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1 Council decisions Expense budgets slashed 2 Six storey s added St. Nicholas settlement 10 Private Member s Bill Save the census 11 NovæResUrbis CITY OF TORONTO EDITION VOL 14 No 50 FRIDAY DECEMBER TH ANNUAL TORONTO RANKING Top-ten development law firms This year s edition of NRU s law review includes some big cases that still have legs. Ontario Municipal Board appeals of both the Central Waterfront Secondary Plan and the city s new official plan continued through 2009/10. Cadillac Fairview s residential plan for the Lawrence Avenue East- Don Mills Road area was arguably one of the most highprofile cases to make it to the board this past year, though the Four Seasons Yorkville Hotel redevelopment that prompted the Ontario Legislative Assembly to enter the OMB fray garnered significant attention as well. A number of large residential developments were before the board in 2009/10. Dufflaw Realty Ltd. and Dufferin Lawrence Investments Ltd. reached a settlement on a massive redevelopment at Dufferin Street and Lawrence Avenue East, 224 King West Inc. launched an appeal for a 45-storey condo next to the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Dorsay Investments Limited and Ontario Inc. won support for an employment land conversion at both the OMB and Divisional Court and King West Centre (II) Corp. settled a case to bring three live/work towers to Liberty Village. On the non-residential side, Home Depot was involved in a rehearing of its appeals for a large-scale retail development at York Mills and Lesmill and the city saw a strong challenge to its contentious Ossington Avenue interim control by-law, which temporarily halted new restaurant approvals on the southern stretch of the street. In our thirteenth annual ranking of Toronto s most prominent planning and development law firms, NRU looked back at the OMB decisions from August 2009 to July The first two spots remain unchanged in this year s ranking, while several firms slipped a spot or two. Meanwhile, two firms made huge jumps in this year s ranking and one independent lawyer climbed into the top 10 without even making the top 20 in 2008/09. Look for the GTA s top-10 development law firms in last Wednesday s (December 15) edition of NRU. CONTINUED PAGE 4 MAYOR FORD S COUNCIL First order of business By Amy Lazar Mayor Rob Ford and council s first business meeting of the term began Thursday with 43 items, of which 24 were swiftly approved. His first key item: abolish the vehicle registration tax and return $60 to each registered vehicle owner. Promising to save taxpayers money at every single council meeting, Ford defended his first move to abolish and reimburse the $60 fee charged annually for personal vehicles when drivers licences are renewed by saying, this is absolutely crucial that we give a break to the taxpayers. Council voted 39-6 in favour of reversing the previous council s October 2007 decision. Opposed were councillors Janet Davis, Sarah Doucette, Pam McConnell, Joe Mihevc, Gord Perks and Adam Vaughan. In 2007, Mayor Ford (at the time, an Etobicoke councillor) voted against it, as did present councillors Paul Ainslie, Maria Augimeri, Mike Del Grande, Doug Holyday, Chin Lee, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Ron Moeser, Frances Nunziata, Cesar Palacio, John Parker, Anthony Perruzza, David Shiner, Karen Stintz and Michael Thompson. Those who voted in favour of implementing the tax in 2007 and today voted to repeal it include councillors Shelley Carroll, Raymond Cho, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Frank Di Giorgio, John Filion, Paula Fletcher, Mark Economics Matters demographics construction economics planning impacts real estate markets expert testimony forecasting CONTINUED PAGE economics@altusgroup.com altusgroup.com

2 FRIDAY DECEMBER NRU CITY OF TORONTO EDITION 4 Top-ten firms continued from page 1 1. [1] AIRD & BERLIS Eileen Costello, Robert Doumani, Patricia Foran, Tom Halinski, Patrick Harrington, Jody Johnson, Kim Kovar, Sidonia Loiacono, Leo Longo, John Mascarin, Josephine Matera, Jane Pepino, Christopher Williams, Steve Zakem REASONS FOR RANKING: Aird & Berlis takes the top spot for the third year in a row, after jumping from fourth to first two years ago. The firm was involved in several high-profile cases in the past year, including the ongoing Central Waterfront Secondary Plan. Other important cases include Cadillac Fairview s plans for a high-density residential complex on Lawrence Avenue East and Don Mills Road, Home Depot s case for a retail store at York Mills Road and Lesmill Road, the huge residential proposal at Dufferin Street