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We are the planning consultants for 2827431 Ontario Inc., owners of the lands located near the northwest corner of McCowan Road and Nugget Avenue and municipally known as 1936 McCowan Road in the City of Toronto (the “site” or the “subject site”).

We are writing to request that 2700 Dufferin Street be redesignated from its current General Employment Areas land use designation within the Toronto Official Plan to Regeneration Areas, as part of the Ministry’s review of City of Toronto Official Plan Amendment No. 653 (“OPA 653”).
Accordingly, we are writing to request that the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing modify OPA 653 as follows:
1. Remove the lands municipally known as 1936 McCowan Road from Map 2, Urban Structure.
2. Revise the Table in Section B) of OPA 653 to add the lands municipally known as 1936 McCowan Road and redesignate the lands to Regeneration Areas.
3. Introduce a Site and Area Specific Policy with respect to the subject site as outlined in the planning letter attached.

In support of the request to redesignate 2700 Dufferin Street to a Mixed Use Areas, we enclose the following materials:

• Planning Rationale Letter, dated February 9, 2024, prepared by Bousfields Inc;
• Compatibility Mitigation Study, dated December 5, 2023, prepared by SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd;