Diamond Corp is pursuing an Official Plan Amendment (OPA) to build a 33-storey mixed-use building with 429 residential units and 4,596 sq. ft of retail space near the planned St. Clair-Old Weston GO Station. The developer aims to exempt the project from office space requirements, allowing for more housing in the area. The application is currently under review and hinges on the approval of the OPA, along with accompanying Zoning Bylaw and Site Plan Applications.
Diamond Corp is seeking an exemption from office requirements in order to provide more housing near the planned St. Clair-Old Weston GO Station.has filed for a site-specific Official Plan Amendment to admit the development of 33-storey mixed-use building that would bring 429 residential units and 4,596 sq. ft of retail space to The Stockyards neighbourhood.
Initially, Diamond Crop envisioned redeveloping the site with a 31-storey residential, office, and retail building. The developer filed its first application in August 2022, but in May 2022 City Council had adopted the Keele-St. Clair Secondary Plan , which converted the site from Employment Areas to Mixed Use Areas in order to "achieve the creation of a transit supportive, complete community centered around the future St.
The most recent OPA application seeks to change that, exempting it from the need to provide office space and allowing it to deliver more much-needed housing near transit. A Zoning Bylaw Application and Site Plan Application were also submitted in July 2024 and the success of those depend on the approval of the site-specific OPA submitted this December.
Inside, the building would contain 4,596 sq. ft of retail space at grade with residential space in the floors above. The 429 units would be divided into 31 studios, 239 one-bedrooms, 128 two-bedrooms, and 31 three-bedrooms. Amenity spaces would be located predominately on level two where 6,124 sq. ft of indoor amenity space conjoins with 4,348 sq. ft of outdoor amenity space. Additionally, a 1,969-sq.-ft terrace would be found atop level five.
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