45 the Esplanade
About this site
45 the Esplanade is a development site in St. Lawrence, Toronto, with two development applications on the City's file. The largest is a Site Plan Approval for 39 storeys and 44,929 m² of gross floor area. One file is under review or before the Ontario Land Tribunal, the most recent submitted on 29 December 2021. It sits in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York.
Site Plan Approval
At the TribunalA site plan control application under s. 41 of the Planning Act. Use and density are already permitted; what is under review is siting, massing, the public realm interface, servicing, access, waste and landscaping.
39 storeys, 44,929 m² GFA
- Application
- Site Plan Approval
- City file number
- 21 251956 STE 10 SA
- Status, the City’s wording
- OMB Approved
- Submitted
- 29 December 2021
- Storeys
- 39
- Gross floor area
- 44,929 m²
- Applicant of record
- Not named in the City’s record
Official Plan and/or Zoning By-law Amendment
Closed or refusedAn amendment application under ss. 17 and 34 of the Planning Act, to permit use, height or density the in-force Official Plan and Zoning By-law do not.
36 storeys, 45,407 m² GFA
- Application
- Official Plan and/or Zoning By-law Amendment
- City file number
- 21 251957 STE 10 OZ
- Status, the City’s wording
- Closed
- Submitted
- 29 December 2021
- Storeys
- 36
- Gross floor area
- 45,407 m²
- Applicant of record
- Not named in the City’s record
Questions about 45 the Esplanade
Answered from the City’s Development Applications dataset and the Planning Act. General information, not legal or planning advice.
What is being built at 45 the Esplanade?
The largest application on file proposes 39 storeys and 44,929 m² of gross floor area. Unit counts are not a field in the City's Development Applications dataset, so the number of homes is not stated here; where it exists it is in the planning rationale filed with the application.
Has the application at 45 the Esplanade been approved?
Not yet. The file is recorded by the City as “OMB Approved”. Before the Ontario Land Tribunal. Jurisdiction has moved from the City to the Tribunal. The Tribunal may substitute its own decision, and the file commonly settles with revised plans rather than proceeding to a full hearing.
How do I comment on a development application in Toronto?
Written submissions go to the assigned City planner and to your Ward Councillor, and they carry the most weight while a file is under review, before the staff recommendation report is finalised. The statutory notice, the community consultation meeting date and any submission deadline are not fields in the open dataset this page reads, so they have to come from the City's own record or the notice posted on the site.
What else is being built near 45 the Esplanade?
Other applications within 500 m are listed on this page, and every application in St. Lawrence can be browsed by ward and by stage in the planning section.
What this page does not carry
Unit counts are not a field in the City’s Development Applications dataset; where the figure exists it is in the planning rationale filed with the application. Committee of Adjustment matters, which are minor variance (s. 45) and consent (s. 53), are a separate City stream and are not in this dataset at all. Statuses are read from a published extract rather than a live feed, so confirm the current position against the City’s own record before relying on it.