Design Review Panel Meeting - May 28, 2025

Meeting Agenda

Waterfront Design Review Panel 

MEETING #175 

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 from 10:30 am to 5:00 pm

Waterfront Toronto, Hybrid Meeting 
 

In-camera Session 

Panel Business (9:00am – 10:15am) 
Break (10:15am – 10:30am) 
 

Public Session 


General Business (10:30am –10:40am)

  • Welcome and Chair’s Remarks  Paul Bedford
  • Review of the day’s agenda and conflict declaration
  • Waterfront Toronto Updates  Leon Lai
  • Report back on last month’s projects  Leon Lai
     

Item #1 – Waterfront East LRT (WELRT) 2A + Yonge Slip – Stage 3: Detailed Design (10:40am – 1:10pm)

  1. 10:40am, Introduction, Margot Shafran, Project Manager, Waterfront Toronto
  2. 10:50am, Proponent Presentation on 2A, Shelly Long, Team Leader, West 8
  3. 11:15am, Questions and Discussions on 2A
  4. 11:30am, Panel Comments on 2A
  5. 11:50am, Consensus Comments on 2A
  6. 11:55am, Proponent Response on 2A
  7. 11:58am, Panel Vote on 2A

 

  1. 12:00am, Proponent Presentation on Yonge Slip, Shelley Long, Team Leader, West 8
  2. 12:25pm, Questions and Discussion on Yonge Slip
  3. 12:40pm, Panel Comments on Yonge Slip
  4. 1:00pm, Consensus Comments on Yonge Slip
  5. 1:05pm, Proponent Response on Yonge Slip
  6. 1:08pm, Panel Vote on Yonge Slip

     

Lunch (1:10 – 1:45pm)

 

Item #2 – Waterfront East LRT (WELRT) 2B + 2C – Stage 3: Detailed Design (1:45pm – 3:15pm)

  1. 1:45pm, Introduction, Margot Shafran, Project Manager, Waterfront Toronto
  2. 1:55pm, Proponent Presentation, Adam Nicklin, Principal, Public Work
  3. 2:25pm, Questions and Discussions
  4. 2:45pm, Panel Comments
  5. 3:05pm, Consensus Comments
  6. 3:10pm, Proponent Response
  7. 3:13pm, Panel Vote
     

Break (3:15pm – 3:30pm)

 

Item #3 – 55 Lake Shore Blvd. East Block 4 – Stage 2: Schematic Design (3:30pm – 5:00pm)

  1. 3:30pm, Introduction, Shaylyn Costello, Community Planner, City of Toronto
  2. 3:40pm, Proponent Presentation, Bharti Vithal, Associate, architectsAlliance, Sanja Janjanin, Senior Associate, architectsAlliance, Nick Onody, Principal, O2 Planning & Design
  3. 4:10pm, Questions and Discussions
  4. 4:30pm, Panel Comments
  5. 4:50pm, Consensus Comments
  6. 4:55pm, Proponent Response
  7. 4:58pm, Panel Vote

     

Public Session Adjournment

 

Meeting Adjournment

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