Community Consultation Meeting: 5400 Yonge Street & 15 Horsham Avenue

On June 29, 2026, I joined City Planning staff, residents, and a representative consultant from the project team for a Community Consultation Meeting regarding the proposed development at 5400 Yonge Street and 15 Horsham Avenue. 

The application proposes to amend the zoning by-law to increase the height of the approved development from 32 storeys to 45 storeys for a mixed-use building at the southwest corner of Yonge Street and Horsham Avenue. Residents were informed that the previously approved 32-storey development received a final order from the Ontario Land Tribunal in September 2025 and is no longer subject to change. The current application under review focuses only on the proposed additional 13 storeys.

Proposed Development Highlights

• Increase in height from 32 storeys to 45 storeys

• Approximately 699 residential units, including family-sized units

• 547 square metres of retail space along Yonge Street

• A new public park at the northwest corner of the site is to be conveyed to the City

• 197 vehicle parking spaces, including visitor parking

• Approximately 531 bicycle parking spaces

• Vehicle access from Canterbury Place, consistent with the previously approved development

Residents shared valuable feedback and raised a number of concerns about the proposal, including:

• Traffic, transit, and infrastructure capacity to support continued growth and intensification

• Vehicle access, parking, and visitor parking, including concerns with Canterbury Place and existing on-street parking conditions

• Building height, shadow, privacy, and cumulative impacts on surrounding homes, the school, and the daycare

• Maintaining employment and commercial space, including more diverse retail opportunities for small businesses

• A well-designed public park that provides a meaningful community benefit

• Safe pedestrian access and construction impacts, including the need for a comprehensive Construction Management Plan developed with residents

During the discussion, I emphasized the importance of balancing new housing with the infrastructure, employment opportunities, parks, and community amenities needed to support a complete and livable neighbourhood. I also raised the opportunity to use parkland development charges to enhance the future public park and advocated for a Construction Management Plan that is developed in consultation with immediate neighbours, including residents of 5418 Yonge Street.

While the meeting provided an important opportunity for public input, many questions could not be fully answered because the applicant only had one consultant present and no members of their actual team. As such, questions about the Transportation Impact Study, building design, and construction-related matters could not be answered.

Public consultation should be meaningful, not simply a procedural requirement. Residents deserve complete answers from the full project team. For this reason, I have requested that the applicant fund a second Community Consultation Meeting with the appropriate technical representatives. It is insulting that they hosted a consultation without being present.

This follow-up consultation will likely take place in the new term (after the fall elections). I want to ensure that residents have another opportunity to ask questions, receive complete answers, and remain meaningfully involved in the planning process.

Thank you to everyone who attended and shared their perspectives. 

Stay Connected

Residents are encouraged to continue sharing comments and questions with City Planning at Kelly.Snow@toronto.ca and to copy Councillor_Cheng@toronto.ca so my office can continue following up on community concerns.