Communities • Urban Design Guidelines for Privately-Owned Publicly Accessible Spaces • Bird-Friendly Guidelines • Pet Friendly Design Guidelines for High Density Communities • Toronto Green Standards (TGS) Version 3.0 • Complete Streets Guidelines • Guidelines for the Design and Management of Bicycle Parking Facilities • Accessible Design

19 Design Objectives for 158 Borough Drive

• Supporting the vision for Scarborough Centre as a vibrant and sustainable transit-oriented community, where you can live, work and play.

• Design that is sensitive to the existing context of Scarborough Centre, including the Frank Faubert Woodlots, Scarborough Civic Centre and protected views of Albert Campbell Square.

• An attractive, safe and pedestrian-friendly public realm, with enhanced and expanded options for active mobility supported through the development’s design.

• A strategy that creates a positive design relationship between development and the built context of Borough Drive (Scarborough Civic Centre Forecourt and new Library) and Town Centre Court.

• Incorporation of appropriate Community Services and Facilities to support the proposed development and surrounding neighbourhoods.

20 158 BOROUGH DRIVE Site Context Site Context

Legend Site

22 Site area: 0.59 ha Borough Drive frontage: 101.4m Site Town Centre Court frontage: 53.5m

23 Views to Site

1&11 Town Centre Court Monarch Buildings

Equinox Buildings Scarborough Civic Centre

Borough Drive

Looking north to subject site

24 Views to Site

Monarch Buildings

Federal Building Scarborough Civic Centre

Forecourt Borough Drive

Looking north from Borough Approach East into Scarborough Civic Centre Forecourt 25 Views to Site

Looking south from Monarch Albert Campbell Buildings Square at pedestrian

bridge into site 1&11 Town Centre Court

Scarborough Civic Centre

Looking east at pedestrian bridge from steps into Scarborough Civic Centre 26 Views to Site

Albert Albert Campbell Campbell Park Square

Monarch Scarborough Buildings Civic Centre Connection Pedestrian Centre Court Centre 1&11 Town Forecourt

Library Civic Green

Borough Drive

27 158 BOROUGH DRIVE Preliminary Development Concept Preliminary Concept Site Statistics

• Tenure: Rental (Affordable Rental, Market Rental)

• Storeys: 27 & 37

• Units: 602

• Suite Mix: 1 Bedroom – 3 Bedroom

• Parking Spaces: 306

• Bicycle Parking Spaces: 602

• Accessibility: 20% accessible (affordable rental) 15% accessible (market rental) 100% barrier-free common areas

• Amenity Space: 2 Indoor: 2.0 m /unit 2 Outdoor: 2.0m /unit

• Daycare Space (proposed): 944 m2 indoor and outdoor

29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 PROJECT SCHEDULE 158 Borough Drive Project Timeline

58 Themes From Preliminary Feedback

Themes in feedback about development concept so far

• Interest in increasing recreation space and facilities • Interest in improved stormwater management • concerns about infrastructure strain (including traffic) • concerns about property values and community safety • concerns about separation distances to existing residential condos abutting the site • concerns about shadows on existing residential condos Feedback about broader topics

• Interest in adding shuttle buses until more transit projects are complete

59 DISCUSSION Discussion Questions

1. Are there any strategies you would like to see explored to improve connections from Borough Drive and Town Centre Court to Albert Campbell Square and other local destinations? 2. Do you have any ideas you would like to see explored to enhance the pedestrian experience on Borough Drive? If so, what are they? 3. Do you have any other comments or feedback for the Housing Now team?

61 Project Team - Contacts

If you have questions about 158 Borough Drive: Local Councillor:

Community Planning Kelly Dynes, Senior Planner Michael Thompson Email: [email protected] Ward 21, Scarborough Centre Telephone: 416-397-9274 Share Feedback online at: Email: [email protected] www.createto.ca/158borough councillorthompson.com

If you have questions about the Housing Now Initiative:

Email: [email protected]

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