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

Development application 17 277715 STE 28 OZ

18 Wellington St W; 21 Melinda St; 25 King St W; 30 Wellington St W; 56 Yonge St; 187 Bay St; 199 Bay St

Status
Closed
Closed (outcome not recorded)
Submitted
20 December 2017
No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations
2
Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations
6
5 meetings · 3 offices

Application record

Type
Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ)
Addresses
18 Wellington St W; 21 Melinda St; 25 King St W; 30 Wellington St W; 56 Yonge St; 187 Bay St; 199 Bay St
Ward
Ward 13 · Chris Moise
Submitted
20 December 2017
Status
Closed
Outcome recorded
Closed (outcome not recorded)
Decision date
Not recorded in the open data
Appealed
No appeal recorded
Size stated in the description
169,781 m² gross floor area

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

Description

Revised Zoning By-law Amendment to permit the construction of a 65-storey office-retail building with a height of 300 metres, and a 3-storey pavilion with a gross floor area of 169,781 sq.m. on the existing Commerce Court site. The existing Commerce Court South building is proposed to be demolished, and the Commerce Court East building is proposed to the altered. The Hotel Victoria building forms part of the application and is also proposed to be altered.

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Lobbying on linked registrations

2 linked registrations · 6 communications · 5 meetings · 3 offices contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations
  • Ward 13 Toronto Centre4
  • Economic Development1
  • Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale1
Data table· 3 rows
OfficeOffice holder typeCommunicationsMeetingsLast contact
Ward 13 Toronto CentreMember of council4322 August 2019
Economic DevelopmentCity staff1114 February 2018
Ward 28 Toronto Centre-RosedaleMember of council1114 December 2017

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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 13

83 lobbied · 97 matched

Median days

  • Lobbied—
  • Matched, unlobbied1,793

Approval rate

  • Lobbied100% n=10
  • Matched, unlobbied93% n=14

Refusal rate

  • Lobbied0%
  • Matched, unlobbied7%

Appeal rate

  • Lobbied11%
  • Matched, unlobbied17%

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

573 lobbied · 763 matched

Median days

  • Lobbied1,925
  • Matched, unlobbied1,793

Approval rate

  • Lobbied100% n=64
  • Matched, unlobbied98% n=70

Refusal rate

  • Lobbied0%
  • Matched, unlobbied2%

Appeal rate

  • Lobbied13%
  • Matched, unlobbied13%
Data table· 4 rows
Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), Ward 13: 83 lobbied and 97 matched unlobbied applications in 34 matched strata
GroupnMedian daysApproval rateRefusal rateAppeal rateCouncil items
Lobbied83—100% (n=10)0%11%0.14
Matched, unlobbied971,79393% (n=14)7%17%0.08
Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ), City-wide: 573 lobbied and 763 matched unlobbied applications in 344 matched strata
GroupnMedian daysApproval rateRefusal rateAppeal rateCouncil items
Lobbied5731,925100% (n=64)0%13%0.08
Matched, unlobbied7631,79398% (n=70)2%13%0.05

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