BRINGING BACK 2 THE FARM Focus on Urban Agriculture 5 SIGNS OF CITY LIFE Mirvish Village Park Design to Reflect Local FRIDAY, History APRIL 9, 2021

Vol. 25 No. 14

CITY RELEASES MALL REDEVELOPMENT GUIDE HOW TO DO THINGS WITH MALLS

Marc Mitanis

he development team that feature a mix of land phasing of redevelopment to Services, and Parks, Forestry behind the Golden uses, compact built forms, allow for the continuation of and Recreation—met with a T Mile Shopping Centre community amenities, and existing retail uses. number of external stakeholders, redevelopment plan says their dynamic public spaces. City of urban design including planning staff from recently submitted mixed-use, City of Toronto senior project manager Shawna Bowen the City of Mississauga, which multi-phased mall redevelopment planner Igor Dragovic told said work on the guide began had just completed a multi-year proposal aligns with the NRU that currently, there are in late 2018 in response to the study in 2020 examining land design principles included in about 14 active development high volume of applications use policies at six local mall the City of Toronto’s newly- applications associated with the city was receiving for mall properties [See ‘Reimagining the released Mall Redevelopment properties site redevelopments. Bowen Mall’ September 23, 2020 issue, Guide. As landowners of aging across the city. If all of the said staff from various city NRU Toronto edition.] shopping mall properties in redevelopment plans included divisions—including City “It was really about getting the city increasingly look to in those applications were to be Planning, Transportation CONTINUED PAGE 8 maximize the potential of these realized as currently proposed, commercial real estate assets these sites would yield through redevelopment and approximately 30,000 residential ERA Architects’ design for the Gordonridge Community Multi-Sport Court in intensification, city staff say the units and an additional 464,500 Scarborough was one of fourteen projects recognized this week with a Canadian guide will provide landowners square metres of non-residential Society of Landscape Architects 2021 Award of Excellence. See In Brief, page 16. SOURCE: CANADIAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS with a blueprint to support the space. Dragovic said there is a ARCHITECT: ERA ARCHITECTS long-term redevelopment of mall significant opportunity to create sites as complete communities. complete communities on a TheMall Redevelopment large number of these sites, and Guide was publicly released the city’s Mall Redevelopment online in the first week of April. Guide provides principles for The guide offers developers property owners to consider design principles, illustrations, around the redevelopment of and demonstration plans streets and blocks, parks and that show how underutilized open spaces, the interface of urban and suburban shopping retail uses with the public realm, malls might be transformed to the locations of servicing, support complete communities loading, and parking, and the URBAN AGRICULTURE EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON THE VALUE OF GROWING FOOD IN CITIES UPCOMING DATES

APRIL 12 Board of Health, 9:30 a.m., (video conference) BRINGING BACK THE FARM 14 Toronto Preservation Board, 9:30 a.m., (video conference)

TTC Board, 10:00 a.m. (video conference) Rob Jowett

19 Etobicoke York Community Council, 9:30 a.m., (video conference) rban agriculture experts to grow food to purchase food city’s wealthier suburbs do not

20 Community say growing and processing to consume food within a have an adequate number of food Council, 9:30 a.m., (video U food in cities, especially at a development project can really stores to sustain communities. conference) local level, may be an important pay dividends in terms of health, McMahon says one of the 21 Toronto & Community Council, 9:30 a.m., way to address local food sustainability, social equity and main benefits of urban farming (video conference) security issues and can often have profitability,” says ULI senior would be bringing farming 22 Planning & Housing positive impacts on the health fellow Ed McMahon. “Urban back to communities and Committee, 9:30 a.m., (video of communities and on local farms could produce up to 15 to improving local health, as it conference) economies as well. 20 per cent of the world’s food, would give city-dwellers greater 23 Scarborough Community Council, 9:30 a.m., (video At a webinar hosted March although that would take up a access to fresh and healthy conference) 30 by the Urban Land Institute huge amount of land in cities, food. Food production became 26 General Government & (ULI), urban farming experts which we can’t always provide.” very industrialized in the 20th Licencing, 9:30 a.m., (video conference) spoke about some of the Localizing food production, century and most modern

27 Economic & Community advantages of growing food processing and distribution could food that we purchase from Development, 9:30 a.m., in cities and why developers also help to address the issue of supermarkets and consume is (video conference) should consider including them ‘food deserts’, a phenomenon highly processed, which has 28 Infrastructure & Environment, 9:30 a.m., (video conference) in residential and mixed-use which arises when urban had a negative overall effect development projects. Urban communities do not have local on diet and health. McMahon 29 Executive Committee, 9:30 a.m., (video conference) agriculture mostly involves food stores within reasonable suggests that establishing urban

MAY growing fruits and vegetables distance of where residents live. farms to address this challenge 5-6 in small gardens but can also Food deserts have been a growing could also create local business Council, 9:30 a.m., (video conference) include maintaining livestock, issue in the United States, where opportunities for food supply-

6 Design Review Panel, time such as chickens and goats. 23.5-million people live more deficient communities. TBC, (video conference) Urban farming can also entail than a kilometre-and-a-half “Particularly in low-income 10 Board of Health, 9:30 a.m., food processing and distribution, away from a supermarket and as neighbourhoods, many people (videoconference) such as through local farmers’ a result, have to rely on smaller feel like growing their own food 11 CreateTO, 9:30 a.m. (videoconference) markets. The practice can consist retailers like convenience stores is like printing your own money,” of entirely local, community- and gas stations, which typically says McMahon. “For many 12 Toronto Preservation Board, 9:30 a.m., (videoconference) based projects or alternatively, do not sell high-quality food poor inner-city residents, urban

