Mayor’s Monday Mailbag – June 13, 2022 – What's Happening with the Proposed Development at 535-551 Brant Street?

Welcome to the Mayor’s Monday Mailbag, an initiative Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward and the Mayor’s Office launched to share weekly answers to questions from the public we’ve received through our main email inbox at mayor@burlington.ca or the Mayor’s social media platforms.At the end of the month, we’ll publish a roundup of those most pressing questions we’ve received in the weeks prior.Mayor’s Monday Mailbag – June 13, 2022QUESTION:“What is happening with the proposed development at 535-551 Brant Street?”ANSWER:At the June 6 Corporate Services, Strategy, Risk and Accountability (CSSRA) Committee meeting, during closed session, Council members received from staff a Confidential triannual litigation update - Feb. 1 to April 30, 2022 (L-16-22).Council members were updated on the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) appeal for non-decision of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments for 535-551 Brant Street – Renimmob Properties Limited that was filed on Sept. 9, 2021. Earlier in the day, during a Special Council meeting on Sept. 9, 2021, Burlington City Council had unanimously approved the staff recommendation to continue processing the application.The proposed mixed-use development called for a 25-storey tower  with a total of 248 residential units; an additional 1,068 square metres of ground floor commercial uses; and the overall height of the proposed tower being 85.75 m (281.33 ft) to the top of the mechanical level.After being in closed, the CSSRA Committee was able to announce back in open session to the public that the City's legal staff was instructed to attend the OLT to oppose the appeal.Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward has stated "the proposed application was neither reflective of the City's older Official Plan or its newer OP and new vision for this area -- and we will fight this appeal at the OLT."More information about this application is available at burlington.ca/535brantAdditional updates regarding this appeal will be shared with the public as soon as they are made available.

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