{"id":37,"date":"2025-07-23T19:20:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2025-09-24T18:53:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:53:39","slug":"development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/development\/","title":{"rendered":"Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Deer Park is a vibrant neighbourhood and the DPRG has an active Development Committee, which monitors the progress of projects and updates our membership on issues that matter to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<div><div class=\"gb-looper-11842a5a\">\n<div class=\"gb-loop-item gb-loop-item-c7a2abd7 post-513 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-development category-news generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-50\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-media-id=\"514\" class=\"gb-media-2bba4d56\" src=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/135-st-clair-avenue-west-toronto-1.webp\" alt=\"135 St Clair Ave. West\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/135-st-clair-avenue-west-toronto-1.webp 1200w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/135-st-clair-avenue-west-toronto-1-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/135-st-clair-avenue-west-toronto-1-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/135-st-clair-avenue-west-toronto-1-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-7a77efa0\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-text gb-text-d19a1b31 no-underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/2025\/09\/25\/135-st-clair-ave-west\/\">135 St Clair Ave. West<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-91a3ecfd\">September 25, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\"><p>Proposed for the corner of Avenue Road and St. Clair Ave. W., this huge tower, both in height (49 floors) and in footprint, generating a massive 540,000 sf of space and 631 suites, towers over the adjacent condos to the east and west and the single family detached homes on Foxbar.\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-text gb-text-3e53af6e\" href=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/2025\/09\/25\/135-st-clair-ave-west\/\">Read more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-loop-item gb-loop-item-c7a2abd7 post-507 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-development category-news generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-50\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-media-id=\"508\" class=\"gb-media-2bba4d56\" src=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/53-81-lawton-blvd-toronto-1.webp\" alt=\"53-89 Lawton Blvd. update\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/53-81-lawton-blvd-toronto-1.webp 1200w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/53-81-lawton-blvd-toronto-1-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/53-81-lawton-blvd-toronto-1-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/53-81-lawton-blvd-toronto-1-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-7a77efa0\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-text gb-text-d19a1b31 no-underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/2025\/09\/25\/53-89-lawton-blvd-update-2\/\">53-89 Lawton Blvd. update<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-91a3ecfd\">September 25, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\"><p>This huge double tower development of 37 and 43 storeys is almost FOUR times taller than the closest apartment building to the north. Immediately across the road are single family homes.\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-text gb-text-3e53af6e\" href=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/2025\/09\/25\/53-89-lawton-blvd-update-2\/\">Read more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-loop-item gb-loop-item-c7a2abd7 post-388 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-development category-news generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-50\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-media-id=\"389\" class=\"gb-media-2bba4d56\" src=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1220-yonge.webp\" alt=\"A 35-storey tower approved for 1220 Yonge (Yonge at Alcorn)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1220-yonge.webp 1280w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1220-yonge-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1220-yonge-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1220-yonge-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-7a77efa0\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-text gb-text-d19a1b31 no-underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/2025\/04\/15\/a-35-storey-tower-approved-for-1220-yonge-yonge-at-alcorn\/\">A 35-storey tower approved for 1220 Yonge (Yonge at Alcorn)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-91a3ecfd\">April 15, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\"><p>Remarkably, City Planning gave this enormous building a positive planning report and the application was recently approved by the Toronto East York Community Council. It is on a small site, located on this narrow, residential cul-de-sac. The building is now 60% taller than the earlier 22 storey application, at 35 floors.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-text gb-text-3e53af6e\" href=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/2025\/04\/15\/a-35-storey-tower-approved-for-1220-yonge-yonge-at-alcorn\/\">Read more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-loop-item gb-loop-item-c7a2abd7 post-362 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-development category-news generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-50\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-media-id=\"363\" class=\"gb-media-2bba4d56\" src=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/53-81-lawton-blvd-toronto.webp\" alt=\"Two 40+ storey towers proposed for 53 to 89 Lawton Blvd!\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/53-81-lawton-blvd-toronto.webp 1200w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/53-81-lawton-blvd-toronto-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/53-81-lawton-blvd-toronto-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/53-81-lawton-blvd-toronto-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-7a77efa0\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-text gb-text-d19a1b31 no-underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/2025\/04\/15\/two-40-storey-towers-proposed-for-53-to-89-lawton-blvd\/\">Two 40+ storey towers proposed for 53 to 89 Lawton Blvd!