TTC Board, tbc, (videoconference) business-scale endeavours, products. Food deserts are also agriculture can feed the family both of which are becoming prevalent in Canada, and many and help to make ends meet.” increasingly common in Toronto. parts of Toronto outside the McMahon says the “Incorporating opportunities downtown core and outside the CONTINUED PAGE 3

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 that the biggest impediment Toronto as well, and that people to large-scale food production are finding more ways to grow COVID-19 pandemic has Satellite Farms is a in an urban context is access and process food and to turn changed people’s eating habits, company that transforms retail, to land and that there are their operations into a business which has led to a greater commercial, industrial, or now many ways to integrate or use them for community- interest in urban farming. Due residential spaces into urban urban farms into existing building. to the shutdown of bars and farms that can grow most kinds communities. “It used to be backyard restaurants, many people have of plant-based food, from leafy Toronto Urban Growers growers, community gardens, had to cook for themselves a lot greens to mushrooms. Elghamry co-coordinator Rhonda Teitel- maybe the odd urban farm here more than previously, and the says the company uses advanced Payne told NRU urban farming and there, but not a lot,” says added free time people working technologies such as digital is becoming an increasingly Teitel-Payne. “But now there’s from home have had in the climate control and irrigation commonplace practice, with many, many, different ways that absence of long commute times, systems to use little water and many cities and companies people are growing. So, we’re for many, has led to a greater no soil to grow vast yields in embracing the trend. TheCity seeing more balcony gardeners, interest in cooking. McMahon half the time it would take in of Chicago city hall, and Oracle more rooftop gardeners, notes that this adds to a trend of a traditional farming or basic Park, home of the San Francisco we’re seeing hybrid models of greater interest in cooking and urban agriculture, businesses

food quality that had already Left & below:The City and non-profit organizations been emerging over the past of Toronto is looking that are incorporating [urban several years, especially among for ways to support an agriculture] into their work as increase in urban farming young people, brought on by a w e l l .” practices in the city. greater awareness of food quality Urban farming is viewed Teitel-Payne says urban deficiencies in many processed by experts as an impor- farming is good way to tant way of addressing foods. He credits books like bring people together and local food security issues The Omnivore’s Dilemma for while contributing to build community due to the raising public awareness of the community-building. important role food plays in value of unprocessed foods. SOURCE: CITY OF TORONTO culture and society. She says “There is not the single best many of the small companies solution for urban farming,” and organizations she has says Satellite Farms CEO and worked with on the issue have co-founder Farouk Elghamry. highlighted their desire to “This isn’t a fad, this isn’t short- connect with the people around term—we’re unlocking the them and to build relationships ability to grow foods locally with customers. that we couldn’t before. We’re “There’s an array of giving communities access to possible applications for urban healthy foods that are fresher, farming. You can incorporate more nutritious, and more the community garden, you flavourful. These are revenue- can get a rooftop farm or an generating ventures that indoor farm, and every single make an impact—a positive one of them is a good solution impact—on our health, on our depending on your use case,” environment.” CONTINUED PAGE 4

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 NOVÆ RES URBIS TORONTO 3 senior communications and urban farmer Cheyenne BRINGING BACK coordinator Jaclyn Carlisle Sundance. Sundance Harvest and municipal licensing and is an urban farm that focusses THE FARM standards communications on social justice issues as well advisor Naomi Ahmad told as food production and has two

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 NRU in a statement. The city locations in Toronto. One is has community gardens and an approximately 1,350-square says Elghamry. “The biggest main streets were designed allotment gardens that allow metre rooftop farm at 70 factor in determining whether and planned throughout for vegetable farming and Canuck Avenue in Downsview urban farms are embedded into history, there is always a close is operating a pilot project Park that hosts two greenhouses the communities we live in is in proximity to where food could through March 2022 that allows and the second consists of the hands of real estate.” be accessed and found,” says residents to raise chickens in a rooftop flower garden at McMahon says a new trend Stiff. “Obviously growing on the their backyards. 320 Danforth Ave. Sundance in land use development, roof [is an option], potentially “The city’s 81 community Harvest also runs a free ‘agrihoods’, may present the pushing policies so that we can gardens and 12 allotment agriculture mentorship program future of urban farming. include a greenhouse on the roof gardens provide Torontonians which helps BIPOC, LGBTQ, Agrihoods are a new trend outside of a zoning envelope… with a source of fresh produce and youth with disabilities begin in North American housing Growing underground—you and another option for essential farming projects. development where food don’t need a lot of space to be fresh air and exercise,” say “Food insecurity is not production is incorporated into providing for a garden-to-table Carlisle and Ahmad. “Each year, going to be… solved by urban a residential development as an restaurant underground.” the city’s community gardens agriculture, rooftop farms or amenity or central focus right Stiff says parking lots will and their volunteers support even Sundance Harvest,” says from the design stage. He says also become good locations more than 25 community Sundance. “This is not a model that currently, there are over for urban farming practices in agencies and provide them with that will ever eradicate food 200 such developments across the near future due to changes 1,133 to 2,267 kilograms of insecurity. The model that will the country, and that they are in transportation patterns, fresh, Toronto-grown produce. eradicate food insecurity is quickly gaining popularity. such as more people using Annually, more than 1,300 simply going to be making sure One local developer autonomous vehicles owned people use the City’s allotment people have dignified wages and currently integrating urban by transportation network gardens to grow their own food safe housing to even begin with.” farming and food production companies like Uber rather than and plants.” The ULI session on urban into its projects is TAS, says TAS owning their own cars, which While it is an important agriculture was moderated innovation and design vice- will mean that far fewer cars will way of addressing local food by urban planner and Lucky president Liza Stiff. She says be needing parking spaces. security issues and helping build Bug Farm owner and operator TAS looks for ways to integrate TheCity of Toronto communities, urban farming by Aliyah Fraser. community-building elements supports urban farming and itself is not going to be sufficient into its projects, which are is looking for ways to support to meet the food needs of large primarily mixed-use, and that a urban growers, Toronto urban centres like Toronto, says major part of that is providing parks, forestry and recreation Sundance Harvest founder access to healthy food. She stresses that it is important for Matty Eckler Community designers to find new ways to Garden in Leslieville is integrate food production into a city-operated garden that allows area residents the vertical communities that to participate in fruit characterize dense, urban areas and vegetable farming. like Toronto in the same way Community gardens are currently one of the main they were included in small municipally-supported op- towns. tions for urban farming.

