Site recommended for heritage list—impact on development unclear By Annemarie Brissenden City Planning announced its intention to designate 698 Spadina Avenue under the Ontario Heritage Act and list the property on the City of Toronto’s Heritage Register last month. The announcement came four days before a community consultation meeting on the University of Toronto’s application […]
NEWS (FEBRUARY 2017): New chapter for student residence?
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CHATTER (SEPTEMBER 2016): Two new rezoning applications submitted to city
September 15th, 2016 · Comments Off on CHATTER (SEPTEMBER 2016): Two new rezoning applications submitted to city
By Annemarie Brissenden Applications to rezone an area at Spadina and Sussex avenues as well as 666 Spadina Ave. have been received by City Planning and are available online. The first application is by the University of Toronto, which seeks to build a student residence on the site. The owners of the apartment building at […]
NEWS (JUNE 2016): Westbank submits revised application
June 14th, 2016 · Comments Off on NEWS (JUNE 2016): Westbank submits revised application
Community meeting scheduled for June 13 By Annemarie Brissenden A new on-site park with dog run, increased heritage conservation, and a refined built form that includes reduced streetwall heights and densities marks the major features of Westbank Projects Corp.’s revised zoning application, which the company submitted to City Planning last month. Westbank has embarked on […]
Residents divided over planning study for bar-resto concentration in Parkdale
July 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment
By Rebecca Payne The stretch of Queen Street between Dufferin and Roncesvalles will be under the city’s microscope as a restaurant concentration study begins, a move that may prove to be divisive for the neighbourhood, if a recent community meeting is any indication of things to come. At a heated meeting on June 28 at […]