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-91a3ecfd\">April 15, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\"><p>The recently received application for a massive double tower project is unacceptable. The scale and density are greatly excessive. Lawton is a narrow residential street that cannot accommodate this scale of traffic and influx of residents.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-text gb-text-3e53af6e\" href=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/2025\/04\/15\/two-40-storey-towers-proposed-for-53-to-89-lawton-blvd\/\">Read more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-loop-item gb-loop-item-c7a2abd7 post-352 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-development category-news generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-50\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-media-id=\"354\" class=\"gb-media-2bba4d56\" src=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/toronto-construction-julian-gentile-XSyGAiIcjqg-unsplash-1.webp\" alt=\"Development overview \u2013 April 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/toronto-construction-julian-gentile-XSyGAiIcjqg-unsplash-1.webp 1200w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/toronto-construction-julian-gentile-XSyGAiIcjqg-unsplash-1-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/toronto-construction-julian-gentile-XSyGAiIcjqg-unsplash-1-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/toronto-construction-julian-gentile-XSyGAiIcjqg-unsplash-1-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-7a77efa0\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-text gb-text-d19a1b31 no-underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/2025\/04\/15\/development-overview-april-2025\/\">Development overview &#8211; April 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-91a3ecfd\">April 15, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\"><p>Like residents across the City, we continue to strongly object to Provincial legislation that does not permit municipalities to establish appropriate planning policies and regulations to ensure appropriate development.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-text gb-text-3e53af6e\" href=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/2025\/04\/15\/development-overview-april-2025\/\">Read more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-loop-item gb-loop-item-c7a2abd7 post-392 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-development category-news generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-50\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-media-id=\"393\" class=\"gb-media-2bba4d56\" src=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/135-st-clair-avenue-west-toronto.webp\" alt=\"135 St. Clair Avenue West\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/135-st-clair-avenue-west-toronto.webp 1200w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/135-st-clair-avenue-west-toronto-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/135-st-clair-avenue-west-toronto-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/135-st-clair-avenue-west-toronto-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-7a77efa0\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-text gb-text-d19a1b31 no-underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/2025\/04\/14\/135-st-clair-avenue-west\/\">135 St. Clair Avenue West<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-91a3ecfd\">April 14, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\"><p>Foxbar and Deer Park residents have been working with the applicant to improve the 49 storey Fitzrovia rental building application at the south east corner of Avenue Road. We are concerned about the excessive height of the tower at this location.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-text gb-text-3e53af6e\" href=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/2025\/04\/14\/135-st-clair-avenue-west\/\">Read more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-loop-item gb-loop-item-c7a2abd7 post-396 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-development category-news generate-columns tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100 grid-parent grid-50\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1138\" height=\"853\" data-media-id=\"402\" class=\"gb-media-2bba4d56\" src=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/st-clair-place.webp\" alt=\"Wittington Block Application Update\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/st-clair-place.webp 1138w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/st-clair-place-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/st-clair-place-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/st-clair-place-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1138px) 100vw, 1138px\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-7a77efa0\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-text gb-text-d19a1b31 no-underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/2025\/04\/13\/wittington-block-application-update\/\">Wittington Block Application Update<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-91a3ecfd\">April 13, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">The DPRG spent more than a year working with the developer and other stakeholders on the new development plan for the Yonge\/Heath\/Alvin\/St. Clair East block that was approved several years ago \u2013 an important block that we consider includes the Deer Park \u201cTown Centre.\u201d It has a park on the northwest corner, mid-block walkways and<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-text gb-text-3e53af6e\" href=\"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/2025\/04\/13\/wittington-block-application-update\/\">Read more \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-2f2942e3 gb-query-loop-pagination\">\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deer Park is a vibrant neighbourhood and the DPRG has an active Development Committee, which monitors the progress of projects and updates our membership on issues that matter to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-05 00:01:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473,"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyduncan.com\/deerparkresidents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}