“When… villages and SOURCE: CITY OF TORONTO

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 NOVÆ RES URBIS TORONTO 4 MIRVISH VILLAGE PARK DESIGN INSPIRED BY HONEST ED’S ELECTRIC IMPRINT ON THE NEIGHBOURHOOD SIGNS OF CITY LIFE

Marc Mitanis

proposed new public park quintile of current parkland The parkland dedication of the development site at grade. at Bloor and Bathurst provision in Toronto. requirement applies across the City of Toronto Parks, A streets takes design The city requires developers city. The amount of parkland Forestry and Recreation inspiration from the curvilinear submitting development required is determined by the Division senior project form of the distinctive Honest applications to dedicate use and type of the development coordinator Carol Martin Ed’s sign that once dominated parkland on the site of their and its location. For example, said it made sense to include the corner, while striving to proposed developments, a proposed residential a park within the Westbank provide the neighbourhood or, if the development site development in parkland development site, which spans with a green oasis in an lacks adequate space for an acquisition priority areas must almost two city blocks. area identified by the city as on-site park, to purchase off- provide 0.4 hectares of parkland “Most of the time with parkland-deficient. site property that will then for every 300 residential units. downtown sites, the [city] A conceptual design for be conveyed to the city for a In non-priority areas, the planners are interested in on- the new Mirvish Village Park new park or provide the city amount of parkland required is site parkland,” Martin told was revealed to the public at a with cash-in-lieu of parkland. equal to five per cent of the size NRU. “It’s a win-win because virtual meeting by city staff and the developer gets a park within landscape architect PFS Studio their development and the on March 25. The 1,213-square- CONTINUED PAGE 6 metre park will be located at the western edge of the Mirvish Rendering of Westbank Corp.’s Village mixed-use residential Mirvish Village development on development currently under the former site of the Honest Ed’s discount store at Bathurst Street construction on the site of the and West. The mixed- former Honest Ed’s discount use development, which is currently store property at the southwest under construction, will include a corner of Bloor and Bathurst 1,213-square-metre public park at the western edge of the site. streets. The park will be SOURCE: WESTBANK CORP. delivered by Vancouver-based ARCHITECT: HENRIQUEZ PARTNERS ARCHITECTS AND DIAMOND SCHMITT ARCHITECTS developer Westbank Corp. as part of the developer’s parkland Satellite image mapping the location dedication agreement with the of public parks within an 800-metre radius and 10-minute walk of the city. Upon completion, the park under construction mixed-use Mirv- will be maintained by the city. ish Village development at Bathurst The Mirvish Village property and Bloor streets. Mirvish Village is located in a parkland is located in an area identified in Toronto’s Official Plan as a parkland acquisition priority area. City acquisition priority area, having only of Toronto’s Official Plan shows 0 to 0.42 hectares of local parkland that the site is located in an per 1,000 people. Westbank Corp.’s Mirvish Village redevelopment will area of the city with only 0 to include a new public park to address 0.42 hectares of local parkland the area’s parkland deficiency. per 1,000 people—the lowest SOURCE: CITY OF TORONTO

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 NOVÆ RES URBIS TORONTO 5 through the site. PFS Studio “To realize the community’s SIGNS OF partner Jennifer Nagai said aspirations, the park will need to the design of the pathway and support a wide range of interests CITY LIFE the curved seating areas derive and experiences,” Nagai told inspiration from the curvilinear NRU. “The new park design

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 gestures of the Honest Ed’s sign, includes intimately scaled creating a playful space that spaces nestled within a multi- city gets more parkland in the iconic Honest Ed’s signs that for invites people to move through seasonal, garden-like setting downtown core.” decades announced the presence the landscape. The alternating for serendipitous moments, The city held park visioning of the discount store on the relaxing and tightening of the gatherings with neighbours or workshops for the former property to anyone within space of the pathway creates individual contemplation, while Honest Ed’s site with the eyeshot. focal points—like in one place, more generously scaled open community in May 2018 The design concept for the a raised garden room with a spaces support informal larger and March 2019. Feedback park includes a sinuous pathway bird and an interactive gatherings and children’s play from the meetings informed that provides connections children’s water feature. CONTINUED PAGE 7 the development of design guidelines and objectives, which support the emerging design concept for a “green oasis” with winding pathways and plantings, offering a variety of seating opportunities to facilitate individual and small gatherings, and incorporating some of the curvilinear geometry harkening back to local memories of the

Rendering showing the design elements of a proposed new public park within Westbank Corp.’s Mirvish Village development at Bathurst and Bloor streets. The proposed park design takes inspiration from the curvilinear geometry of the former Honest Ed’s sign, and will include a variety of seating areas, verdant landscaping, and open spaces.

SOURCE: CITY OF TORONTO ARCHITECT: PFS STUDIO

Rendering looking towards Markham Street showing the garden areas and open spaces of the proposed public park within the Mirvish Village development at Bathurst and Bloor streets. The park will help stitch together the existing neighbour- hood fabric and public realm with the new development via a series of landscaping elements, informal gathering spaces, and seating areas.

