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

Development application 17 122573 STE 20 OZ

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Status: OMB Approved; Approved
Submitted: 28 February 2017; Appealed
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 4; 0 meetings · 2 offices

Application record

Type: Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ)
Addresses: 49 Spadina Ave
Ward: Ward 10 · Ausma Malik
Submitted: 28 February 2017
Status: OMB Approved
Outcome recorded: Approved
Decision date: Not recorded in the open data
Appealed: Yes

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

Description

Zoning By-law amendment to retain the existing six-storey heritage building on the western portion of the site and to develop a new, 20-storey tower on the eastern half of the site. The existing retail and commercial uses within the heritage building will be maintained and the proposed tower addition will contain retail uses at grade and office uses above. No vehicular parking is proposed.

Linked lobbying registrations

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Portland Property Spadina Inc. · registration SM24837
49 Spadina Avenue
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.87
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Source records
- Registration SM24837: 49 Spadina Avenue (Lobbyist Registry)
- Development application 17 122573 STE 20 OZ at 49 Spadina Ave: Zoning By-law amendment to retain the existing six-storey heritage building on the western portion of the site and to develop a new, 20-storey tower on the eastern half of the site. The existing retail and commercial uses within the heritage building will be maintained and the proposed tower additi… (Development Applications)
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- particulars: 49 Spadina Avenue
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49 SPADINA AVE
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49 SPADINA AVE

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 4 communications · 0 meetings · 2 offices contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Councillor Joe Cressy, Ward 203
Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina1

Data table· 2 rows

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Councillor Joe Cressy, Ward 20	Councillor staff	3	0	14 February 2019
Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina	Member of council	1	0	26 January 2018

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Aird & Berlis LLP1 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.

None.

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

Submission to the first decision status seen in our daily loads (measured from launch). Approval and refusal rates are among applications with a recorded decision.

Large and complex applications attract both lobbying and longer reviews, and matching cannot remove every difference between applications, so a difference does not show that lobbying changed how an application was reviewed.

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