City of Toronto amends TOcore plan to put focus on two- and three-bedroom residential units

The Official Plan Amendment and three infrastructure strategies was considered by council late Wednesday night.

The master plan requires new residential developments with more than 80 units to be made up of at least 40 per cent two- and three-bedroom units.

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“It’s something that we’re … hoping for, because we’ve been seeing a steady decline since the 1990s in the size of condo units and in the number of bedrooms of condo units,” said Cherise Burda, executive director of the Ryerson City Building Institute.

“At the same time, we’re seeing an increase in the height of condo buildings. And, so, essentially, we’re building small and tall; we’re building small units in tall buildings.”

To create balanced mix of unit types and sizes, the policies approved lay out regulations for developments with more than 80 residential units:

• At least 15 per cent of units would be two-bedrooms that are at least 87 square metres (936.5 square feet) in size.

• At least 10 per cent of units would be three-bedrooms that are at least 100 square metres (1,076.4 square feet) in size.

• An additional 15 per cent of units would be a combination of two- and three-bedroom units, without the same minimum size.

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