555 Rexdale Boulevard - Planning Act Applications - Status Report and Construction Schedule

In April 2018, City Council approved two Zoning By-law amendment applications to permit expanding gaming and endorsed the draft approval of the Plan of Subdivision for the northern portion of the Woodbine Racetrack lands to establish a framework for public roads, delivery of municipal services and development blocks to facilitate the development of an integrated entertainment complex. The Notice of Decision to approve the Draft Plan of Subdivision was subsequently appealed by a third-party and approved by the Local Planning Appeal Board (now the Ontario Land Tribunal) in 2019. Fulfillment of Condition No. 1, to require an integrated entertainment complex be built concurrently with expanded gaming, was to be achieved through the development of Woodbine Square ("Block 9"), the Gaming District ("Block 10") and the introduction of public roads and facilities on the site as proposed through the submitted planning applications noted above. At the time, City Council adopted staff's recommendation that this condition could be fully satisfied through the following conditions: The finalization of the Draft Plan of Subdivision application and the Site Plan Control applications for Block 9 and Block 10; The owner - Woodbine Entertainment Group, entering into a Subdivision Agreement that included a condition requiring Block 9 and Block 10 to be built concurrently, the subdivision plan be registered prior to any site plan approval, and submission of a 20 million dollars ($20,000,000.00) financial guarantee to secure the obligation; and The implementation of the development, as outlined in Woodbine Entertainment Group's Letter of Commitment dated March 27, 2018, confirming their intention to construct Block 9, concurrently with the construction of Block 10. This report provides a status update on the applicant's progress in constructing the integrated entertainment complex and recommends endorsement of a revised schedule in order to provide a basis for continued construction.

17 158705 WET 02 SB as indicated in the revised construction schedule as shown on Attachment 6 to the report dated August 23, 2021 from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District. or at an earlier date to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division.