Development application · Site Plan Approval (SA)

Development application 25 129096 STE 12 SA

Ward 12 · Josh MatlowDataset pageCity application pageReport an error on this page

Status: Under Review; In progress
Submitted: 14 March 2025; No appeal recorded
Linked lobbying registrations: 2; Inferred links, published
Communications on linked registrations: 39; 7 meetings · 1 office

Application record

Type: Site Plan Approval (SA)
Addresses: 170 Merton St; 180 Merton St
Ward: Ward 12 · Josh Matlow
Submitted: 14 March 2025
Status: Under Review
Outcome recorded: In progress
Decision date: Not recorded in the open data
Appealed: No appeal recorded
Size stated in the description: 400 units; 31,954 m² gross floor area
Related file: 25 129087 STE 12 OZ

Source: City of Toronto open data (Development Applications; Committee of Adjustment Applications). Dataset page · City application page

Description

Site Plan Approval for a 36-storey mixed-use residential building, which includes the partial retention of the existing heritage building at 170 Merton Street. Overall, the proposal includes a total of 400 residential dwelling units and approximately 31,954 square metres of gross floor area, including 198.4 square metres of retail space.

Linked lobbying registrations

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Graywood Developments Ltd. · registration SM36800
170 and 180 Merton Street Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Control Applications
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.73
A model scored this link between 0.7 and 0.9 out of 1. Links are not checked by a person, and links in this range are wrong more often: check the evidence before relying on it.
Source records
- Registration SM36800: 170 and 180 Merton Street Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Control Applications (Lobbyist Registry)
- Development application 25 129096 STE 12 SA at 170 Merton St: Site Plan Approval for a 36-storey mixed-use residential building, which includes the partial retention of the existing heritage building at 170 Merton Street. Overall, the proposal includes a total of 400 residential dwelling units and approximately 31,954 square metres of gross floor area, includ… (Development Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: 170 and 180 Merton Street Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Control Applications
Matched fields
address
180 MERTON ST
application_address
180 MERTON ST
Graywood Developments Ltd. · registration SM36112
170-180 Merton Street
Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.83
A model scored this link between 0.7 and 0.9 out of 1. Links are not checked by a person, and links in this range are wrong more often: check the evidence before relying on it.
Source records
- Registration SM36112: 170-180 Merton Street (Lobbyist Registry)
- Development application 25 129096 STE 12 SA at 170 Merton St: Site Plan Approval for a 36-storey mixed-use residential building, which includes the partial retention of the existing heritage building at 170 Merton Street. Overall, the proposal includes a total of 400 residential dwelling units and approximately 31,954 square metres of gross floor area, includ… (Development Applications)
Matched text
- particulars: 170-180 Merton Street
Matched fields
address
170-180 MERTON ST
application_address
170 MERTON ST

Lobbying on linked registrations

2 linked registrations · 39 communications · 7 meetings · 1 office contacted

Offices contacted

Linked registrations

Josh Matlow37
Josh Matlow2

Data table· 2 rows

Office	Office holder type	Communications	Meetings	Last contact
Josh Matlow	Councillor staff	37	6	27 August 2026
Josh Matlow	Member of council	2	1	21 July 2025

Consultant firms

Linked registrations

Bousfields Inc.1 registration

Other registrations that mention this application's addresses

Text matches on the address only. They are not linked to this application unless listed above.

None.

Comparison with similar applications

Lobbied applications are compared only with unlobbied applications of the same type, in the same ward, submitted in the same year and of the same size band (units or floor area from the description; sub-type for Committee of Adjustment files). Unlobbied applications are weighted to match the lobbied group. Raw lobbied versus unlobbied averages are not reported.

Site Plan Approval (SA), Ward 12

32 lobbied · 72 matched

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=4
Matched, unlobbied100% n=6

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied0%

Appeal rate

Lobbied3%
Matched, unlobbied0%

Site Plan Approval (SA), City-wide

449 lobbied · 1,236 matched

Approval rate

Lobbied100% n=63
Matched, unlobbied97% n=98

Refusal rate

Lobbied0%
Matched, unlobbied3%

Appeal rate

Lobbied4%
Matched, unlobbied3%

Data table· 4 rows

Site Plan Approval (SA), Ward 12: 32 lobbied and 72 matched unlobbied applications in 23 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	32	—	100% (n=4)	0%	3%	0.00
Matched, unlobbied	72	—	100% (n=6)	0%	0%	0.05

Site Plan Approval (SA), City-wide: 449 lobbied and 1,236 matched unlobbied applications in 307 matched strata
Group	n	Median days	Approval rate	Refusal rate	Appeal rate	Council items
Lobbied	449	—	100% (n=63)	0%	4%	0.07
Matched, unlobbied	1,236	—	97% (n=98)	3%	3%	0.04

Submission to the first decision status seen in our daily loads (measured from launch). Approval and refusal rates are among applications with a recorded decision.

Large and complex applications attract both lobbying and longer reviews, and matching cannot remove every difference between applications, so a difference does not show that lobbying changed how an application was reviewed.

Lobbyists choose whom to contact, so a difference does not show a change of mind.