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Project Details
- Type
- Mixed Use, Residential, Environmental Sustainability, Housing, and Affordable Housing
- Ward
- Spadina-Fort York
- Councillor
- Ausma Malik
- Current Phase
- Pre-development
- Current Use
- TPA parking lot (1117 Dundas St W) and vacant residential building (1113 Dundas St W)
- Major Intersection
- Dundas Street West and Ossington Avenue
- Site Area
- 0.43 acres
- Proposed Use
- Creation of residential, including affordable and market rental units, constructed out of mass timber
- Surrounding Use
- Residential/Retail
- Type
- Mixed Use, Residential, Environmental Sustainability, Housing, and Affordable Housing
- Ward
- Spadina-Fort York
- Councillor
- Ausma Malik
- Current Phase
- Pre-development
- Current Use
- TPA parking lot (1117 Dundas St W) and vacant residential building (1113 Dundas St W)
- Major Intersection
- Dundas Street West and Ossington Avenue
- Site Area
- 0.43 acres
- Proposed Use
- Creation of residential, including affordable and market rental units, constructed out of mass timber
- Surrounding Use
- Residential/Retail
Project Overview
The 1113-1117 Dundas Street West project will deliver affordable and market rental housing units constructed out of mass timber in the Spadina-Fort York area. The site currently includes a Green P surface parking lot and a semi-detached home at its eastern edge.
CreateTO, in collaboration with the City’s Environment and Climate Division, the Housing Secretariat and City Planning, launched the Mass Timber Pilot Program in 2022 to assess the feasibility of developing new housing using mass timber. The pilot focuses on expediting housing delivery, sustainability, and a climate-action based approach. The property at 1113-1117 Dundas Street West is the first City-owned site to be considered for the delivery of affordable and market housing in the form of mass timber and other low-carbon materials for building construction.
Through the pilot project it will become home to a leading-edge sustainable building that helps provide urgently needed housing, including at least 94 rental units.
CreateTO submitted a City-initiated Official Plan and Zoning By-Law Amendment in December 2023 for the development of a 10-storey mass timber building.
Approval of the City-initiated Official Plan and Zoning By-Law Amendment was received in September 2024.
Project drawings, reports and studies are available through the City’s Application Information Centre at the following link: https://www.toronto.ca/1117DundasStW
Objectives of the Pilot Program
The Mass Timber Pilot Program focuses on exploring how the City can deliver new, scalable affordable and market housing solutions which support the City’s climate action goals, while also speeding up delivery of affordable and market housing. Its key objectives are:
New housing, both affordable and market;
Development that is grounded in sustainability and climate action; and
Development that is cost-effective and efficient to construct in the city.
Timeline
Fall 2023 – Preparation of development concept, Official Plan and Zoning By-Law Amendment.
Winter 2023/2024 – Community consultation and submission of an Official Plan and Zoning By-Law Amendment.
Fall 2024 – The City-initiated Official Plan and Zoning By-Law Amendment for 1113-1117 Dundas Street West was approved and in full force and effect in September 2024.
Have a question about the 1113 – 1117 Dundas Street West Mass Timber Pilot project or want to sign up for project updates? If so, email masstimber@createto.ca
The address for this project is 1113-1125 Dundas Street West, but the site is commonly referred to as 1113-1117 Dundas Street West.
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Project News
Media CoverageMay 15, 2023CreateTO embarks on 10-storey mass timber pilot project(Opens in a new window)Media CoverageMay 15, 2023When a 10-storey residence rises near Trinity Bellwoods Park on Dundas Street West in Toronto next year, it will mark CreateTO’s first foray into the mass timber world.
Media CoverageApril 26, 2022City plans to turn parking lot into affordable housing made of mass timber(Opens in a new window)Media CoverageApril 26, 2022A proposed new mass timber housing development, slated for what is now a surface-level Green P parking lot in Toronto’s downtown west area, will address affordability issues and climate concerns.
News Releases, Project UpdatesApril 25, 2022Mayor John Tory announces new mass timber pilot program for affordable rental housing(Opens in a new window)News Releases, Project UpdatesApril 25, 2022Today, Mayor John Tory, joined by Deputy Mayor Ana Bailão (Davenport), Chair, Planning and Housing Committee and Councillor Joe Cressy (Spadina-Fort York) announced a pilot program that will bring new affordable rental housing to the City-owned site at 1113-1117 Dundas St. W.
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