housing
1075 Bay Street; Official Plan and Zoning amendment to permit 90% reduction in non-residential floor space, height increase to 62 storeys, and 10 affordable units out of 738 total
The application reduces required non-residential floor space from 12,100 to 1,815 square metres and increases building height from 59 to 62 storeys, with 10 affordable units and a $3 million Section 37 affordable housing commitment preserved from the prior 2021 approval. A deputant objected to the commercial space loss in a neighbourhood losing small businesses; the St. Nicholas Housing Cooperative requested mandatory affordable housing and management of the units given construction impacts and their 40-year tenure on adjacent Inkerman Street. Council approved with a parking permit amendment.
From the floor
“The report wants to change the commercial floor space from 12,000 square meters in that building to 1.8,000. It is a full 90% reduction in floor space for that building in a part of Toronto that is already seeing the closure of many small businesses not be able to afford floor space. So I am urging this council to reject this report and to keep the 12,000 meter floor space so that small businesses in Bay Clover Hill can flourish”A resident
“My name is Benjamin Larson. I'm a partner at Elevate Planning Project Management. We are the applicant to 1075 Bay Enterprises Limited Partnership who's proposing a 62 story mixed use building on this downtown site. That package is being preserved and within that package $3 million was earmarked towards affordable housing in the ward. so again, it's being preserved and is actually being supplemented through the current application with additional benefit in the form of required non-residential space or 10 more affordable housing units.”Elevate Planning Project Management, on behalf of 1075 Bay Enterprises Limited Partnership
“I'm the treasurer of the St. Nicholas Housing Cooperative. We've been in this on Incerman Street, which is immediately south of the Bay Street address. We celebrating our 40th anniversary. We have provided rent geared to income housing for 40 years. We request that the proposal that affordable housing be included in this application be mandatory and that otherwise we do not support its acceptance. Our own situation is that we would like to be designated as the developer or the manager of whatever affordable housing is provided.”St. Nicholas Housing Cooperative
“Through the chair, my name is Derek Walo, city planning. At the moment, we don't have a construction management plan, but as part of the site plan application, we anticipate we will see one then.”City staff
Also in this item
• Affordable housing commitment is only 10 units out of 738 total residential units (1.4%), plus $3 million in Section 37 funding; cooperative adjacent to site requested mandatory provision and management role due to construction impacts and their 40-year tenure in the neighbourhood.
• Non-residential floor space cut by 90% (from 12,100 to 1,815 square metres) in a neighbourhood experiencing small-business closures near University of Toronto; deputant cited existing high vacancy in nearby student housing and loss of community spaces like the Fur Kin on Bay pub.
The journey
Decision
Approved with amendment regarding permit parking. The core amendments reduced non-residential floor space from 12,100 square metres to a minimum of 1,815 square metres (or combination of non-residential and affordable housing), height increased from 59 to 62 storeys, and applicant committed to 10 affordable units plus preservation of $3 million Section 37 affordable housing funding from the prior approval. An amendment concerning parking permits was also carried.
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