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PORT LANDS ACCELERATION INITATIVE- PHASE 2 PORT LANDS PLANNING FRAMEWORK

Toronto Film, Television and Digital Media BoardJune 10, 2016

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Re: ED14.9

THE PORT LANDS TODAY

HydroInfrastructure

LEGEND

Heritage Buildings +Structures

Active PortUses

PortsToronto

Active PortEdge

PinewoodSecure Permineter

Film + Film Related

Existing Parks +Open Spaces

COMMISSIONERS STREET

CARLAW AVENUE

CHERRY STREET

DON ROADWAY

SHIP CHANNEL

KEATING CHANNEL

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OWNERSHIP

LEGEND

Federally Owned Land

Provincially OwnedLand

Municipally OwnedLand

PrivatelyOwned Land

Waterfront TorontoOwned Land

Property Boundaries

Long-Term Leases Option for aLong-term Lease

UNWIN AVENUE


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LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD E.

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EXISTING PLANNING FRAMEWORK + KEY ISSUES BEING ADDRESSED

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Lake Shore Blvd EFort York Blvd

Existing F G Gardiner ExpresswayQueens Quay W Basin St

(1) SEE MAP C FOR FURTHER DETAIL(2) NEW MOUTH OF DON RIVER SHOWN CONCEPTUALLY(3) SEE DEFINITIONS SECTION FIVE: MAKING IT HAPPEN, 1) A SIMPLIFIED APPROACH TO LAND USE REGULATION

FOOT OF YONGESPECIAL STUDY AREA

PUBLIC PROMENADE(DOCKWALL / WATER'S EDGE)INNER HARBOURSPECIAL PLACES

EXISTING USE AREAS

REGENERATION AREAS

PARKS AND OPENSPACE AREAS (1) (3)

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January 29,2008(4) INTERSECTION AND / OR ALIGNMENT CONFIGURATION SUBJECT TO FURTHER STUDY

Villers St.

AREA OF AMENDMENTFOR LOWER DON LANDS

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Central Waterfront

OMB NUMBER OMB EXHIBIT NUMBER

Revised July 2010

NOVEMBER 2011

Revised Nov. 2011

FOOT OF YONGESPECIAL STUDY AREA

PUBLIC PROMENADE(DOCKWALL / WATER'S EDGE)INNER HARBOURSPECIAL PLACES

EXISTING USE AREAS

REGENERATION AREAS

PARKS AND OPENSPACE AREAS (1) (3)

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(3)

AREA OF AMENDMENTFOR LOWER DON LANDS

• Central Waterfront Secondary Plan Map E: Land Use Plan, Central Waterfront Secondary Plan (as amended by OPA 388) approved in 2003 representing current

Council Direction:

+ Creation of new urban districts set amid Toronto’s ongoing port activities

+ Renaturalizing the mouth of the Don River

+ Mixed-use (live-work) with new media, knowledge based industries and other industrial

+ Mid-rise character with some taller buildings at appropriate locations

+ The Ship Channel as a focal point, unique amenity and required for port activities

• Lack of specificity for co-existence of different land uses and compatibility with heavier industrial, city-serving uses

• Planned street network impeded by significant constraints and key connections required detailed study

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PORT LANDS PLANNING FRAMEWORK • Update and refresh the vision for the Port

Lands

• Reconcile competing interests

• More detailed, context specific framework for the Port Lands:

+ Desired and permissible uses in different parts of the Port Lands

+ Major street, servicing, community infrastructure and park networks required to support development

+ Heritage conservation and environmental protection and enhancement

+ Urban design objectives, policies and guidance

+ Implementation direction

• Basis for amendments to the Central Waterfront Secondary Plan to address key issues

• Resolution of outstanding appeals at the

Ontario Municipal Board

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INPUTS INTO THE PLAN

NOISE + AIR PORT LANDSQUALITY STUDY CHARRETTE

BIODIVERSITY WORKING GROUP PROVINCIAL CITY

POLICIES + LEGISLATION POLICIES + GUIDELINES ECONOMIC + MARKET

ADVICE TRANSPORTATION + HYDROLOGICAL MODELING

FIRST PREFERREDNATIONS PLACEMAKING CONSULTATION OBJECTIVES PLAN

PUBLIC CONSULTATION DIVISIONS +

AGENCIES

FINANCIAL INDUSTRY CONSIDERATIONS LAND OWNERS +

CITY BUILDINGSTAKEHOLDERS OTHER OBJECTIVES STAKEHOLDERS

FILM + MEDIA SECTORS

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LAND USE

FRONT STREET EAST

DON VALLEY PARKWAY

LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD EAST

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EASTERN AVENUE

Keating Channel

KING STREET EAST

DON ROADWAY

NEW CHERRY STREET

LESLIE STREET

Leslie BarnsStreetcar Yard

EASTERN AVENUE


UNWIN AVENUE

GARDINER EXPRESSWAY

FRONT STREET EAST

DON VALLEY PARKWAY


CARL

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LOGA

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EASTERN AVENUEKING STREET EAST

