No. 162 Bloor Street West - Request for Release
of Heritage Easement Agreement as it Applies to
No. 150 Bloor Street West (Midtown)
The Toronto Community Council recommends adoption of the following report
(March 3, 1998) from the Toronto Community Council Solicitor:
Purpose:
Request for release of a Heritage Easement Agreement from the 150 Bloor Street West lands
since the agreement relates to the preservation of a church which sits on a separate parcel of land.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Not applicable.
Recommendation:
That the City Solicitor be authorized to prepare, and the appropriate City officials execute, a
release of the Heritage Easement Agreement registered on title as Instrument No. C-167911 in
respect of the portion of the lands known as No. 150 Bloor Street West.
Council Reference/Background/History:
See comments section.
Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:
Gardiner, Roberts, Solicitor for the Great-West Life Assurance Company, the owner of No.
150 Bloor Street West (a commercial/residential building known as Renaissance Court), have by
letter dated February 9, 1998, requested release of a Heritage Easement Agreement drawn
pursuant to the Ontario Heritage Act as it applies to those lands.
The agreement between Fidinam Properties Inc./Bramalea Limited and the former City of
Toronto was registered on title on October 11, 1984, as Instrument No. C-167911.
The intent of the agreement is to ensure the preservation of the historical, architectural, aesthetic
and scenic character and condition of property known as the Church of the Redeemer, located at
No. 162 Bloor Street West ("the church").
The agreement was registered on title against both No. 150 Bloor Street West (Renaissance
Court) and No. 162 Bloor Street West (the church).
Subsequently, the church lands were severed in a Committee of Adjustment decision dated
March 27, 1985 and sold to The Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Toronto.
The request is for a release of the subject agreement from the 150 Bloor Street West lands since
the agreement relates to the preservation of a church which sits on a separate parcel of land.
Staff of Heritage Toronto indicate no opposition to the above request.
Conclusions:
Not applicable.
Contact Name:
William Hawryliw, Solicitor
Telephone: (416) 392-7237
Fax: (416) 392-0024
E-Mail: whawryli@city.toronto.on.ca