When is a monsterhome a multiplex?
The City of Toronto’s multiplex bylaw was designed to increase the city’s stock of affordable housing, but critics say some builders are “weaponizing” the rules to build even larger luxury “monster homes.”
In September, local planning expert Blair Scorgie of the Scorgie Planning consulting firm warned the city’s Committee of Adjustment that its rules were twisted into absurdity ahead of a September hearing about a luxury home redevelopment at 162 Arlington Ave.
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