SOURCE: CITY OF TORONTO ARCHITECT: PFS STUDIO

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 NOVÆ RES URBIS TORONTO 6 this from a maintenance Rendering showing the proposed SIGNS OF perspective,” Martin told public park at the Mirvish Village de- velopment site at Bathurst and Bloor NRU. “We’ll bridge any gaps streets. The developer-delivered park that we hear that are missing will fulfill the parkland dedication CITY LIFE requirement for Westbank Corp. The in the programming and we park will be maintained by the city will address park safety, noise, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 upon completion. pedestrian circulation, and any SOURCE: CITY OF TORONTO under the dappled shade of on the design concept for the issues raised by the public.” ARCHITECT: PFS STUDIO specimen trees.” park until April 11. Martin Detailed design and Rendering showing the proposed Westbank development said the city will gather the construction drawing public park at the Mirvish Village de- manager Jonah Letovsky input received through the preparation is expected to begin velopment site at Bathurst and Bloor streets. The park, being delivered by said that the park will help community consultation and the this summer, with construction Westbank Corp. to address the area’s integrate the Mirvish Village online survey and will address planned to begin in 2022, parkland deficiency, would include a development into the broader any concerns raised there. finishing in 2023. variety of seating areas, a curvilinear neighbourhood. “We always have to keep in pedestrian pathway, and an interac- tive children’s water feature. “Drawing inspiration from mind that we’ve got a budget, SOURCE: CITY OF TORONTO the historic, eclectic signage of and we do have to look at ARCHITECT: PFS STUDIO Honest Ed’s, the Mirvish Village park will complement the new Mirvish Market immediately across Markham Street, and [will] help stitch together the existing neighbourhood fabric with the new Mirvish Village,” Letovsky told NRU. Nagai said the design intent for the park is to create a verdant urban space that seamlessly integrates into the mature landscapes of the surrounding neighbourhood, while facilitating important connections to the more active and animated adjacent commercial edges. “I think the design is lovely and fluid,” Martin toldNRU . “I think we’re going to create a fabulous park that addresses a lot of what the community wants and also interfaces well with the surrounding Mirvish Village, so I think the park is going to be a fantastic asset to this new community.” An online survey launched by the city invites members of the public to provide feedback

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 NOVÆ RES URBIS TORONTO 7 Urban Land Institute.” considerations for mall sites. HOW TO DO THINGS City council adopted Staff have expanded upon these the Retail Design Manual in considerations in the city’s Mall WITH MALLS October 2020 [See ‘Designing Redevelopment Guide and have Retail’ October 16, 2020 issue, applied them to hypothetical

CONTINUED PAGE 9 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 NRU Toronto edition.] The retail design manual released everyone together to talk of existing policy, and we have in the fall is a collection of best Satellite images showing the former about lessons learned and best shared the guide publicly in practices for the development Centre shopping mall practices for past work, but early April, and we are in the of successful ground-level in 1969 and 1992 (top-left and also [about] ongoing [growth process of sharing it with our retail spaces. Dragovic and top-right) and the redeveloped and intensified site in 2009 and 2020 at mall redevelopment] sites, external stakeholders, like Bowen told NRU that in the (bottom-left and bottom-right), and supporting the integration the International Council of retail design manual city staff which is now known as the Shops of these mall sites into their Shopping Centres and the also identified some design at Don Mills. The City of Toronto has released a Mall Redevelopment surroundings, and thinking Guide which provides design prin- about how they can become ciples for mall property owners to part of complete communities consider for the redevelopment and themselves,” Bowen told intensification of shopping centre properties. NRU. “There was a need for SOURCE: CITY OF TORONTO the city to have a consistent, comprehensive and coordinated Demonstration diagram from the approach to addressing City of Toronto’s newly released Mall Redevelopment Guide showing how these mall sites, because they an existing shopping mall property were located across the city can be redeveloped over time, with and across all four planning the mall retail operations remaining in place and redevelopment occur- districts.” ring on the surrounding surface Dragovic said the guide parking lots. The guide provides doesn’t introduce any new a framework for integrating urban policy by-laws or legislation, design considerations at an early stage of a shopping mall redevelop- but rather reinforces and ment process.

consolidates existing city SOURCE: CITY OF TORONTO policies and approaches to mall redevelopment applications, and adds important dimension to the existing policy intent. Bowen added that the guide builds upon Official Plan Amendments 479 and 480, which were approved by the province in September 2020, and include new and amended built form and public realm policies. “[Development] applicants and [land use planning] consultants should be very familiar with the principles outlined in the guide,” Dragovic told NRU. “It’s a repackaging

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 NOVÆ RES URBIS TORONTO 8 stakeholder group, including the Centre redevelopment will HOW TO DO THINGS community, our tenants and city maintain the existing No Frills staff.” grocery store during phasing as WITH MALLS The Mall Redevelopment a replacement store is built. Guide says a plan for phasing “One of the founding

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 should be implemented in principles of our masterplan is a mall redevelopment proposals commitment to the community, mall redevelopment proposals terms of streets, blocks, open to ensure that existing retail, ensuring that the current through two demonstration space and public amenities,” commercial, and service uses grocery store remains open on- plans. Svec told NRU. “As we can continue operation while site as a new one is built,” Svec The release of the Mall continue to refine the plan, redevelopment occurs. Svec told NRU. “The Golden Mile Redevelopment Guide coincides we are responding to a diverse said the Golden Mile Shopping plaza has been a community roughly with the announcement retail staple since 1954, and of a partnership between CONTINUED PAGE 10 Choice Properties REIT and The Daniels Corporation to Demonstration diagram from the undertake the first phase of the City of Toronto’s newly released Mall 19-acre Golden Mile Shopping Redevelopment Guide showing how Centre redevelopment. Choice an existing shopping mall property can be completely rebuilt over time and Daniels are planning to through phased demolition. The intensify that site, converting guide provides a conceptual frame- the 67-year-old Scarborough work for integrating urban design considerations at an early stage mall into a mixed-use, of a shopping mall redevelopment multi-tower community. The process.

first phase of the shopping SOURCE: CITY OF TORONTO centre redevelopment Rendering showing the recently seeks to accommodate two proposed redevelopment of the condominium towers, a Golden Mile Shopping Centre by purpose-built rental building, Choice Properties REIT and The ground-level retail uses, Daniels Corporation. The proposed development would transform the and office and institutional 67-year-old Scarborough shopping spaces—all organized around a centre into a mixed-use community pedestrian mews. including condominium and purpose- built rental apartment buildings, Choice Properties vice- ground-level retail uses, office and president of development and institutional spaces.

planning Joe Svec said the SOURCE: CHOICE PROPERTIES REIT AND THE DANIELS CORPORATION Golden Mile Shopping Centre ARCHITECT: GIANNONE PETRICONE ASSOCIATES redevelopment will incorporate Proposed site plan for the recently a new public park, a variety of proposed Golden Mile Shopping open space typologies, and a Centre redevelopment, which would robust retail offering consistent transform an aging Scarborough mall into a mixed-use, multi-tower with the Mall Redevelopment redevelopment. The City of Toronto Guide’s narrative on the has released a Mall Redevelopment importance of promoting civic Guide which offers design principles for developers to consider for the life. redevelopment and intensification of “The principles of our shopping centre properties.

Golden Mile Masterplan are SOURCE: CHOICE PROPERTIES REIT AND THE DANIELS CORPORATION already rooted in the guide, in ARCHITECT: GIANNONE PETRICONE ASSOCIATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 NOVÆ RES URBIS TORONTO 9 STANDING COMMITTEE AGENDAS

TORONTO PRESERVATION 100 Simcoe Street—Report with occupied by the Campbell building originally constructed BOARD confidential attachment seeks Soup Company. The original in 1859, known at various further instruction in relation building was designed by the times in its existence as the Toronto Preservation Board to a development application renowned architectural firm Palace Street School. The will consider the following at its for the site—which contains a Mathers & Haldenby. Hotel, and meeting Wednesday, April 14 at historic warehouse building— the Canary Grill. The owner 9:30 a.m. via videoconference. and a related ongoing LPAT 425 Cherry Street—Report proposes to adaptively re-use appeal. recommends council state the building by conserving 265 East, 90 Street its intention to designate the it in full in connection with and 384 & 410 Richmond Street East— 60 Birmingham Street—Report property under the Ontario a residential development a Request for direction report with recommends council include Heritage Act, grant authority to five-storey Indigenous training confidential attachment seeks the property on the city’s enter into a heritage easement centre and child care facility further instruction in relation Heritage Register. The agreement with the owner, called Miziwe Biik, and a to a development application property contains a complex and approve alterations in four-storey health centre for for the site—which contains of structures that were connection with a proposed Anishnawbe Health Toronto. several heritage resources—and constructed between 1931- development. The property a related ongoing LPAT appeal. 2000 and were previously contains a three-storey

uses within employment areas. sites, because that’s where you HOW TO DO THINGS “The Golden Mile urban start with the streets and blocks, design guidelines will be with parks and open spaces—to WITH MALLS used in tandem with the Mall actually set the framework for Redevelopment Guide in order that redevelopment,” Caldwell

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 to review the proposal for told NRU. the [Golden Mile Shopping “We haven’t provided we are looking forward to area by city council in October Centre],” Caldwell told NRU. metrics or numbers or [making possible] a variety of 2020 [See ‘Reviewing the Golden “There is an overarching standards to apply because we retail offerings throughout the Rules’ 23 October 2020 NRU Golden Mile-specific goal, know there’s a whole range of masterplan to create vibrant Toronto edition.] and then there is also what sizes and contexts for the malls and community-focused places City of Toronto planner and additional information we can that are seeking redevelopment to live, work, shop and play.” project lead for the Golden Mile use from the guide.” now”, Caldwell said, “so the The Golden Mile area— Secondary Plan Study Emily Bowen said the city wants guide is intended to inform centred along Caldwell said the city’s work the Mall Redevelopment and provide guidance. But we East between Victoria Park on the Mall Redevelopment Guide to be used at the know that every site will have Avenue and Birchmount Guide dovetails neatly with beginning of its discussions its unique site-specific and Road—is populated by large- the recent adoption of the with landowners who are context-driven considerations format retail buildings, vast Golden Mile Secondary Plan, considering redevelopment of that will have to be a part of that surface parking lots, and low- which facilitates residential their commercial properties. design approach.” rise commercial and industrial and non-residential growth “We want the guide to buildings. A secondary plan within mixed-use areas while be used at the very start of and associated urban design protecting and encouraging discussions with landowners guidelines were adopted for the new employment and office and applicants for these mall

