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280 Commissioners Street - Official Plan Amendment - Appeal Report

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2026-02-04 · Toronto City Council · amended

As filed

City Council on February 4, 2026, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal in opposition to the current application regarding the Official Plan Amendment appeal for the lands at 280 Commissioners Street and to continue discussions with the applicant in an attempt to resolve outstanding issues. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City Staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision, including requesting any conditions of approval that would be in the City's interest, in the event the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeal, in whole or in part.

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3. City Council reconfirm the direction for the affordable housing units secured in the developments at 280 Commissioners Street and the entire McCleary District to be devoted to sector housing from the film and creative industries.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

On December 6, 2024, an application for an Official Plan Amendment application was submitted to the City for two residential towers with heights of 40 and 45 storeys, with 937 residential units proposed including 42 affordable units. The proposed development includes a total gross floor area of 81,219 square metres, including 16,336 square metres of non-residential uses located in the base building. On November 4, 2025, the applicant appealed the Official Plan Amendment application to the Ontario Land Tribunal ("OLT") due to Council not making a decision within the timeframe prescribed by the Planning Act.

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This report recommends that the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff attend the Ontario Land Tribunal to oppose the Official Plan Amendment application in its current form and to continue discussions with the applicant in an attempt to resolve outstanding issues.

Staff recommended

The Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal in opposition to the current application regarding the Official Plan Amendment appeal for the lands at 280 Commissioners Street and to continue discussions with the applicant in an attempt to resolve outstanding issues. 2. City Council

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authorize the City Solicitor and City Staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision, including requesting any conditions of approval that would be in the City's interest, in the event the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeal, in whole or in part.

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