Our community spent years negotiating the development at Centre Street and Concord. We made concessions. We reached a settlement. Now, four months later, the developer is trying to change the terms, and they're hoping no one shows up to stop them.
There is a public hearing on Thursday, March 19 at 6:00 PM. You can attend from home on Zoom. It takes a few minutes to speak, and this website can help you figure out what to say and fill out the registration form.
This community fought hard. We negotiated. We gave things up. In November 2025 the Ontario Land Tribunal issued its Final Order. Two 12-storey buildings. 828 condominium units for purchase. One shared driveway. One construction window. That was the agreement.
Four months later, the developer filed a new application to split the land into two separate parcels and introduce an affordable rental housing financing structure. The agreed-upon condominiums would become rentals. Neither change was part of the deal.
The Committee of Adjustment will decide on March 19th at 6:00 PM. This is the moment. Not a future appeal. Not the next application. This one. Your voice on this date is what matters.
Splitting the project into two phases means two separate construction timelines. Instead of one build, the neighbourhood faces years of additional noise, trucks, dust, and detours, far beyond what the original deal required. Rental buildings also operate differently than condominiums: different traffic patterns, different parking needs, different servicing demands. None of the original studies accounted for this.
There are two ways to make your voice heard at the hearing. Either takes about 5 minutes. This website can help you figure out what to say and fill out the registration form. Deadline: noon, Wednesday March 18.
They filed this application quietly and notified as few residents as the law requires. They don't know who they're dealing with. When Thornhill needs to show up, we show up, just like we always have.
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A deal only works if both sides keep it.
Most of your neighbours still don't know.
Two phases, twice as long.
Negotiated without knowing everything.
Different building, different rules.
Parcels can be sold separately.
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