Development

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The SRA is actively monitoring the proposed redevelopment of 1233 Yonge Street and 9 Woodlawn Avenue East, which is located within our neighbourhood boundaries. For the latest updates, background information, and consolidated details regarding 1233 Yonge Street / 9 Woodlawn Avenue East, please click below to learn more:

The SRA is actively monitoring the proposed redevelopment of 1140 Yonge Street, which was previously occupied by a Staples store. Please click below to learn more about the propsed development of this site:

The SRA was involved in discussions concerning a third tower proposed for the landscaped space around the existing towers at 33 Rosehill and 44 Jackes. These discussions culminated in a mediation sponsored by the new LPAT tribunal (the successor to the OMB) that has resulted in a settlement.

Our aim throughout the process was been to minimize the footprint of the additional tower and its impact on the green landscaping and trees in Bretton Place.

As originally proposed, the tower was to be built on top of a 4-storey podium and townhouse development that would have stretched along most of the Rosehill frontage of the site, with virtually all trees on the rest of the site to be removed in order to repair the leaking roof of the underground parking. The new development also includes an “amenities pavilion” to be built between the existing towers on the east side of the pavilion, with a two-story elevator structure on the eastern side that would have overshadowed the existing path to Rosehill beside the reservoir.

Through involvement in the mediated settlement, we were able to eliminate the four-storey stacked townhouses along Rosehill and reduce the size of the podium under the tower. As a result, a significant number of trees will be kept or replaced. (The number of trees to be removed has been reduced from 68 to no more than 35.) We were also able to reduce the visual impact of the amenity pavilion, moving the elevator from adjacent to the Rosehill path to a location closer to the existing building at 44 Jackes. These improvements were accomplished by moving gross floor area from the podium to two additional floors on the proposed tower.

The settlement was agreed to by all parties to the mediation. The nine citizen participants in the mediation (including the SRA) were unanimous in supporting the settlement as the best that could be obtained under the circumstances.