Stephen Bahadoor

The Appellant appealed the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on a Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 56-storey mixed-use tower at 2350-2352 Yonge Street.

The City opposed the development, arguing the site was only suitable for a midrise building and raised concerns about back-to-back towers, blank walls, combined tower floor plate size, and impacts on the public realm.

The Tribunal preferred the evidence of the Appellant's experts, finding that the proposed tower separation, blank wall treatment, and combined floor plate size were acceptable and had appropriate regard for the Tall Building Design Guidelines.

The Tribunal allowed the appeal in part, approving the Zoning By-law Amendment in principle, subject to the Appellant increasing the ground floor retail depth to 15 metres and satisfying other technical pre-requisites.

The applicant appealed the City of Toronto's failure to adopt an Official Plan Amendment and neglect to make a decision on a Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a 13-storey mixed-use building.

The Tribunal accepted uncontroverted expert evidence supporting a settlement proposal.

The appeal was allowed in part, with the final order withheld pending the execution of a Section 37 Agreement securing community benefits and the fulfillment of various conditions.