An update brought to you by the Broadway Area Residents Association (BARA)
Bayview Carwash, March 2025 /Townhomes on Glazebrook, March 2025 /Broadway Area Residents Association (BARA)
On March 19th, the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) gave its approval for a 46-storey mixed-use building on the site of the Bayview Car Wash at the corner of Bayview Ave and Roehampton Ave (1802 Bayview Avenue).
The proposal was challenged at a December hearing by city planning and legal staff, and the Broadway Area Residents Association (BARA). Key to BARA’s position was the fact that the city’s Official Plan states that the tallest buildings around Crosstown LRT stations should be closest to those stations, with all surrounding developments transitioning into the neighbourhood.
City council previously approved a 35-storey building directly atop the Leaside LRT station entrance on the southeast corner of Bayview and Eglinton.
“According to the city’s Official Plan, everything outside the actual corners of Bayview and Eglinton should therefore be less than 35 storeys,” said BARA Co-President Jesper Thoft. “We are very frustrated by this decision.”
The Toronto Star recently reported an analysis of OLT rulings which found that 97 per cent go in favour of developers’ applications. The OLT is a provincial body, and its decisions on development applications are final and binding.
One of the few alterations ordered by the OLT on the car wash site development is for a slightly bigger setback from Bayview Ave than the developer had proposed, something BARA and city planners had advocated for at the hearing.
The Broadway Area Residents Association (BARA) is a volunteer organization of Bayview/Eglinton residents who care deeply about their neighbourhood.
We work hard to ensure that our concerns about the impact of new developments on the history and character of our neighbourhood are fully and fairly considered. BARA opposes inappropriate redevelopment in our area, such as 25 to 46-storey towers abutting 2-storey houses and buildings with inadequate parking for residents and guests.
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