Dunn House Phase 2 rental housing at Springhurst and Close Avenue; city approves 54-unit apartment with UHN partnership

Planning and Housing Committee · 2026-07-16 · 2026.PH32.4

Dunn House Phase 2 rental housing at Springhurst and Close Avenue; city approves 54-unit apartment with UHN partnership

The committee is being asked to approve an 8-storey, 54-unit rental apartment building on two sites in Toronto as part of a joint city, hospital, and charity partnership focused on housing vulnerable populations. The decision requires Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments and involves demolishing one occupied affordable rental unit.

adoptedPlanning and Housing Committee · Thu, Jul 16On the Toronto City Council agenda for 2026-07-29other decision

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• Development includes demolition of one occupied affordable rental unit, a potential tension with the broader affordable housing mission of the Social Medicine Housing Initiative partnership

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Thu, Jul 16 · Planning and Housing Committee · adopted

Wed, Jul 29 · Toronto City Council · scheduled, not yet heard

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ContainedThis is a genuine decision: a zoning amendment that permits a specific 54-unit building. It is multi-year (development and ongoing operation) and changes what is permitted on two properties. However, it is bounded to these two sites and reversible, if costly. The substance is real but the institutional scope is localized, not structural.Touches a narrow groupThe project affects a specific neighbourhood and targets a particular vulnerable population through a health-integration model. The salience is real for those populations and those living at and near Springhurst and Close, but it does not touch most Toronto residents' commutes, rents, or streets in an ordinary week now. The partnership model is notable but secondary to the immediate land-use decision.

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Official title: Toronto Builds: 78 Springhurst Avenue and 1 to 3 Close Avenue (Dunn House Phase 2) - Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Decision Report - Approval · meeting video