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 NOVÆ RES URBIS TORONTO 10 COMMUNITY COUNCIL AGENDAS

zoning by-law amendment 154 Wicksteed Avenue—Final 6080 and 11 Homewood application by Montrin report recommends approval Avenue—Request for direction Richview GP Inc. Montrin of a zoning by-law amendment report recommends council ETOBICOKE YORK proposes two 13-storey and application by 1458367 direct staff to attend an LPAT COMMUNITY COUNCIL one 11-storey building, in Ontario Inc. to permit a hearing in opposition to addition to retaining an existing six-storey office building official plan and zoning by- Etobicoke York Community one-storey retail plaza. Five containing 125 m2 of ground law amendment applications Council will consider the hundred-and-eighty-seven floor retail space. by 6080 Yonge Street following at its meeting Monday, residential units are proposed, Developments Inc. The April 19 at 9:30 a.m. via including 54 purpose-built 1460 Victoria Park Avenue— applicant proposes a 20-storey videoconference. affordable rental units. A 1,700 Request for direction report mixed-use development m2 public park and a 659 m2 recommends council direct containing 808 m2 of ground 1306-1310 —Final privately-owned public space staff to attend an LPAT hearing floor retail space and 262 report recommends approval are also proposed. in opposition to a zoning by- residential units above. of a zoning by-law amendment law amendment application application by KS 1306- 2996 —Request for by Vitmont Holdings (Vic 3374 —Preliminary 1310 The Queensway Inc. to direction report recommends Park) Inc. Vitmont proposes a report recommends staff permit a 10-storey building council direct staff to attend the nine-storey residential building schedule a community fronting onto , LPAT hearing in support of a containing 114 dwelling units. CONTINUED PAGE 12 a 35-storey tower on the south- settlement related to an appeal west corner of the site, and a of a zoning by-law amendment 24-storey tower on the north- application. The applicant THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS west corner. Eight hundred- proposes an infill residential and-forty residential units are development consisting of five 2021 FRIENDS OF PLANNING VIRTUAL EVENT FOR THE proposed, in addition to 1,018 three-storey, single-detached SPRING SOCIAL APRIL 8, 2021 m2 of retail space and 1,575 m2 dwellings. of on-site public parkland. Premiere Sponsors

1693-1707 Weston Road and 10 Victoria Avenue East—Final report recommends approval NORTH YORK COMMUNITY COUNCIL Platinum Sponsors Gold Sponsors Silver Sponsors of zoning by-law amendment Bousfields Inc. BA Consulting Group Ltd. Access Planning Devine Park LLP DiamondCorp Altus Group and rental housing demolition Hammerschlag & Joffe Inc. Hemson Consulting Ltd. Fogler, Rubinoff LLP North York Community Council Kilmer Group Hunter & Associates Ltd. applications by 1705 Weston LEA Consulting Ltd. Leading Mobility MHBC Planning Ltd. McCarthy Tetrault LLP Richard + Wintrup Road Holdings Limited to will consider the following at R.E. Millward + Associates Ltd. The Daniels Corporation Tridel permit a 24-storey mixed-use its meeting Tuesday, April 20 at Starlight Investments Ltd. Turner Fleischer Architects Inc. Stikeman Elliott LLP urbanMetrics development containing 254 9:30 a.m. via videoconference. The Odan/Detech Group Inc. Urban Strategies Inc. Promotional Sponsors residential units—including 15 NRU Publishing rental replacement units—and 1 Tudor Gate—Final report Ontario Professional Planners Institute 466 m2 of retail space at grade. recommends approval of a zoning by-law amendment application 250 Wincott Drive and 4520 Eglinton by Jigui Zhang to permit six PLANNING Avenue West three-storey townhouses with SEE YOU NEXT SPRING ALUMNI Geography & Planning —Final report COMMUNITY recommends approval of a underground parking.

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 NOVÆ RES URBIS TORONTO 11 COMMUNITY Senior Planner This Senior Planner position is within the Planning Policy & Research Team COUNCIL and is responsible for initiating, participating in, reviewing and coordinating complex or controversial planning projects including: policy planning initiatives and land use planning studies; community improvement plans; and other AGENDAS policy planning and strategic initiatives. Job Duties Include: CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 • Conducts research, long range planning and undertakes special projects related to land use and policy matters including: Town-initiated changes to Official Plan policies and zoning by-law; environmental matters; consultation meeting with V’Anshei Drildz Congregation housing policy; urban design; and the establishment and administration of the ward councillor. 1240967 is seeking a zoning by-law Community Improvement Plans. Ontario Inc. is seeking a amendment to permit five pairs • Monitors, analyzes and comments on major initiatives from other levels of government and agencies related to planning policy, including providing zoning by-law amendment to of three-storey, semi-detached advice/recommendations to Council, CAO, Directors and other Town staff. permit a 12-storey residential dwellings. • Prepares and/or comments on terms of reference, prepares project plans, consults with stakeholders, prepares reports and other documents that are building containing 158 clear, defensible, realistic and practical. dwelling units. 1710-1736 — • Prepares staff reports and public presentations to Community Affairs and Preliminary report Planning Committee, General Government Committee, Council and advisory committees. 147 Overbrook Place—Preliminary recommends staff schedule • Reviews and examines relevant policies, regulations and guidelines, ensuring report recommends staff a community consultation that approval conditions are properly formulated and that the interests of the Town are protected. schedule a community meeting with the ward • Provides policy support for longer term corporate projects, including consultation meeting with the councillor. 2716112 Ontario initiatives administered through other Departments across the Corporation. • Updates internal standard operating (ISO) procedures. ward councillor. Beth Jacob CONTINUED PAGE 13 • Prepares and provides planning advice and assistance to other levels of government and agencies. • Provides evidence at Local Planning Appeals Tribunal hearings, other tribunals or at Divisional or Superior court including; preparing logical, cogent and defensible witness statements and/or affidavits. • Addresses inquiries and complaints from residents, applicants, developers, staff and Council related to policy and zoning inquires, urban design projects, WE’RE HIRING and any other general inquiry. Qualifications/Skill: INTERMEDIATE PLANNER • University degree in Planning or a combination of education and experience deemed equivalent. Founded in 1983, we’ve been advising private and public sector clients for nearly • Registered Professional Planner (RPP). 40 years. We’re based in downtown Oakville but work across the GTA and • Membership in the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Ontario throughout Ontario. 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FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 NOVÆ RES URBIS TORONTO 12 the ward councillor. 2594025 COMMUNITY 10 Ruddington Drive—Preliminary Ontario Inc. is seeking report recommends staff official plan and zoning by- schedule a community law amendments to permit a COUNCIL consultation meeting with 14-storey mixed-use building the ward councillor. Novi containing retail at grade and Properties is seeking a 160 residential dwelling units AGENDAS zoning by-law amendment to above. An existing heritage

