A summary of proposed and approved developments in our area; click on the links for more details about each development. (This entry may be updated as more info becomes available.)
If you have concerns about how a development will affect the neighbourhood (such as privacy/overlook of nearby low-rise residential), you may find it informative to review information for other east-downtown developments listed here, which may have agreed to some design changes, to mitigate their impact.
- 28 River (Beer store site, just north of Queen, 15 storey)
Jan 2017 – Urbantoronto
March 2017 – planning report (recommending refusal)
OMB – latest hearing June 2020 was cancelled.
Ownership of this property has changed at least 3 times since 2017: 28 River Street Holdings Limited, then 2594481 Ontario Limited, then 1979351 Ontario Inc.
June 2022 update
- 187 Parliament (Thrifty car rental site, 11 storey)
Jan 2017 – Urbantoronto
March 2017 – preliminary planning report (NB.rear portion of the proposed building would be located within land zoned “neighbourhood” and would exceed the four height storey limit in the Official Plan.)
June 2018 – final planning report (recommending approval)
July 2018 – City Council approval
May 2019 – Urbantoronto
Corktown
Proposed developments for Queen St and River St, on the borders of Trefann Court. (See link for 28 Eastern (developer Alterra), at Sackville)
June 3, 2020June 2, 2020April 27, 2018
- 471-479 Queen East (between Bright and Sumach, developer Brad Lamb, 15 storey, see above photos)
Jan 2021 – Urbantoronto
March 2021 – Toronto Star: Toronto police looking for witnesses, suspect arson in four-alarm Corktown fire in 2020
Previous fire at the same location occurred in 2018.
March 2021 – preliminary planning report
Jan 2022 – planning report (recommending refusal)
OLT – initial CMC on Feb 4, 2022: CRBA will be a participant, Preserve Corktown has party status; list of issues due April 15, next CMC May 2
351-353 Queen East (SE corner of Parliament/Queen, 27 storeys)
June 26, 2018 – City Council
Oct 27, 2020 – City Council
Oct 2020 – settlement and plans
Jan 2022 – replacement of rental housing report
- 111 River (at Dundas, 34 storey)
Dec 2019 – preliminary planning report
- 83 River (at Labatt, developer Broccolini, 34 storey)
Jan 2020 – Urbantoronto
Sept 2021 – city legal report (recommending settlement)
Dec 2021 LPAT approval (The full address is “83-97 River Street and 2-4 Labatt Avenue”, ie. the north-east corner.)
- 77 River (at Shuter, Salvation Army site, developer TAS, 38 storey)
Dec 2016 – City Council approval (The full address is “77 River Street and 7 Labatt Avenue”, ie. the south-east corner.)
developer’s plans
Cabbagetown South
A number of condo developments are also planned for this nearby neighbourhood:
- 252 Parliament (Salvation Army store site, developer Core, 9 storey)
Oct 2020 – preliminary planning report, also see CSRA summary
March 2021 – Globe article (co-living concept)
Jan 2022 – final planning report
- 307 Sherbourne (corner Sherbourne/Gerrard, 15 storey)
Aug 2015 – preliminary planning report
Aug 2017 – final planning report (recommending refusal)
Jan 2018 – LPAT hearing (planned for Nov 2018)
Nov 2018 – LPAT approval
July 2020 – urbantoronto
July 2021 – previously called Oben Flats, new owner FEB, may be planning to develop for student housing or co-living (registered as a lobbyist)
- 227 Gerrard East (at Ontario, beer store site, developer Rosewater, 7 storey)
March 2017 – preliminary planning report
July 23 2018 – City Council
Aug 2 2018 – OMB settlement
- 401 Dundas East (at Berkeley, developer Plaza, 10 storey)
March 2021 – Urbantoronto
March 30, 2021 preliminary planning report
- 419 Dundas East, (5 storey)
Jan 2018 – Toronto Local Appeal Body approval
Oct 2018 – Urbantoronto