Preview Mount Pleasant’s Regent Theatre’s refined new look

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551 Mount Pleasant Rd. “Before and After” (terrabruce.ca)

Terra Bruce Productions has posted a rendering on their website of what they hope the Regent Theatre will look like when they finish revitalizing the property. The character features such as the old red brick and decorative windows will play a starring role in the new look of the façade. The building permit application describes their intentions for interior renovations. “Extensive renovation where existing walls, ceilings, floor assemblies and roof assemblies are substantially removed in an existing building and new walls, ceiling, floor assemblies and roof assemblies are installed in the building for the proposed function.”

551 Mount Pleasant Rd (toronto.ca)

551 Mount Pleasant Road – Designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act

City Council adopted this item on September 28, 2022 without amendments.

  • City Council state its intention to designate the property at 551 Mount Pleasant Road (including the active entrances at 549, 553 and 555 Mount Pleasant Road) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 551 Mount Pleasant Road (Reasons for Designation) in Attachment 3 to the report (September 19, 2022) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
  • If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

The property at 551 Mount Pleasant Road was listed on the City of Toronto’s Heritage Register on May 28, 1984, and contributes to the intact historic village streetscape of this section of Mount Pleasant Road, as identified in the Midtown in Focus Planning Study.

On May 2, 2017, Toronto and East York Community Council requested Heritage Planning staff to report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council on the possibility of designating The Regent Theatre at 551 Mount Pleasant Road under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.

Staff have completed the Research and Evaluation Report for the property at 551 Mount Pleasant Road and determined that the property meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act under all three categories of design and physical, historical and associative, and contextual values. As such, the property is a significant built heritage resource.

Background file: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-229571.pdf