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 retain an existing 13-storey structure known as the Thomas apartment building and to add Clark House would be relocated Ltd. and 2710904 Ontario consultation meeting with to the site a 14-storey rental to a new place on the site. Ltd. are seeking a zoning by- the ward councillor. Ayjan apartment building containing law amendment and rental Kavehei is seeking a zoning 182 residential units, as well 6035 Bathurst Street— housing demolition approval to by-law amendment and plan as a 10-storey condominium Preliminary report demolish several existing rental of subdivision to subdivide building containing 131 recommends staff schedule housing units and to build a the lot to accommodate five dwelling units. a community consultation nine-storey residential building two-storey, single-detached meeting with the ward containing 216 dwelling units. dwellings on a new public 589 East and 7-9 councillor. 6035 Bathurst street, with a portion at the Barberry Place—Preliminary Ltd. is seeking a zoning by- 6 Foxdale Court—Preliminary rear of the existing lot to be report recommends staff law amendment to permit a report recommends staff conveyed to Toronto & Region schedule a community 14-storey residential apartment schedule a community Conservation Authority. consultation meeting with CONTINUED PAGE 14

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FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 NOVÆ RES URBIS TORONTO 13 development with retail space of appropriate parking and COMMUNITY at grade and 615 residential loading spaces, and the dwelling units above. inclusion of outdoor amenity space. COUNCIL 27 Grosvenor Street and 26 Grenville Street—Final report 372-378 Yonge Street— recommends approval of a Request for direction report AGENDAS zoning by-law amendment recommends council direct

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 application by Choice staff to attend an LPAT hearing Grosvenor/Grenville Inc. in opposition to official plan building containing 220 to permit two towers at 32 and zoning by-law amendment dwelling units. 1494-1502 West— and 47 storeys in height, applications by Yonge and Final report recommends connected by a shared podium. Gerrard Partners Inc. The 45-57 Hendon Avenue— approval of a zoning by-law Seven hundred-and-seventy applicant proposes a 74-storey Preliminary report amendment application by rental apartment units are mixed-use development recommends staff schedule Block (Dufferin Dundas) proposed, of which 231 would containing 3,693 m2 of non- a community consultation Developments Limited to be affordable rental units, in residential floor area and 406 meeting with the ward permit an eight-storey, mixed- addition to proposal for a new dwelling units above. In the councillor. Owners Simon use development containing child care facility and ground report, planning staff identify Keem and Kang Deug Keem 397 m2 of retail space at grade floor retail space. a range of concerns with are seeking official plan and and 48 dwelling units above. the proposal including built zoning by-law amendments King-Parliament Secondary form, heritage conservation to permit a three-storey 40-56 Harbord Street—Final Plan Review—Final report measures, shadowing impacts, residential development report recommends approval recommends that council adopt insufficient amenity space, and containing 19 dwelling units. of official plan and zoning by- an updated King-Parliament the absence of any proposed law amendment applications Secondary Plan—which would parking. by the University of Toronto replace the existing, in-force to permit a nine-storey, 188- King-Parliamentary Secondary 63-91 Montclair Avenue— bed student residence with a Plan (1996)—and that it Request for direction report TORONTO & EAST YORK ground floor food hall. adopt related zoning by-law recommends council direct COMMUNITY COUNCIL amendments. staff to attend an LPAT hearing 315-325 —Final to oppose zoning by-law Toronto & East York report recommends approval 1375 Queen Street West— amendment and rental housing Community Council will of a zoning by-law amendment Request for direction report demolition applications by consider the following at its application by 315 Spadina recommends council direct Montclair Developments meeting Wednesday, April 21 at Inc. to permit a 13-storey, staff to attend an LPAT hearing #1 Inc. Montclair proposes 9:30 a.m. via videoconference. mixed-use development to oppose a zoning by-law to demolish two existing containing 893 m2 of ground amendment application by residential rental units and to 646-648 and 1-3 floor retail space and 219 rental Skale 1375 QSW Inc. Skale build two residential towers Boland Lane—Final report dwelling units above, including proposes an eight-storey, of 21 and 23 storeys, linked by recommends approval of 22 affordable rental units. mixed-use building containing an eight-storey podium. The official plan and zoning by- 448 m2 of retail space at development would contain law amendment applications 244-260 Church Street—Final grade and 46 rental dwelling 634 dwelling units. by Block (Dufferin Dundas) report recommends approval units above. In the report, Developments Limited of a zoning by-law amendment planning staff identify concerns 406 & 410 Keele Street— to permit an eight-storey application by 250 Church around built form, massing, Preliminary report residential development Limited Partnership to transportation and possible recommends staff schedule containing 124 dwelling units. permit a 52-storey, mixed-use traffic impacts, the provision CONTINUED PAGE 15

