• City Planning Development Meeting

    Toronto City Planning is holding a public meeting for two developments in the East end. Below is the information about the meetings and the developments I received in an email from Paula Fletchers office.

    What: 1761 – 1763 Dundas Street East and 1400 Gerrard Street East
    Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2023
    Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

    1761 – 1763 Dundas Street East is located on the south-side of Dundas Street East, southeast of the Greenwood Avenue and Dundas Street East intersection. The site is currently occupied by a two storey residential building. The applicant is seeking a Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Approval to permit the development of a 4-storey residential building containing 23 residential units: 3 studio (13%), 9 one bedroom (39%), 6 two bedroom (26%) and 5 three bedroom units (22%). 2 vehicle parking spaces and 38 bicycle parking spaces are proposed.

    1400 Gerrard Street East is located on the north side of the Gerrard Street East between Woodfield and Hiawatha. The site is currently occupied by a 2 storey commercial building with retail at grade, a residential unit above and surface parking. The applicant is seeking a Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Approval to permit a 7-storey a mixed use, rental building with19 residential units: 6 studio (31%), 2 one bedroom (11%), 8 two bedroom (42%), 1 three bedroom unit (5%), 2 four bedroom units (11%) and two commercial units on the ground floor. 2 vehicle parking spaces and 22 bicycle parking spaces are proposed,

    Architectural plans, reports and studies submitted as part of the applications are available to the public in the Application Information Centre here:
    1761-1763 Dundas Street East: www.toronto.ca/1761DundasStE
    1400 Gerrard Street East: www.toronto.ca/1400GerrardStE

    This meeting will be online and/or phone-in only. Participation instructions are provided below and on the meeting notice.

    Join Online
    A link to be used for joining the meeting online will be provided a minimum of two days in advance of the meeting date.

    Join by Phone
    The call-in number and meeting number will be provided a minimum of two days in advance of the meeting date.

    Q + A
    There will be a question and answer period at the end of the presentations. For those participating online, questions will need to be asked using the “Raise Hand” function, as the chat box function will not be actively monitored. For those participating by phone, please dial *3 to ask questions. Representatives from the City and the Applicant’s consultants will be available to answer questions.

    To join, you are required to pre-register at http://www.toronto.ca/cpconsultations

    Click on the links below to see the Google Street map views;

    1761-1763 Dundas Street East

    1400 Gerrard Street East


  • Mortgage Rates | Week of November 21 2022

    Term – Rates

    1 Year – 5.74%

    2 Year – 5.74%

    3 Year – 5.59%

    4 Year – 5.54%

    5 Year – 5.54%*

    5 Year Special – 5.09%

    7 Year   – 5.84%

    10 Year – 6.00%

    Variable Rate – 5.05%

    Rates provide by Darlene Hanley from the Hanley Mortgage Group.

    Darlene Hanley, Mortgage Agent #M08003191

    44 Charles Street West #2304 Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1R7

    (416) 323-0535

  • Ontario Line Subway Contract Awarded

    The Ontario Government announced yesterday that Toronto’s new Ontario Line subway contract has been awarded to Connect 6ix. Work is to begin in 2023 and expected to be completed in 2031.

    The Ontario Line will be a 15.6-kilometre new rapid transit line running between the Ontario Science Centre and Exhibition/Ontario Place in Toronto, with 15 stations, including six interchange stations.
    Click here for RFQ information and here for the press release.

    Map of the Ontario Line Subway
    Ontario Line Map – Click here for Interactive Map

    Quick Facts

    • The 15-stop Ontario Line will extend 15.6-kilometres from Exhibition/Ontario Place to the Ontario Science Centre and will offer more than 40 transit connections to other subway, bus, streetcar, light-rail transit and regional rail services, linking communities from east to west, north to south.
    • The Province also released a sample of the subway train renderings prepared by Connect 6ix, showing early-concept designs that will be finalized after further consultation with municipal partners and communities.
    • The trains will be packed with the latest technology and feature onboard Wi-Fi, digital passenger information screens, charging points, dedicated spaces for bicycles, double wheelchair areas, and continuous, connected carriages.
    • On November 9, 2022, the Province awarded the South contract, which includes a six-kilometre twin-bore tunnel, as well as four new underground stations (King-Bathurst, Queen-Spadina, Moss Park, Corktown), two underground stations that will integrate with the existing Osgoode and Queen TTC subway stations, and one above-ground station that will integrate with the existing Exhibition GO Station served by the Lakeshore West line.
    • Early works construction for the Ontario Line is already underway at Exhibition Station, at the site of the future Corktown and Moss Park stations, and in the joint corridor west of the Don River.
    • By 2041, the Ontario Line will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 14,000 tonnes annually and cut overall fuel consumption by more than 7 million litres a year – the equivalent to nearly 120,000 fill ups at the pump.
    • Improving public transit is vital to supporting Ontario’s economic development and recovery. Every $1 billion invested in transit helps support 10,000 jobs and boosts Ontario’s real GDP by another $1 billion.

    Below are concept renderings for the subway and station.

    Ontario Line Concept Renderings
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  • Mortgage Rates | Week of November 14th 2022

    Term – Our Rates

    1 Year – 5.74%

    2 Year – 5.74%

    3 Year – 5.59%

    4 Year – 5.54%

    5 Year – 5.29%*

    5 Year Special – 5.14%

    7 Year   – 5.84%

    10 Year – 6.15%

    Variable Rate – 5.05%

    Rates provide by Darlene Hanley from the Hanley Mortgage Group.

    Darlene Hanley, Mortgage Agent #M08003191

    44 Charles Street West #2304

    Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1R7

    (416) 323-0535

  • Vacant Home Tax

    Toronto Vacant Home Tax

    All residential property owners in Toronto will be required to submit a declaration of their property’s occupancy status for the previous year. The deadline to declare a property’s 2022 occupancy status is February 2, 2023. The online declaration portal will open in mid-December 2022.

    For more information go here: Vacant Home Tax – City of Toronto

  • Mortgage Rates | Week of November 7th 2022

    Term – Our Rates

    1 Year – 5.74%

    2 Year – 5.74%

    3 Year – 5.59%

    4 Year – 5.54%

    5 Year – 5.29%*

    5 Year Special – 5.14%

    7 Year   – 5.84%

    10 Year – 6.15%

    Variable Rate – 5.05%

    Rates provide by Darlene Hanley from the Hanley Mortgage Group.

    Darlene Hanley, Mortgage Agent #M08003191

    44 Charles Street West #2304

    Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1R7

    (416) 323-0535

  • Halloween in Leslieville 2022

    Happy Halloween!

    I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween this year.  Below are a few of pics from last night. My youngest and I by The Rail Garden for a haunted tour and one from Woodfield Ave that was closed to traffic for the night where the little ghosts and goblins were out in full force.

    Sam Obeid

    The Rail Garden Halloween

    Halloween on Woodfield 2022