Back in early March, BikingToronto brought you news that the Ontario Municipal Board had sided with the City of Toronto over SmartCentre's plans to build a "Big Box" development (including a rumoured Walmart) in Leslieville.
Even though the 15 day appeal period has come and gone, SmartCentres is now attempting to appeal the decision, according to the Globe & Mail:
A major developer rebuffed in its bid to build a large retail complex, believed to be anchored by Wal-Mart, in Leslieville now wants to appeal the decision and collect $1.4-million in costs from the city...The SmartCentre plan called for multiple multi-lane driveways to be built across the multi-use path that runs along the north side of Lakeshore Boulevarde.The OMB rejected the proposal for the 700,000-square-foot shopping centre because the city's official plan had designated the lands for industrial use, not retail.
The developers had hoped to convert the former Toronto Film Studios site owned jointly by Rose Corp. and SmartCentres...
"SmartCentres believes that the boarderred in law and exceeded its jurisdiction in arriving at its decision," she said in a statement.
The development would have turned a nice and well-used multi-use path...
... into an intersection like the one at Lakeshore and Leslie:
More BikingToronto posts about SmartCentre's Leslieville plans:
- OMB Stops Walmart - Good News for East End Cyclists
- SmartCentres and their Dumb BigBox Parking Lot Plan for the Lakeshore Multi-Use Path
- No Big Box in Leslieville Community Rally
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