and Lawrence Avenue West and a contentious appeal for demolition of a baker s dozen houses in the High Park area. Don Mills Residents Inc. in appeals by Cadillac Fairview (C/F Realty Holdings Inc.) for official plan and zoning by-law amendments to permit development of a large residential project at Lawrence Avenue East and Don Mills Road (Mascarin) (settlement); representing Block 9A Developments Limited and Block 9B Developments Limited defending their approved official plan and zoning by-law amendments permitting development of a 31-storey office tower and two residential towers, 55 and 65 storeys, on York Street against appeals by Fancy Dell Developments Inc. (Kovar) ( ); representing W.J. Holdings Limited, Davhill Investments and Car-Allan Investments Limited in their appeal for a demolition permit to allow demolition of 13 houses on Bloor Street West, across from High Park, to make way for a future development (Doumani) ( ); representing Castlepoint Realty Partners Limited in its appeal for site plan approval for the Sony Centre condo development (Williams) (settlement); representing Home Depot Holdings Inc. in its appeals for OPA and ZBA to permit development of a largescale retail project at York Mills Road and Lesmill Road (Harrington, Zakem); representing 25 Stafford Inc. in its appeal for a rezoning to permit development of a 10-storey condo on Stafford Street (Kovar) (settlement); representing Dufflaw Realty Ltd. and Dufferin Lawrence Investments Ltd. in their appeals for rezoning and a plan of subdivision for a multi-building, 1,700-unit residential mixed-use development at Dufferin Street and Lawrence Avenue West (Kovar) (settlement); representing Rams Head Development Inc. in its appeal for a rezoning to permit development of a 16-storey, 138-unit condo at King Street East and Sherbourne Avenue (Kovar); representing Home Depot of Canada Inc. in appeals against a city-initiated OPA amending several different policies, including employment land conversion policies (Harrington, Zakem) ( ); representing 224 King West Inc. in its appeal for rezoning to permit development of a 45-storey condo tower on King Street West (Costello); representing Loblaw Properties Ltd. in its appeal against a city-approved rezoning implementing the results of the Avenue Road Avenue Study because Loblaw s Avenue Road property was not rezoned through that process (Zakem) ( ); representing Castan Waterfront Developments Inc. and Home Depot Canada Limited in appeals against the Central Waterfront Secondary Plan (Doumani); representing Ontario Limited in its appeals for OPA and ZBA and plan of subdivision approval to permit development of an eightbuilding, 1,035-unit condo development on Sentinel Road and Fountainhead Road (Kovar) ( ). 2. [2] DAVIES HOWE PARTNERS John Alati, Jeff Davies, Mark Flowers, Nupur Kotecha, Michael Melling, Aaron Platt, Susan Rosenthal, Katarzyna Sliwa, Daniel Steinberg, Amber Stewart REASONS FOR RANKING: This is also the third consecutive year at number two for Davies Howe, after climbing three spots two years ago. The firm represented clients such as Cadillac Fairview in its high-profile Lawrence Avenue East- Don Mills Road case. Davies Howe also participated in appeals against the city s new official plan, new site plan powers, amended employment land conversion policies and the Ossington interim control by-law. Dorsay Investments Limited and Ontario Inc. in their appeal for an official plan amendment for employment land conversion to permit development of a multi-building, 914-unit residential project on Sheppard Avenue East COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENT FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE YOUR PARTNERS Dillon Consulting Limited, 235 Yorkland Boulevard, Suite 800, Toronto, Ontario, M2J 4Y8 Phone (416) Fax (416) CONTINUED PAGE 5

3 FRIDAY DECEMBER NRU CITY OF TORONTO EDITION 5 Top-ten firms continued from page 4 (Davies, Flowers) ( ); representing Dorsay Investments Limited and Ontario Inc. in a Divisional Court appeal on the same project (Davies, Flowers) ( ); representing Cadillac Fairview (C/F Realty Holdings Inc.) in its appeals for OPA and ZBA to permit development of a large residential project at Lawrence Avenue East and Don Mills Road (Beckman, Davies) (settlement); representing Fancy Dell Developments Inc. in its appeal against approved OPA and ZBA permitting Block 9A Developments Limited and Block 9B Developments Limited to develop a 31-storey office tower and two residential towers, 55 and 65 storeys, on York Street (Alati) ( ); representing GCD Trustee Limited in its appeal for rezoning to allow new maximum dwelling unit floor areas at Gerrard