2150 Lake Shore: What Is Actually Approved on the Christie’s Site

This is the largest development in Etobicoke and the single biggest variable hanging over every Humber Bay condominium. It is also badly reported: people repeat the unit count and skip the status. Here is the whole picture from the City’s own files.

Every fact on this page comes from a City of Toronto, Metrolinx or council record fetched on 26 August 2026, with the file number or item number given so you can check it yourself. Planning files change. Where two official sources disagree I have printed both rather than picking one.

The site

2150 and 2194 Lake Shore Boulevard West and 23 Park Lawn Road. The former Mr. Christie’s bakery, bought by First Capital from Mondelez in 2016. The developer describes the site as 28 acres; the City’s Christie’s Planning Study area is 12.1 hectares, of which First Capital owns 11.1.

What was approved, and by whom

• 22 August 2019 — the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal approved a settlement, following City Council item 2019.CC9.14 in July 2019.
• 5–6 May 2021 — City Council adopted, with amendments, the City-initiated Christie’s Secondary Plan, zoning by-law and urban design guidelines. Council item 2021.PH22.1.
• 22 July 2022 — By-law 1100-2022 enacted, adopting Official Plan Amendment 506. The City states the amendment and zoning “are now in effect”.

The scale

From the City’s application record for file 20 146488 WET 03 OZ:

• 15 towers, 28 to 70 storeys, plus mid-rise buildings
• 7,504 residential units as applied for
• Total floor area roughly 701,809 m² — residential 584,932, commercial 63,444, retail 36,364, institutional 17,071
• 4,422 vehicle parking spaces
• A new 1.25 hectare public park, a 4,311 m² Station Square and a 3,358 m² Boulevard Square

Council’s own decision describes approximately 7,500 units plus two childcare centres, a public library, a recreation centre and community agency space, with $10.5 million in community benefits secured.

The unit count is disputed. The City application says 7,504; Council’s decision says approximately 7,500; a development database records 7,629. Use “roughly 7,500, per City Council” and you are on solid ground. Maximum height is also disputed — the City application says up to 70 storeys, while the currently designed buildings are recorded at a maximum of 67.

For scale

Roughly 7,500 units is four times the four Westlake buildings combined — Westlake Phase I, II, III and Encore hold about 1,875 units between them. This one site, fully built, would add four Westlakes to Humber Bay.

Phase 1, and how much it has moved

The February 2025 site plan resubmission describes Phase 1 as:

• Three high-rises at 47, 63 and 67 storeys, plus four mid-rises at 10, 11, 13 and 13, on three shared podiums
• Tallest tower 67 storeys, 224.88 m — up from 66
• 2,003 residential units, down from 2,018
• Floor area 198,137 m²; a five-level garage with 1,281 vehicle spaces (reduced from 1,481) and 2,962 bicycle spaces
• Detailed design now by B+H Architects; the master plan concept was by Allies and Morrison with Adamson Associates

Phase 1 has been redesigned repeatedly: 1,358 units, then 2,018, then 2,003. Date-stamp any Phase 1 figure you are given, including the ones on this page.

The wider project has been described as six phases over roughly twenty years once construction begins, with about 310,000 square feet of office in a 13-storey L-shaped building, roughly 70,000 square feet of retail including a food store of about 35,000 square feet, and more than a quarter of the site as public open space.

The status — and this is the part that matters

Four City files, checked in the City’s register on 26 August 2026:

• 20 146488 WET 03 OZ — Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment, submitted 19 May 2020 — Under Review
• 20 146496 WET 03 SB — Draft Plan of Subdivision, 10 blocks, submitted 19 May 2020 — Under Review
• 22 131744 WET 03 SA — Phase 1 site plan, submitted 7 April 2022 — Under Review
• 22 213984 WET 03 SA — Park Lawn GO Station, submitted 6 October 2022 — Under Review, second resubmission

So: the rules for what may be built here are settled and in force. The permissions for the specific buildings are not. Six years after the first application, none of the four has cleared review.

And it is currently paused

The factory has been demolished and early site works began in the summer of 2024. But a development database recorded the project as “Pre-Construction” with no construction start date when checked on 26 August 2026.

More directly, Metrolinx stated in writing in a response published on 8 November 2025 that the Park Lawn GO Station is being planned with Lakeshore Developments Inc., that the developer is responsible for building it, that “timelines are at the discretion of the developer”, and that “earlier this year, Metrolinx was informed by the developer that they are pausing work as they review their development plans.”

That is a public statement by the provincial transit agency about this specific site. It is the most authoritative characterisation of the project’s status available.

What this means if you own in Humber Bay

Two honest readings, and both are worth holding at once.

If you are worried about 7,500 units of new supply landing next door: it is not imminent. Nothing can be built until the site-specific applications clear, the project is on pause, and the full build-out was always described as roughly twenty years in six phases.

If you bought partly on the promise of a GO station, a grocery store, a library and a recreation centre: the same pause applies to all of it. The community benefits are attached to the development, and the development is on hold.

What you should not accept from anyone is a confident date. There is no published construction start, no published opening, and the party that controls the timeline is a private developer, not the City and not Metrolinx.

How to check this yourself

The City publishes its live development application register as open data, and every file number above can be looked up in the Application Information Centre. If someone tells you this project is approved, or cancelled, or starting next spring, the register will tell you what the City actually recorded, today.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• City of Toronto — Christie’s Planning Study. The 12.1 hectare study area, First Capital’s 11.1 hectare holding, the 22 August 2019 LPAT approval of the settlement, and the City’s statement that the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law are now in effect as adopted in July 2022. Accessed 24 August 2026.
• City of Toronto Council — item 2021.PH22.1. Council’s adoption of the Christie’s Secondary Plan on 5-6 May 2021, the approximately 7,500 units across 15 tall and multiple mid-rise buildings, the two childcare centres, public library, recreation centre and community agency space, and the $10.5 million in community benefits. Accessed 24 August 2026.
• City of Toronto — By-law 1100-2022. Enactment on 22 July 2022 adopting Official Plan Amendment 506 for the lands bounded by Park Lawn Road, Lake Shore Boulevard West and the Gardiner Expressway, including 2150 and 2194 Lake Shore Boulevard West and 23 Park Lawn Road. Accessed 24 August 2026.
• City of Toronto Open Data — Development Applications. The City’s live register of planning applications, from which the file numbers, submission dates and Under Review statuses were taken on 26 August 2026. Accessed 24 August 2026.
• City of Toronto Council — item 2019.CC9.14. The July 2019 Council decision approving the without-prejudice settlement offer on the Official Plan Amendment 231 appeal and directing Transportation Services to resume the Park Lawn Lake Shore Transportation Master Plan. Accessed 24 August 2026.
• Mimico Residents Association — Metrolinx response, published 8 November 2025. Metrolinx’s written statement that Park Lawn GO falls under the Transit Oriented Communities programme, that Lakeshore Developments Inc. is responsible for planning and construction, that timelines are at the discretion of the developer, and that Metrolinx was informed the developer is pausing work. Accessed 24 August 2026.

Related reading

• Park Lawn Road is being narrowed to two lanes
• Park Lawn GO Station: where the project actually stands
• Humber Bay Shores condo buildings: a guide to every tower
• Mimico’s unbuilt condos and the Grand Central receivership