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

Development application 25 202217 ESC 21 OZ

1451 Midland Ave; 2640 Lawrence Ave E; 2650 Lawrence Ave E

Ward 21 · Michael ThompsonDataset pageCity application pageReport an error on this page

Status: OMB Approved; Approved
Submitted: 29 July 2025; Appealed
Linked lobbying registrations: 0; None published
Communications on linked registrations: 0

Application record

Type: Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendment (OZ)
Addresses: 1451 Midland Ave; 2640 Lawrence Ave E; 2650 Lawrence Ave E
Ward: Ward 21 · Michael Thompson
Submitted: 29 July 2025
Status: OMB Approved
Outcome recorded: Approved
Decision date: 7 October 2026
Appealed: Yes
Size stated in the description: 1,001 units
Related file: 22 234848 ESC 21 OZ

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

Description

OPA applicaiton to permit the development of a 33-storey residential building and 43-storey mixed-use building with a 971 square metre public park. A total of 1,001 residential dwelling units are proposed. This application has been submitted concurrently with a revised Zoning By-law Amendment Application (22-234848 ESC 21 OZ) which was appealed on August 20, 2025.

Linked lobbying registrations

No published lobbying registrations are linked to this application.

Other registrations that mention this application's addresses

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

First capital Realty
SM29894 · 13 March 2020 · “2650 Lawrence Avenue East.”

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

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 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: 573 lobbied and 763 matched unlobbied applications in 344 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	573	1,925	100% (n=64)	0%	13%	0.08
Matched, unlobbied	763	1,793	98% (n=70)	2%	13%	0.05

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