Street East and Clonmore Drive (Alati); representing Birch Mount Park Inc. in its appeals for rezoning and site plan approval to permit development of a four-storey columbarium on Birchmount Road (Flowers) ( ); representing Ontario Limited in appeals against a city-initiated OPA amending several different policies, including employment land conversion policies (Flowers) ( ); representing Hamville Holdings Ltd. in appeals by Avenue-Yorkville Developments Ltd. for OPA and ZBA to permit development of two condo towers on the Avenue Road site of the Four Seasons Yorkville Hotel (Flowers); representing The National Club, Gerrard Clonmore Developments Limited, Tap-Steeles Investments Ltd., Steeles Markham Developments Limited, The Conservatory Group of Companies and Ringley Construction Ltd. in appeals against the city s new official plan (Flowers, Rosenthal); representing Cadillac Fairview Corporation, Conservatory Group Inc., Osmington Inc. and Oxford Properties Group Inc. in appeals against a city-initiated OPA implementing new site plan powers (Flowers) (settlement); representing Creative Restaurants Consultants Limited and 214 King Holdings Limited in an appeal by 224 King West Inc. for rezoning to permit development of a 45-storey condo tower on King Street West (Flowers); representing Breck McFarlane in his appeal against the city-approved interim control by-law temporarily halting new restaurant approvals for a stretch of Ossington Avenue between Queen Street West and Dundas Street West (Alati). 2009/10 to take third place. The firm continues to represent a huge number of clients in appeals against the city s new official plan and also participated in large residential cases, such as the Dufferin-Lawrence proposal and a three-building Liberty Village project. 200 Bay Holdings Inc. in a Divisional Court case from Toronto Dominion Centre appealing the method by which the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation assesses income-generating properties (Piurko, Sanford); representing Minto 201 Developments Inc., Harry Nash and Isaac & Harry Nash Limited in their appeals for OPA and ZBA to permit development of an 18-storey, 58-unit condo on Ritchie Avenue (MacDougall, Tanzola) (settlement); representing Ontario Ltd. and 14 Prince Arthur Ltd. in their appeals for OPA and ZBA to permit development of a nine-storey mixed-use building on Prince Arthur Avenue (Dawson, Tanzola); representing the Toronto District School Board in appeals by Birch Mount Park Inc. for rezoning and site plan approval to permit development of a four-storey columbarium on Birchmount Road (Artenosi, Teichman); representing Yorkdale Ford Lincoln Sales Ltd. in appeals by Dufflaw Realty Ltd. and Dufferin Lawrence Investments Ltd. for rezoning and a plan of subdivision for a multi-building, 1,700-unit residential mixed-use development at Dufferin Street and Lawrence Avenue West (Dawson) (settlement); representing Silvercore Inc., 4800 Dufferin Street Inc., Deltera Inc and 2062 Weston Road Holdings Limited in appeals against a city-initiated OPA amending several different policies, including employment land conversion policies (Dawson, Yakubowicz) ( ); representing King West Centre (II) Corp. in its appeal for minor variances to permit development of three residential towers, with a total of 1,129 live/work units on East Liberty Street (MacDougall) (settlement); representing Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, Canadian Tire Corporation Limited, Canadian Tire Real Estate Limited (Lakeshore), Eminent Construction Limited, Monarch Construction Limited, Water View Corporation, CONTINUED PAGE 6 3. [8] MCCARTHY TÉTRAULT Daniel Artenosi, John Dawson, Cynthia MacDougall, Tara Piurko, Phil Sanford, Christopher Tanzola, Brad Teichman, Michael Yakubowicz REASONS FOR RANKING: After McCarthy Tétrault lost ground in two consecutive years, the firm jumped five spots in

4 FRIDAY DECEMBER NRU CITY OF TORONTO EDITION 6 Top-ten firms continued from page 5 Options for Homes, Silvercore Inc., the Greater Toronto Home Builders Association and Urban Development Institute, Ontario Ltd., 2BRNOT2B Holdings, N.B. Inc. (Malibu Investments Inc.), 640 Fleet Street Developments Limited, 650 Fleet Street Developments Limited, Fleet Boulevard Limited, Bedford and Bloor Realty and Lantower Yonge Bloor Capital Inc., Daniels Midtown Corporation, Mattamy Bayview Limited, Mount Sinai Hospital, Plazacorp Properties Limited, Riva Glade Holdings Inc., Wellesley Residences Corp., Yonge Crescent Development Limited, Yorkville (2001) Limited, Hanfrow Holdings G.P. Inc., Talon International Developers Inc., Meridian Residences