Council to decide on heritage alterations and 61-storey tower at Sherbourne and Linden Streets

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Council to decide on heritage alterations and 61-storey tower at Sherbourne and Linden Streets

City Council will consider approval of proposed alterations to five designated heritage properties and demolition of one heritage building on a Sherbourne-Linden block to enable a revised 61-storey residential development. The scheme was previously approved in October 2024 at 69 storeys; the applicant has since added land and adjusted massing, reducing height to 61 storeys. Heritage Planning staff say the revised proposal conserves the heritage properties and mitigates impacts appropriately.

not yet heardToronto City Council · Wed, Jul 29You can weigh inProvince decides

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• The tower height has been reduced from 69 storeys (approved October 2024) to 61 storeys in the revised scheme, though additional land and massing have been added to the site footprint.

The journey

Wed, Jul 8 · Toronto and East York Community Council · adopted

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

Time to act

You can weigh in

Residents may depute at this council meeting to object or support the heritage alterations and demolition; the agenda does not state a deputation deadline or the meeting date, so the window depends on the published council schedule.

Why is this story here?

Big deal at city hallThe decision removes a heritage building and alters five designated properties under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, which is hard to undo once executed. It also gates a major 61-storey residential development affecting the downtown fabric. These are multi-year commitments with institutional permanence, and alter the site's heritage conservation strategy going forward.Touches a narrow groupThe alterations affect one specific downtown block and the five named properties. Residents in the Sherbourne-Linden area and heritage conservationists will feel this directly; most Toronto residents will not encounter the daily-life effect. No rezoning, fare change, or service alteration with broad reach is in play here.

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Official title: 570, 572, 574,576 Sherbourne Street, and 29 and 37 Linden Street - Alterations to and Demolition of Attributes on Designated Heritage Properties and Removal of a Building Under Part IV, Sections 33 and 34(2) of the Ontario Heritage Act and Authority to Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement · meeting video