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 NOVÆ RES URBIS TORONTO 14 containing 167 rental units. An use development containing COMMUNITY existing 19-storey apartment retail space at grade and 488 building on the site would be residential dwelling units COUNCIL retained. above. 2180-2210 Yonge Street, 15 Eglinton 471-479 Queen Street Avenue West and 20 & 46 Berwick East—Preliminary report AGENDAS Avenue—Supplementary report recommends staff schedule provides further information a community consultation CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 regarding a comprehensive meeting with the ward a community consultation 215 study initiated under the councillor. BJL Sumac meeting with the ward East—Preliminary report Yonge-Eglinton Secondary Corporation is seeking a councillor. 406-410 Keele recommends staff schedule Plan to address development zoning by-law amendment to Developments Inc. is seeking a community consultation criteria for the site, including permit a 15-storey, mixed-use a zoning by-law amendment to meeting with the ward building heights, transition, building containing 213 m2 of permit a five-storey residential councillor. Greenland and a new public street. ground-floor retail space and building containing 30 Lakeside Development Applicant OPG Investment 143 dwelling units above. dwelling units. Company Limited is seeking Holdings GP Inc. is proposing official plan and zoning by- five mixed-use towers up to a 191 & 201 Sherbourne 2-24 Temple Avenue— law amendment to permit a height of 70 storeys, containing Street—Preliminary report Preliminary report 43-storey, mixed-use building 2,701 residential dwelling recommends staff schedule recommends staff schedule containing 844 residential units, 1,941 m2 of retail space, a community consultation a community consultation dwelling units—of which 110 and 58,763 m2 of office space. meeting with the ward meeting with the ward are proposed to be affordable councillor. Ontari Holdings councillor. Mladen Ilic is units—as well as 2,728 m2 of 401 Dundas Street East— Ltd. is seeking official plan and seeking a zoning by-law non-residential floor area. Preliminary report zoning by-law amendments to amendment and rental recommends staff schedule permit an infill development housing demolition approval 25 Imperial Street—Preliminary a community consultation consisting of a four-to-seven- to demolish several buildings report recommends staff meeting with the ward storey building containing 313 containing a total of 22 rental schedule a community councillor. 401 Dundas residential dwelling units, to be dwelling units, and to build a consultation meeting with the Street East Ltd. is seeking a located between two existing 16-storey residential building ward councillor. 25 Imperial zoning by-law amendment rental apartment towers. containing 273 dwelling units, Street Inc. is seeking a zoning to permit a 10-storey, mixed- by-law amendment to permit a use development containing 5, 7, 9, 11, 15 & 19 Cosburn 212-220 West— 14-storey residential building ground floor retail space and Avenue and 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, Preliminary report containing 144 dwelling units. 92 residential dwelling units 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 & 40 Gowan recommends staff schedule above. Avenue—Preliminary report a community consultation 190-200 Soudan Avenue and 18 recommends staff schedule meeting with the ward Brownlow Avenue—Preliminary 234-250 King Street East and 162 a community consultation councillor. 220 KSW Inc. report recommends staff Princess Street—Preliminary meeting with the ward is seeking official plan and schedule a community report recommends staff councillor. Trolleybus Urban zoning by-law amendments to consultation meeting with the schedule a community Development is seeking a permit an 80-storey, mixed-use ward councillor. 18 Brownlow consultation meeting with zoning by-law amendment building containing 63,348 Holding Limited is seeking the ward councillor. 1721623 and rental housing demolition m2 of retail and office space, a zoning by-law amendment Ontario Ltd. is seeking a approval to demolish five as well as 588 rental dwelling to permit a new 21-storey zoning by-law amendment existing rental dwelling units units. residential apartment building to permit a 40-storey, mixed- within several buildings CONTINUED PAGE 16

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 NOVÆ RES URBIS TORONTO 15 380 Donlands Avenue— COMMUNITY Preliminary report recommends staff schedule a community consultation COUNCIL meeting with the ward councillor. HUD Properties AGENDAS Ltd. is seeking a zoning by-law amendment to permit a seven-

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 storey, mixed-use development with retail space at grade and across the consolidated site, residential building containing 73 residential units above. and to build a new 15-storey 316 dwelling units.

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Two Toronto-based projects volleyball, pickleball, table landscape architect and park users. The book features recognized with CSLA 2021 tennis, skateboarding and original designer of Tommy photographs by Robert Burley. Awards of Excellence parkour activity elements on a Thompson Park, Walter H. ERA Architects’ Gordonridge new, dynamic court surfacing Kehm’s book, Accidental Court design and Kehm’s book Two Toronto-based projects at the centre of a running track. Wilderness: The Origins and were two of fourteen projects were recognized with Canadian Housed within the heart Ecology of Toronto’s Tommy across Canada to be recognized Society of Landscape of a Toronto Community Thompson Park was recognized from among 72 submissions. Architects (CSLA) 2021 Awards Housing campus, the court is with a CSLA 2021 Award of The chair of the CSLA 2021 of Excellence this week. the product of a community- Excellence in the category of jury, Bernard St. Denis noted ERA Architects’ design for led process organizing play Research. that the winning projects the Gordonridge Community for community members of The book contains a “highlight new approaches and Multi-Sport Court in all ages and abilities within series of essays on the park, illustrate the levels of expertise Scarborough was recognized an integrated landscape with curated by Kehm, as well as being mobilized to address Wednesday with CSLA 2021 barrier-free access, landscape- documenting the park’s entire current social, cultural and Award of Excellence in the integrated spectator seating planning process including its environmental challenges.” category of Residential and a central tree canopy. master plan, principles and For more information about Landscapes. The project was funded design, native plant succession these projects and those of Located at the centre of by Toronto Community process, unique flora and fauna all of this year’s CSLA award a post-war apartment tower Housing, MLSE Foundation, and public advocacy. It details recipients, please visit the community at Danforth Road and Canadian Tire Jumpstart public recreation in the park CSLA website. and Midland Avenue, the court Charities. and positive impacts on mental, accommodates basketball, Internationally recognized physical and spiritual health of

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