Development application · Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ)

Development application 16 152742 STE 28 OZ

2 Cooper Street; 15 Cooper St; 15 Freeland St; 33 Freeland St; 43 Freeland St; 53 Freeland Street; 55 Lake Shore Blvd E; 95 Lake Shore Blvd E

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Status: Closed; Closed (outcome not recorded)
Submitted: 9 May 2016; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 2; 1 meeting · 1 office

Application record

Type: Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ)
Addresses: 2 Cooper Street; 15 Cooper St; 15 Freeland St; 33 Freeland St; 43 Freeland St; 53 Freeland Street; 55 Lake Shore Blvd E; 95 Lake Shore Blvd E
Ward: Ward 10 · Ausma Malik
Submitted: 9 May 2016
Status: Closed
Outcome recorded: Closed (outcome not recorded)
Decision date: Not recorded in the open data
Appealed: No appeal recorded

Source: City of Toronto open data (Development Applications; Committee of Adjustment Applications). Dataset page · City application page

Description

This application is for an OPA/Rezoning application on the former LCBO lands to permit a mixed-use development, including a new office/retail building, 6 mixed-use buildings and a public park. The applications proposes to divide the property into 4 blocks, with the eastward extension of Harbour Street and the creation of a new north-south street between Cooper Street and Lower Jarvis Street. A draft plan of subdivision application has also been submitted, as file no. 16-152754 STE 28 SB. Note that the Lower Yonge OPA and Precinct went to Toronto and East York Community Council on May 10, 2016.

Linked lobbying registrations

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Menkes Developments Ltd · registration SM22338
2 Cooper Street 15 to 53 Freeland Street 55 and 95 Lake Shore Blvd 15 Queens Quay
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.83
A model scored this link between 0.7 and 0.9 out of 1. Links are not checked by a person, and links in this range are wrong more often: check the evidence before relying on it.
Source records
- Registration SM22338: 2 Cooper Street 15 to 53 Freeland Street 55 and 95 Lake Shore Blvd 15 Queens Quay (Lobbyist Registry)
- Development application 16 152742 STE 28 OZ at 2 Cooper St: This application is for an OPA/Rezoning application on the former LCBO lands to permit a mixed-use development, including a new office/retail building, 6 mixed-use buildings and a public park. The applications proposes to divide the property into 4 blocks, with the eastward extension of Harbour Str… (Development Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: 2 Cooper Street 15 to 53 Freeland Street 55 and 95 Lake Shore Blvd 15 Queens Quay
Matched fields
address
2 COOPER ST
application_address
2 COOPER ST

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 2 communications · 1 meeting · 1 office contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale2

Data table· 1 row

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale	Member of council	2	1	5 April 2018

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Sherman Brown Dryer Karol1 registration

Other registrations that mention this application's addresses

Text matches on the address only. They are not linked to this application unless listed above.

Menkes 55 Lakeshore Inc.
SM36592 · 29 April 2025 · “55 Lake Shore Blvd East”
Menkes Developments Ltd
SM36584 · 28 April 2025 · “55 Lake Shore Blvd. East.”
Menkes 55 Lakeshore Inc.
SM36313 · 28 January 2025 · “55 Lake Shore Blvd East”
Menkes 55 Lakeshore Inc.
SM32399 · 6 October 2021 · “55 Lake Shore Blvd East”
Greenland Group (Canada)
SM20024 · 19 January 2014 · “2 Cooper Street”
Greenland Group (Canada)
SM20025 · 19 January 2014 · “2 Cooper Street”
Greenland Group (Canada)
SM20897 · 19 January 2014 · “2 Cooper Street.”

Comparison with similar applications

Lobbied applications are compared only with unlobbied applications of the same type, in the same ward, submitted in the same year and of the same size band (units or floor area from the description; sub-type for Committee of Adjustment files). Unlobbied applications are weighted to match the lobbied group. Raw lobbied versus unlobbied averages are not reported.

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), Ward 10

88 lobbied · 94 matched

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=7
Matched, unlobbied100% n=7

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied0%

Appeal rate

Lobbied10%
Matched, unlobbied5%

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), City-wide

571 lobbied · 760 matched

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=78
Matched, unlobbied96% n=78

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied4%

Appeal rate

Lobbied12%
Matched, unlobbied14%

Data table· 4 rows

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), Ward 10: 88 lobbied and 94 matched unlobbied applications in 38 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	88	—	100% (n=7)	0%	10%	0.03
Matched, unlobbied	94	—	100% (n=7)	0%	5%	0.01

Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), City-wide: 571 lobbied and 760 matched unlobbied applications in 344 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	571	—	100% (n=78)	0%	12%	0.08
Matched, unlobbied	760	—	96% (n=78)	4%	14%	0.05

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Lobbyists choose whom to contact, so a difference does not show a change of mind.