Updated 3 June, 2024
AGM: November 21, 2024
Hold the date: Monday, November 21, from 7:15 to 9:00, at the North Toronto Memorial Community Centre.
Development news:
Condos Coming – as of May 2024
Click here for a visual look (neighbourhood map) at the condos planned for the area.
Proposed second tower on Henning (one street west of Duplex)
Madison, the developer, bought almost all the houses on Henning’s east side, and drew up plans for a third tower, beyond their intended two on Eglinton. The developer asked that the three houses on that side that they had not bought be reclassified as “mixed use”, to escape the usual 25m tower separation a “residential” property requires. EPRA objected strongly to the move to reclassify lands the developer has not purchased. October, 2023, the city rejected the proposal, and the developer is taking it to the Ontario Land Tribunal.
36 Eglinton West (northeast corner of Duplex)
At mediation, the developer, Lifetime Developments, stepped down from 65 to 59 storeys, made improvements at street level, and adjusted the building’s appearance. For pictures of the building, go here. In 2023, demolition brought the office building down, a slow, noisy, hard job. It seems likely that construction of the new tower will await the completion of the LRT and, perhaps, also lower interest rates.
500 Duplex (Duplex between Montgomery and Roselawn):
EPRA joined an incorporated coalition for 500 Duplex and jointly we took part in a very successful mediation sponsored by the Lands Tribunal. We succeeded in separating the new buildings from the old tower, a major objective, and improved their frontage on the streets with deeper setbacks for the sake of trees. So far, we have no sign that the developer is launching sales and construction.
34-70 Montgomery (next to the Firehall to Duplex)
The whole block west of the fire hall is proposed for an 23-storey tower atop a six-floor podium. EPRA and the city took part in informal mediation, discussing the design. EPRA wanted the building further from the sidewalk making room for ample trees. In the course of mediation, the building moved its tower to the east end, drew back from Montgomery, to allow more room for trees to grow, and revised the ground floor, for commerce and a livelier public realm facing the eventual new Montgomery park.
2346 Yonge and 2350 Yonge
On two small plots, two developers have proposed independent towers, very tall, and very close together. Bazis Corp plans a tall, narrow building, more than 50 storeys, atop the present two store lots at 2350 and 2354 Yonge.
Diamond Corp plans a second tower atop the Royal Bank. The two buildings would not touch, but would be so close that, to the naked eye, they would form a single mass. The proposals are currently in mediation (EPRA is inside the 500 Duplex Coalition, to which it belongs, which is acting as a party).
Development Hubs:
To ease development frictions, EPRA has been working with developers, the city, and the Midtown Yonge BIA to formed construction HUBs. These groups meet monthly (or as needed) to review problems: traffic, mud, noise, vibration and everyone works together well.
If you have challenges with local development sites, please reach out and we can bring it to the hub or the city.
Historical Memory
In everything we build, we need to reinforce our connections with our rich, interesting, deep past.
Complete Streets
Across Toronto and the world, there is a movement to reclaim streets from vehicles after a century of wheeled appropriation and restore them to people of all ages. All measures to make streets safer, more attractive and more versatile in their human uses have our support.
An Inclusive City
EPRA is committed to a city that welcomes everyone. That means affordable housing and good services for persons of all kinds and all ages. Urban design and social justice go hand in hand.
A Green, Resilient Neighbourhood
The climate crisis is only just beginning. We must build both defensively and constructively for resilience and to do little harm. Future cloudbursts will need uncovered terrain to absorb the flow. The prospect of future heat argues for current planting to improve shade and prevent the absorbed sunlight that creates an urban heat island. In this planting, we should heed the needs of non-human life around us — from butterflies and bees and dragon flies to bats, birds and the local mammals.
Eglinton Park Residents' Association 