DON ROADWAY

NEW CHERRY STREET

LESLIE STREET


EASTERN AVENUE


UNWIN AVENUE

GARDINER EXPRESSWAY

PORT LANDS PLANNING FRAMEWORK: LAND USE DIRECTION

Not to Scale

Film Studios

Mixed-Use Creative Neighbourhood

Creative Cluster

Creative Cluster with Residentialto be Assessed

Mixed-use Residential

Buffer Uses

Noise and Air Quality Assessment Zone

Port Operations / Employment

Employment / Commercial

Employment / Light Industrial

Community Hub

Maritime Hub

LEGEND

Port and Maritime Cluster

KEY MILESTONES + PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO DATE

JAN 2014 JUNE 2014

REFINING THE LAND USE DIRECTION +URBAN STRUCTURE

DEC 2014APRIL 2014 NOV 2015 MAR-AUG 2015

JAN 2016

LAND USE + URBAN STRUCTURE

FILM BOARD COUNCIL APPROVED LAND USE DIRECTION

FILM SECTOR CONSULTATION

STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION

FINAL LAND USE, URBAN STRUCTURE +

ELEMENTS

CONSULTATION FILM ONTARIO

2014 COUNCIL APPROVED LAND USE DIRECTION FRONT STREET EAST

DON VALLEY PARKWAY


CARL

AW A

VENU

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LOGA

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VENU

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EASTERN AVENUE

Keating Channel

KING STREET EAST

DON ROADWAY

NEW CHERRY STREET

LESLIE STREET


EASTERN AVENUE


UNWIN AVENUE

GARDINER EXPRESSWAY

FRONT STREET EAST

DON VALLEY PARKWAY


CARL

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VENU

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LOGA

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VENU

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EASTERN AVENUEKING STREET EAST

DON ROADWAY

NEW CHERRY STREET

LESLIE STREET


EASTERN AVENUE


UNWIN AVENUE

GARDINER EXPRESSWAY

PORT LANDS PLANNING FRAMEWORK: LAND USE DIRECTION

Not to Scale

Film Studios

Mixed-Use Creative Neighbourhood

Creative Cluster

Creative Cluster with Residentialto be Assessed

Mixed-use Residential

Buffer Uses

Noise and Air Quality Assessment Zone

Port Operations / Employment

Employment / Commercial

Employment / Light Industrial

Community Hub

Maritime Hub

LEGEND

Port and Maritime Cluster

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LAND USE ANALYSIS KEY ACTIVITIES + REFINEMENT FOCI

FOUR REFINEMENT FOCI

1. COMPLETE, MIXED-USE COMMUNITIES: • Self-sufficient and five-minute living

• Framed by spectacular parks + open spaces

• Supports and will be supported by a broadrange of community infrastructure

3. INDUSTRY + PORT THRIVES: • Sufficient lands to support continued uses

and services

• Impacts addressed while allowing for areasto undergo comprehensive redevelopment

2. A FILM-FRIENDLY FUTURE: • Diverse range of film activities

accommodated

• Flexibility + adaptability for a changingindustry

• Ancillary uses + needs - backlots, shootingstreets and dedicated location parking

4. GROWING + SUSTAINING OUR ECONOMY: • Strategic location close to the Downtown

• Diverse opportunities

• Judicious use of land

• Near-term versus longer-term

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FILM SECTOR CONSULTATION

• Productions of all sizes (television, major motion pictures etc.)

• Use of the Port Lands today and pushed out of other locations (East Bayfront + West Don Lands)

• Demand is outpacing supply of studios today

• Shooting happens on location, in studios and outside studios

• Tensions with outdoor shooting and residential, but some feel a mixed-use environment would benefit the industry

• Need for reasonably priced purpose built studios

• Workshop/wardbrobe space in close proximity to studios

• A package of amenities that minimizes the need for packing up trucks would benefit Toronto to attract productions

• Proximity of Port Lands to downtown core and regional roads (DVP/Gardiner) is a benefit

• Flexibility, adaptability + spontaneity

• Purpose built vs. adaptive reuse

• Technology is changing - digital media

• Different media have different needs - eg. lighting + ceiling heights

• Parking is critical

• Shooting streets would be a benefit

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UNILEVER PRECINCT

SOUTH OF EASTERN

PREFERRED LAND USE DIRECTION

Lower Don Lands 1 Villiers Island

2 Polson Quay

3 South River

Film Studio District 4 McCleary District

5 Media City

6 Turning Basin District

East Port 7 Warehouse District

8 East Port

South Ship Channel 9 South Port East

10 Hearn Hub

11 South Port

12 Maritime Hub

13 Ports Toronto

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Major public parks and open space

Natural open space andDon Greenway

Future Naturalization

* Residential in Polson Quay/South River subject to appropriate buffers and source/receptor mitigation measures to be determined at precinct planning, and minimum PIC uses

Hydro

Water’s edge promenade

Future water’s edge promenade

Mixed Use Residential

Destination /Catalytic

Light Industrial andProduction

MaritimeHub

Production, Interactive and Creative (PIC) - Core

Production, Interactive and Creative (PIC) - Mixed-Use*

Ports Toronto -Existing Use

Port andIndustrial

Port

Lake Shore Boulevard E.

