Regent Park was built on a master plan, designed in phases, with heights that step down thoughtfully so the neighbourhood stays livable, walkable, and full of light. That plan is working!!

Now a developer wants to build a 35-storey tower at 500 Dundas Street East, on a small corner site where the Regent Park Secondary Plan calls for a mid-rise building of 8 to 10 storeys. That's more than triple the planned height, on a lot barely a quarter of a hectare.

We, the undersigned residents of Regent Park and the surrounding community, oppose this rezoning. Here's why:

It breaks the plan our neighbourhood was built on. 35 storeys, where 8–10 were promised. If this is approved, every empty corner becomes the next tower.
The density is already coming. In Regent Park's phases 4 and 5, more than THREE THOUSAND approved units over more than ten towers are still being built. This tower doesn't fill a gap; it overloads a plan that's already delivering.
It's not near rapid transit. The nearest future Ontario Line station is 1.2 km away, far beyond walking distance. The only transit here is the Dundas streetcar, which has no dedicated lanes and is already at capacity. More residents will make it worse for everyone.
It crowds its neighbours. The design leaves as little as a one-foot setback from existing homes, with a tall podium right up against the building next door.
It strains everything around it. More years of construction and more pressure on streets, schools, and community spaces in a neighbourhood still finishing its current build-out.
We call on City Council and our local Councillor to reject this over-height proposal and hold the developer to the heights and design the Regent Park plan already sets out.

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