Ontario Land Tribunal
Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire
ISSUE DATE: September 23, 2025
CASE NO.: OLT-22-003649
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 22(7) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Applicant and Appellant: 5400 Yonge Holdings Ltd.
Subject: Request to amend the Official Plan - Refusal of request by the City of Toronto
Existing Designation: Mixed Use Areas
Proposed Designated: Mixed Use Areas
Purpose: To permit a new 32-storey mixed-use building with an underground parking garage
Property Address/Description: 5400 Yonge Street & 15 Horsham Avenue
Municipality: City of Toronto
Approval Authority File No.: OPA 18
OLT Case No.: OLT-22-003649
Legacy Case No.: PL180686
OLT Lead Case No.: OLT-22-003649
Legacy Lead Case No.: PL180686
OLT Case Name: 5400 Yonge Holdings Ltd. v. Toronto (City)
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 34(11) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Applicant and Appellant: 5400 Yonge Holdings Ltd.
Subject: Application amend former City of North York Zoning By-law 7625 - Refusal of Application by City of Toronto
Existing Zoning: General Commercial Zones (C1)
Proposed Zoning: Site Specific TBD
Purpose: To permit a new 32-storey mixed-use building with an underground parking garage
Property Address/Description: 5400 Yonge Street & 15 Horsham Avenue
Municipality: City of Toronto
Municipality File No.: BL 7625
OLT Case No.: OLT-22-003651
Legacy Case No.: PL180687
OLT Lead Case No.: OLT-22-003649
Legacy Lead Case No.: PL180686
BEFORE:
M.A. SILLS VICE-CHAIR
Tuesday, the 23rd day of September, 2025
THIS MATTER having come on for a public hearing on October 7-9 and 13-15, 2020 (the “Hearing”), and the Ontario Land Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) by way of a decision issued on September 14, 2021 (the “Decision”), having determined that the appeals under subsections 22(7) and 34(11) of the Planning Act regarding the lands known municipally in the City of Toronto as 5400 Yonge Street and 15 Horsham Avenue (the “Appeals”) should be allowed, in part;
AND THE TRIBUNAL having provided a provisional interim order in paragraph 77 of the Decision but withheld any final order pending the Tribunal being advised that five (5) pre-conditions (the “Pre-Conditions”) have been satisfied;
AND THE TRIBUNAL having been advised that the Pre-Conditions have been addressed to the satisfaction of the City of Toronto;
AND THE TRIBUNAL being satisfied that its direction as set out in the Decision has been met;
THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS that the Appeals are allowed in part, and that the Official Plan for the City of Toronto, as amended, is hereby amended in the manner as set out in Attachment “1” to this Order and that Zoning By-law No. 7625 for the former City of North York, as amended, is hereby amended in the manner as set out in Attachment “2” to this Order. The Tribunal authorizes the municipal clerk to format, as may be necessary, and assign a number to this by-law for record keeping purposes.
“Matthew D.J. Bryan”
MATTHEW D.J. BRYAN REGISTRAR
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