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Community Street Sale
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A street-sale, coordinated by the Sunnylea Kingsway Community Association, is taking place to raise funds to fight against over-development on Bloor Street between Prince Edward Drive and Montgomery Road.

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Residents persist and win at Toronto Local Appeal Body (TLAB)

Svetlana and Dejan Bojic had a winning session in June 2017 where the Committee of Adjustment voted in their favour.

After that the developer (TACCON INC) made some extremely minimal adjustments (in centimeters) and went for another CoA hearing on September 28th. This time the Committee of Adjustment voted in their favour.

The Bojics then decided to go to the next level and submitted a Notice to Appeal to the Toronto Local Appeal Body on October 16. The Hearing was scheduled for March 3, 2018. This post shows what they did to win.

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Latest Development Articles
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Latest Development Articles
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Recent articles about the realities of Toronto development.  Important reading for Kingsway-Sunnylea residents.
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Park Lawn Lake Shore Transportation Master Plan
Park Lawn Lake Shore Transportation Master Plan

The City of Toronto continues work on the Park Lawn Lake Shore Transportation Master Plan (TMP) Study (initiated in 2016) to identify transportation improvements that support all road users and the further development of the Park Lawn / Lake Shore community.

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Progress at the OMB - Residents and City Against 8-Storey Application
Progress at the OMB - Residents and City Against 8-Storey Application

The OMB hearing regarding a proposed eight-storey condominium development at 2915 Bloor Street West is at the halfway point. The case is hinged on the weight and applicability of the 2010 Mid Rise Guidelines. It’s a heavyweight match with the Guidelines versus the Bloor Kingsway Avenue Study which residents and city staff are fighting to preserve.

The hearing will continue on December 4th, 2018 for 4 days with a decision in the new year.

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Developer for 2915 Bloor St. W. comes down a storey
Developer for 2915 Bloor St. W. comes down a storey

The developer proposing 9 storeys at 2915 Bloor has revised their submission to one of 8 storeys.

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Precedents...do they count at the OMB or the new Tribunal?
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Precedents...do they count at the OMB or the new Tribunal?
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Is there a real danger of an OMB decision being used as a precedent for influencing similar future OMB hearings for the Kingsway-Sunnylea community?   This is a major question whose answer is...

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Proposed Development by Swiss Chalet
Proposed Development by Swiss Chalet

At the corner of Bloor and Grenview Boulevard,, a proposal was submitted to redevelop the Swiss Chalet and RBC branch sites at 2955-2961 Bloor West.

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Application for 8-storey mixed-used building at Bloor and Humbervale
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Application for 8-storey mixed-used building at Bloor and Humbervale
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The City has received the following application under the Planning Act:

"To amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law for an 8-storey mixed-use building comprised of 81 residential units and 507 m² of retail uses on the ground floor ... 3005 Bloor Street West & 14 Humbervale Boulevard.  A two-storey single-detached dwelling is also proposed as part of the application."

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Change will come slowly despite OMB reforms
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Change will come slowly despite OMB reforms
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After more than 100 years, the Ontario Municipal Board will come to an end.

But things won’t change for years.

Regulations put forward by Ontario on how to transition to a new planning tribunal mean hundreds of applications currently being considered by city could be appealed under old rules.

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