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BACKGROUND INFO:

Mimico residents who fought a vocal battle with the city for more than a decade to move ML Ready-Mix Concrete out of their neighbourhood are making progress. 

Source: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/gm/bgrd/backgroundfile-117211.pdf

Council voted to use $5 million in city funds to buy the property in July 2018, with the goal of moving the operations to the Port Lands.

Source: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2018.GM29.23

As of November 2019, the city owns the property at 29 Judson St. at Royal York Rd:

"After an extensive due diligence process, the City of Toronto has completed the Agreement of Purchase and Sale at 29 Judson St. and now owns the property currently occupied by ML Ready Mix.

The purchase is the next step in the process of relocating ML Ready Mix from its current site in a residential area in south Etobicoke to its future location at 545 Commissioners St. in the Port Lands. Under the terms of the agreement, ML Ready Mix has up to one year to move their operations from 29 Judson St. to Commissioners Street.

To get to this point, the City established a working group of various City divisions including Economic Development & Culture, City Planning and Toronto Building, along with CreateTO, Toronto Public Health, Metrolinx, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, and local residents.

The relocation of ML Ready Mix from 29 Judson St. to 545 Commissioners St. presents a strategic opportunity to further consolidate concrete batching operations in the Port Lands, while at the same time reducing land use conflicts currently experienced by the residents of the Judson Street community in south Etobicoke.

The City has entered into a one-year leaseback with ML Ready Mix at 29 Judson St. to enable a smooth transition and relocation of operations to the Port Lands site."

Source: https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-purchases-lands-at-29-judson-st-from-ml-ready-mix/