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

Development application 25 189579 ESC 21 OZ

Ward 21 · Michael ThompsonDataset pageReport an error on this page

Status: Application Received; In progress
Submitted: 7 July 2025; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 1; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 1; 1 meeting · 1 office

Application record

Type: Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ)
Addresses: 20 Metropolitan Rd; 22 Metropolitan Rd
Ward: Ward 21 · Michael Thompson
Submitted: 7 July 2025
Status: Application Received
Outcome recorded: In progress
Decision date: Not recorded in the open data
Appealed: No appeal recorded
Size stated in the description: 1,881 units; 158,502 m² gross floor area
Related file: 23 128433 ESC 21 OZ

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

Description

Proposed a mixed-use development comprised of five towers ranging in height between 26- to 46-storeys and an 11-storey mid-rise building. Overall 1,881 new residential units, including 165 purpose-built rental units and 341 units for seniors, a new daycare space that is proposed to be integrated at the base of a rental apartment building. The proposal also includes a range of other non-residential uses including a 228 room hotel as well as a new 687-square metre grocery store, 1,986 square metres of retail space, and 7,412 square metres of office space, including 1,977 square metres of medical office uses that would be conveniently located within the base of the proposed seniors residence. Total of 158,502 square metres of gross floor area resulting in an overall density of 4.57 FSI.

Linked lobbying registrations

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Sunray Group of Hotels Inc. · registration SM33225
Official plan amendment and rezoning application for 22 Metropolitan Rd.
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.75
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Source records
- Registration SM33225: Official plan amendment and rezoning application for 22 Metropolitan Rd. (Lobbyist Registry)
- Development application 25 189579 ESC 21 OZ at 22 Metropolitan Rd: Proposed a mixed-use development comprised of five towers ranging in height between 26- to 46-storeys and an 11-storey mid-rise building. Overall 1,881 new residential units, including 165 purpose-built rental units and 341 units for seniors, a new daycare space that is proposed to be integrated at… (Development Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: Official plan amendment and rezoning application for 22 Metropolitan Rd.
Matched fields
address
22 METROPOLITAN RD
application_address
22 METROPOLITAN RD

Lobbying on linked registrations

1 linked registration · 1 communication · 1 meeting · 1 office contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Ward 21 Scarborough Centre1

Data table· 1 row

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Ward 21 Scarborough Centre	Member of council	1	1	10 May 2022

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Bousfields Inc.1 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.

Sunray Group of Hotels Inc.
SM33101 · 23 March 2022 · “22 Metropolitan Road”
Ron Chan
SM19850 · 12 November 2013 · “22 Metropolitan Road”
COmanage Limited
SM17398 · 2 November 2011 · “22 Metropolitan Road”

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 21

15 lobbied · 21 matched

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

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 21: 15 lobbied and 21 matched unlobbied applications in 12 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	15	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.
Matched, unlobbied	21	Hidden: fewer than 20 applications in the lobbied or the matched unlobbied group.

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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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.