Church Wellesley Update
News from the Church Wellesley Neighbourhood Association
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The development proposal for the the southeast corner of Isabella and Yonge (619-637 Yonge; 7-9 Isabella) has been appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal. In November 2021, Colliers Strategy and Consulting (on behalf of YI Developments Limited) submitted an application for a 57 storey tower at the site. The Yonge Street frontage would be retail space, with the residential entrance on Isabella Street, and servicing, parking and loading accessed via Gloucester Lane. The site is within the Yonge Street Heritage Conservation District, which the City of Toronto designated in 2016 under the Ontario Heritage Act. However, a group of developers, including YI Developments, has appealed The Heritage Conservation District Plan to the Ontario Land Tribunal. The current development proposal calls for the demolition of the existing buildings. City staff released a Preliminary Report with recommendations in January 2022. In July 2022, the Toronto Preservation Board recommended that City Council designate the existing buildings as heritage properties. In August 2022, the City issued a Notice of Intention to designate the buildings as heritage properties. In May 2023 the developer appealed the application to the Ontario Land Tribunal. A hearing has been set for August 2024.   Application Information Centre:
https://tinyurl.com/57rvbt6s Ontario Land Tribunal https://tinyurl.com/ycxcrym3Development Urban Toronto: https://tinyurl.com/yckr9fd2 Comments are closed.
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