Carlaw

Ave.

Cherry St.

Unwin Ave

Leslie St.

DVP

Broadview Ave.

Commissioners St.

Don R

oadway

Queens Quay E.


King St. E. Eastern Ave.


PRODUCTION, INTERACTIVE + CREATIVE (PIC) LIGHT INDUSTRIAL + PRODUCTION

• Permit a wide range of uses that support key economic sectors with active ground floor uses on key public street frontages

• Focus is on growing Toronto’s screen-based industries - film, television and digital media -interactive, and arts and design activities

• Two types of PIC areas proposed - Core and Mixed Use

• PIC Core areas are reserved for desired production, interactive and creative uses and other compatible uses, and accommodate larger floor plates and more intense production activities

• PIC Mixed Use areas require a minimum amount of PIC uses in a mixed-use, compact form

• Permit a wide range of lighter industrial and production related uses, including production studios and ancillary uses in single and/or multiple use buildings

• Provide synergies with the South of Eastern area

• Existing uses are able to continue their operations, but the area will transition over time into a modern, 21st Century warehouse district with lighter industrial and production related uses.

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PREFERRED LAND USE DIRECTION - LONG-TERM VISION

Mixed Use Residential

PIC - Core

Light Industrial + Production

Port + Industrial

Destinations

Power

Parks + Open Spaces

PIC - Mixed Use4.8%

10.5%

6.4%

12.1%

36.7%

5.5%

3.9%

20.1%

29%

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Major public parks and open space

Natural open space andDon Greenway

Heritage Building/Structure

Existing Buildingto Remain

Lower Don Flood Protection and Enabling Infrastructure

Production, Interactive and Creative (PIC) - Core

Privately Owned-Land with PIC Uses Opportunities

Production, Interactive and Creative (PIC) - Mixed-Use*


Carlaw

Ave.

Cherry St.

Unwin Ave

Leslie St.

DVP

Broadview Ave.

Commissioners St.

Don R

oadway

Queens Quay E.

NEAR-TERM PIC OPPORTUNITIES

King St. E. Eastern Ave.

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URBAN STRUCTURE +

COORDINATED INFRASTRUCTURE

PLANNING

PORT LANDS + SOUTH OF EASTERN EXISTING STREET NETWORK • Lack of surface street connections and insufficient capacity

• Lack of connections to/for transit

• Limited street network = long blocks and few options

• Limited Ship Channel crossings and in need of repair

• Gardiner Expressway / Lake Shore Blvd barrier/connection

• Auto-dependent transportation network

• Significant heavy truck traffic open to all streets

• Limited amenities for pedestrians and cyclists

• Discontinuous or no sidewalks

• Streets lack defined streetscapes

• Streets are not desirable destinations

LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD E.


CARLAW

AVENU

E

LESLIE STREETDON

ROA

DWAY

UNWIN AVENUE

EASTERN AVENUE

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PORT LANDS + SOUTH OF EASTERN FUTURE STREET NETWORK

• Long-term network and future proofing to support evolution

• Multi-modal system that supports all transportation modes

• Detailed transportation modeling and Takinganalysis to establish vehicular capacity Driving Transit needs, public street connections and transit system

• Significant truck activity in and out of the Port Lands

• Continued need to accommodate shipping in the Ship Channel MovingWalking Cycling

• Film-friendly streets in key locations Goods

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FILM FRIENDLY STREETS

3.0m 3.2m 1.8m 3.2m3.2m

existing ROW 23.0m

3.2m 1.8m1.8m

ROW 23.0m

1.8m

sidewalk 5.0msidewalk 5.0m cycle lanecycle lane vehicular ROW 9.4m

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NORTH/SOUTH EXTENSION 2016-06-10 - 18

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PORT LANDS + SOUTH OF EASTERN FUTURE STREET NETWORK


Carlaw

Ave.

Cherry St.

Unwin Ave

Leslie St.

DVP

Broadview Ave.

Eastern A ve.

Commissioners St.

Don R

oadway

Queen St. E.

Queens Quay E.

King St. E.

TSMP Major Streets

Protected for Future Crossing

Existing/Planned Major Streets

BROADVIEW EXTENSION

• Critical transportation connection and capacity link

• Supports redevelopment in the Unilever Precinct and the Port Lands

• Important transit link with future dedicated streetcar

• Multi-modal connection

• Challenging connection with a multitude of constraints

• Supports redundancy in the system

• Mid-point through Unilever, Film Studio District and South of the Ship Channel

KEY OBJECTIVES:

• Create a continuous connection across the Ship Channel

• Preserve ability to achieve a second new connection across the Ship Channel

• Create porosity across Lake Shore

• Connect to Unilever and destinations

• Ensure continued viability of Pinewood Toronto Studios

• Ensure developable blocks

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BROADVIEW EXTENSION DUE DILIGENCE ON PREFERRED SOLUTION

Existing Buildings to Remain

Heritage Buildings/Structures

Existing Property Boundaries

Existing Pinewood Secure Perimeter

New Anticipated Production Space

Remaining Option Lands

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