housing
34-storey mixed-use building approved at 1875 Eglinton Avenue West; 446 units, 200 rent-controlled, with public laneway
Toronto and East York Community Council approved a zoning amendment to permit a 34-storey development at 1875-1901 Eglinton Avenue West with 446 dwelling units, of which 200 will remain rent-controlled. The application includes retail, amenity space, and a publicly accessible laneway to be conveyed to the city. A resident deputant objected to the density and expressed concern about future market-rent tenants, while staff clarified the city's limited authority over new-unit rent control.
From the floor
“It's so dense and it takes a long time just to get just to leave the building. You know for people that drive and also people that use public transit. Yeah. It's too the area is too dense and this is not a good idea. I think we really need to put this thing to an end because the city area like has too much density already.”A resident
“What about tenants that you know like you when they build these new buildings, there's not going to it's not going to be rent controlled, you know, like they're going to have people paying market rent, right? So the rent controlled 200 units are going to be gone. They're just they just care about profit.”A resident
“The 200 rent control units are still going to be rent controlled, but the city doesn't have authority to make the other new units rent controlled because that's the province.”A councillor
Also in this item
• Of 446 new units, 200 retain rent control post-development; remaining 346 units will be market-rent, not subject to municipal rent-control authority
The journey
Decision
Application approved; zoning and Official Plan amendment permitted the 34-storey mixed-use building as proposed. Staff clarified that 200 existing rent-controlled units will remain under rent control post-development; new units fall under provincial jurisdiction and are not subject to municipal rent-control authority.
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