Development application · Site Plan Approval (SA)

Development application 25 148973 ESC 20 SA

Ward 20 · Parthi KandavelDataset pageCity application pageReport an error on this page

Status: Under Review; In progress
Submitted: 24 April 2025; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 4; 2 meetings · 1 office

Application record

Type: Site Plan Approval (SA)
Addresses: 685 Warden Ave
Ward: Ward 20 · Parthi Kandavel
Submitted: 24 April 2025
Status: Under Review
Outcome recorded: In progress
Decision date: Not recorded in the open data
Appealed: No appeal recorded
Size stated in the description: 290 units; 19,896 m² gross floor area
Related file: 21 180550 ESC 20 OZ

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

Description

Site Plan Approval for the easterly block, known as Block 3, contains an L-shaped building with a 6-storey north-south element that connects to a 17-storey residential building. The proposal is comprised of 19,896 square metres of gross floor area, includes a total of 290 dwelling units, including 23 studio units (8%), 152 one-bedroom units (53%), 76 two-bedroom units (26%) and 39 three-bedroom units (13%). Of the 152 one-bedroom units, 14 (5%) are grade-related townhouse units.

Linked lobbying registrations

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CP REIT Ontario Properties Limited · registration SM34078
Mixed-use Development Application at 685 Warden Avenue, Toronto, ON.
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 SM34078: Mixed-use Development Application at 685 Warden Avenue, Toronto, ON. (Lobbyist Registry)
- Development application 25 148973 ESC 20 SA at 685 Warden Ave: Site Plan Approval for the easterly block, known as Block 3, contains an L-shaped building with a 6-storey north-south element that connects to a 17-storey residential building. The proposal is comprised of 19,896 square metres of gross floor area, includes a total of 290 dwelling units, including … (Development Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: Mixed-use Development Application at 685 Warden Avenue, Toronto, ON.
Matched fields
address
685 WARDEN AVE
application_address
685 WARDEN AVE

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 4 communications · 2 meetings · 1 office contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Data table· 2 rows

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Gary Crawford	Councillor staff	3	1	10 February 2023
Gary Crawford	Member of council	1	1	6 February 2023

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Amir Remtulla and Associates1 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.

Choice Properties
SM34146 · 6 February 2023 · “685 Warden Ave”
Choice Properties
SM31801 · 4 June 2021 · “685 Warden Avenue”
Choice Properties
SM31131 · 15 January 2021 · “685 Warden Avenue”
Choice Properties
SM31077 · 7 January 2021 · “685 Warden Avenue.”
Choice Properties
SM31078 · 7 January 2021 · “685 Warden Avenue.”

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.

Site Plan Approval (SA), Ward 20

11 lobbied · 34 matched

Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.

Site Plan Approval (SA), City-wide

449 lobbied · 1,236 matched

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=63
Matched, unlobbied97% n=98

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied3%

Appeal rate

Lobbied4%
Matched, unlobbied3%

Data table· 4 rows

Site Plan Approval (SA), Ward 20: 11 lobbied and 34 matched unlobbied applications in 9 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	11	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	34	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.

Site Plan Approval (SA), City-wide: 449 lobbied and 1,236 matched unlobbied applications in 307 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	449	—	100% (n=63)	0%	4%	0.07
Matched, unlobbied	1,236	—	97% (n=98)	3%	3%	0.04

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.