Council to vote on 35-storey mixed-use tower at Eglinton and Hoyle with 383 units and laneway connection
City staff recommend Council approve an Official Plan Amendment and zoning change to permit a 35-storey residential and commercial building with 383 dwelling units on a multi-property site at Eglinton Avenue East and Hoyle Avenue. The proposal includes a laneway connection and re-designates the lands as Mixed-Use Areas within the Bayview Focus Area. Council will vote on whether to adopt the staff recommendation.
not yet heardToronto City Council · Wed, Jul 29You can weigh in
Residents and stakeholder groups have no further deputation window unless the item is called from the consent agenda or reopened. The vote occurs at this meeting. Contact your councillor before the vote if you wish to state a position.
Why is this story here?
Big deal at city hallThe Official Plan Amendment re-designates multiple properties and brings them into the Bayview Focus Area Mixed-Use Area designation and Transit Station Core Area, changing zoning permissions permanently and affecting the built form of a major intersection near transit. An OPA is harder to reverse than a single site rezoning and establishes precedent for the corridor. The 35-storey height and 383 units represent a material change to neighbourhood-scale development rights.Felt nowThis item directly affects residents and property owners within the Eglinton Avenue and Hoyle Avenue area (the site itself and its immediate surroundings), as well as transit users and pedestrians in the Yonge-Eglinton village. The building will change the streetscape and local traffic patterns. Residents within several blocks who care about neighbourhood character and density will notice this in an ordinary week once construction begins.
Stories are ordered by how much weight a decision carries and how directly it reaches daily life. They rise as a decision date approaches and fall as they age.
Official title: 537, 539, 541, 543, 545, 547 and 551 Eglinton Avenue East and 59 and 61 Hoyle Avenue - Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment Application- Decision Report - Approval · meeting video