Two more affordable apartment buildings in Birch Cliff have been targeted for redevelopment, which means there are now four proposed “demovictions” in the neighbourhood affecting tenants in a total of 155 rental units.
Tenants in three low-rise apartment buildings on Glen Everest Road are fighting to save their homes from a developer who plans to tear down their affordable rental buildings and replace them with a new 12-storey condominium.
The health and safety of children at Birch Cliff Public School will be at risk if the City of Toronto approves a proposed ten-storey condo on Kingston Road between Birchcliff and Lakeside Avenues, according to TDSB school board trustee Parthi Kandavel.
A community association meeting will be held on Wed. Dec. 9 to discuss the ten condominium projects underway or pending in Birch Cliff, including Lenmore Court, where tenants have been told they will be displaced.
Tenants in 32 apartment units at Lenmore Court in Birch Cliff have been told they need to move to allow for the construction of a new nine-storey condominium on Kingston Road.
Work is underway to transform the old TD Bank branch into a daycare centre for toddlers and preschoolers under the age of five.
