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I can see the traveling below the street level . Is that tolleys stop area going to be above or below the surface of the street ?
 
On the south side of Eglinton west of Don Mills, on city-owned land, 800 affordable rental units, plus 1,400 market-priced units and some commercial space will be built, according to city planner Christian Ventresca, who quarterbacked the redevelopment plan through its early stages, between 2013 and 2016.

He said the development will include towers of up to 47 storeys, as well as townhouses and office buildings.

"You're building a new neighbourhood, a new community." Ventresca said.

Until the redevelopment plan began to take shape, he said the area of the city was "a place between places; it's a blank on everybody's mental map.

"It really is an exciting time in terms of connecting neighbourhoods in the Don Mills and Eglinton area," he said.

"We have ... varying housing types, from townhouse to tower. But also as importantly, new public infrastructure as it relates to parks, daycare, community facilities, all connected by a new street network that tries to make both sides of pretty heavily trafficked arterial corridors in Don Mills and Eglinton work together."
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Province’s Ontario Line may cause years-long delay of major Toronto affordable housing project

By Ben Spurr Transportation Reporter
Tues., Jan. 28, 2020

A major provincial transit project could delay the construction of hundreds of affordable housing units through Mayor John Tory’s signature program in a clash that threatens to put two of Toronto’s most pressing needs in conflict with one another.

At issue is 770 Don Mills Rd., a property that currently serves as a parking lot for the Ontario Science Centre. It’s one of 11 surplus city-owned sites slated for conversion to mixed-income development under the Housing Now initiative that Mayor John Tory has framed as a key element of council’s efforts to tackle Toronto’s housing affordability problem.

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According to a Jan. 21 report from city real estate agency CreateTO, the Don Mills housing project “has been delayed for several years due to the planning work for the proposed Ontario Line.”

Metrolinx, the provincial transit agency overseeing the Ontario Line, said that since learning of the housing project the organization is exploring options to avoid any delay.

A schedule CreateTO released last February showed construction for the housing development was supposed to start next year, with occupancy by 2023. The move-in date slipped to 2025 in a report released last April.

In the January report, CreateTO states the timeline for the project is “subject to Ontario Line requirements,” and estimates construction won’t start until 2023, with occupancy expected by 2026.
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Province’s Ontario Line may cause years-long delay of major Toronto affordable housing project

Provincial transit agency Metrolinx says it is exploring ways to avoid the delay of hundreds of affordable housing units set for the parking lot of th...
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That article is reaching.

The increased density (and therefore affordable units) and accessibility to the transit network that the OL would bring to Eglinton and Don Mills is worth any delay in construction.
 
Toronto’s Housing Now affordable housing plan delayed by COVID-19, planning issues

Fri., June 12, 2020

Mayor John Tory’s signature plan to create affordable housing quickly has run into delays ranging from six months to two years at some sites, according to a city report tabled Friday.

The Housing Now initiative was announced by Tory soon after his election in 2018 and was aimed at getting affordable housing to market in a streamlined way by making 11 city properties available to developers.

Now development of all 11 of those sites is behind schedule, according to an update presented on Friday to CreateTO, the city agency managing Toronto’s real estate portfolio.

Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic were cited as a source of delay at about half of the sites, but didn’t account for everything.

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The location at 770 Don Mills Rd., which was to provide 465 rental housing units, is delayed 12 months pending confirmation of details about the province’s delayed Ontario Line subway and LRT delays.
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Toronto’s Housing Now affordable housing plan delayed by COVID-19, planning issues

Development of all 11 sites in Housing Now program is behind schedule by as much as two years.
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The above site's delays are also impacting, the TDSB.

The City of Toronto is trying to finalize a land swap that would allow the City to acquire the now closed Robert Borden Technical school on Poplar Road; in exchange for stratified ownership under the Housing Now towers proposed in this development.

The report (principally about the acquisition of Borden) outlining the delay is here:


From the report:

Corporate Real Estate Management and CreateTO are in ongoing negotiations with the Toronto Lands Corporation, on behalf of the Toronto District School Board, to finalize the terms of the authorized land swap. CreateTO staff have advised that the development plans for the 770 Don Mills Road site have been delayed as a result of Provincial transit planning which has prohibited the finalization of key terms required for the land swap agreement.

The thread in which the above report is discussed can be found here:

200 Poplar Road, (Toronto Lands Co/Housing Consortium, ?s, ?)

A report is coming to the next Government and Licensing Committee on November 30th, 2020. Said report is about 'activating' the former Robert Borden Technical School as a community Hub. However, in the detail of the report, it is clear that the City is intent on acquiring this site, should it...
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ferusian said:
New ZBA & Plan of Subdivision application(s) submitted:

Development Applications (ZBA application)
Development Applications (Plan of Subdivision)

No updated project description yet.
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Usually how long does it take for the update project descriptions and documents uploaded? Also is this project including the south east corner of DM & EG or just the south west corner?
 
toronto647 said:
Usually how long does it take for the update project descriptions and documents uploaded?
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The description is often posted at the same time as the application.

When it is not, it most often shows up within a week or so; but it can be as late as when the supporting documents are posted.

That can come as soon as a few days after the application appears in the AIC.

But it is typically 2-3 weeks.

That said, sometimes it can be longer.........though rarely does it go past about 5 weeks.

toronto647 said:
Also is this project including the south east corner of DM & EG or just the south west corner?
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This project is the south-west corner only.
 
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