Inc., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Ontario Limited, Weintraub Holdings Limited, Samper Developments Limited, Jassder Developments Limited, Judidon Holdings Inc., Cardon Holdings Inc., Dadadon Holdings Inc., Ruthdon Holdings Inc., Piagga Limited, Ontario Inc., Artlea Holding Limited, Siper Investments Limited H & R Properties Limited, Ontario Limited, Rosalind Bradford, Ontario, Ontario Inc., Ontario Inc., Herron Gardens Inc., Wellington Park Residence Corp., Aga Khan Foundation Canada, Marca Development Corporation, Wittington Properties Limited, First Ontario Realty Corporation, York University, Ontario Limited, National Ballet School, Bellwoods Centres for Community Living Inc. and Hyde Park Partnership in appeals against the city s new official plan (Dawson, MacDougall); representing Deltera Inc. in appeals against a city-initiated OPA implementing new site plan powers (Dawson) (settlement); representing West Harbour City (1) Residences Corporation in its appeal for draft plan of condominium approval for a 510-unit condo on Fleet Street (MacDougall) (settlement); representing Concert Properties Ltd. in its appeals for official plan and zoning by-law amendments to permit a mixed-use development in the Church Street-Front Street-The Esplanade area (Dawson, Tanzola) ( ). 4. [3] SHERMAN, BROWN, DRYER, KAROL Adam Brown, Alan Dryer REASONS FOR RANKING: This year Sherman, Brown, Dryer, Karol slipped one spot to land in fourth place. However, the firm stayed in the top ten by representing clients in a large number of smaller residential cases across the city. The firm did take part in appeals for larger developments as well, representing clients in a hard-fought condo case in The Beach, the high-profile Four Seasons redevelopment and a large condo tower next to Dundas West Subway Station. Fatemeh Fazaeli defending severance and site plan approval permitting construction of three houses on Norton Avenue from an appeal by Hue Chan and David Yee (Brown) ( ); representing Nexxt Rankin Corporation in its appeal for minor variances to permit development of six townhouses on Avenue Road (Brown) (settlement); representing Ontario Inc. in its appeals for OPA and ZBA and site plan approval to permit development of a four-storey, 10-unit condo on Neville Park Boulevard (Brown) ( ); representing Terranova Developments Ltd. in its appeals for rezoning and plan of subdivision approval to permit development of 12 houses on Rowntree Mill Road (Brown) ( ); representing Avenue-Yorkville Developments Ltd. in its appeals for OPA and ZBA to permit development of two condo towers on the Avenue Road site of the Four Seasons Yorkville Hotel (Brown) ( ); representing 1540 BSW Development Inc. in its appeal for rezoning to permit development of a 27-storey, 258-unit condo tower at Bloor Street West and Dundas Street West (Brown) ( ); representing Reza Akbari in his appeal for rezoning and site plan approval to permit development of eight townhouses on Bayview Avenue (Brown) ( ); representing New Century Homes Ltd. in its appeal against a new by-law banning below-grade garages in North York (Brown) ); representing Dunpar Developments Inc. in its appeal for site plan approval to permit development of a 10-storey, 118-unit condo building on Dundas Street West (Brown) ( ). 5. [4] FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Patrick Devine, Andrew Jeanrie, Jason Park, Mark Piel, Doug Quick, Andrew Salem REASONS FOR RANKING: After jumping four spots last year, Fraser Milner Casgrain dropped one, but held onto a top five position. The firm represents many clients in the ongoing appeals against the new official plan and also played a role in a Shuter Street redevelopment case, a Liberty Village live/work development case and a King Street West high-rise case. Fraser Milner also represented Upper Canada College in Minto Development s case for an 18-storey development on Avenue and Lonsdale roads. Stafford (25 Hobson) Ltd. and Stafford (Hobson) Ltd. in their appeals for OPA and ZBA to permit development of a 52-unit subdivision near Eglinton Avenue East and Victoria Park Avenue (Park, Piel) (settlement); representing Upper Canada College in appeals by Minto 201 Developments Inc., Harry Nash and Isaac & Harry Nash Limited for OPA and ZBA to permit development of an 18-storey, 58-unit condo building on Avenue Road and Lonsdale Road (Jeanrie) (settlement); representing Manga Hotels (Downtown) Inc. in CONTINUED PAGE 7

5 FRIDAY DECEMBER NRU CITY OF TORONTO EDITION 7 Top-ten firms continued from page 6 appeals by Canada Inc. for OPA and ZBA to permit development of a 16-storey condo building on Shuter Street (Piel) (settlement); representing West Mall Investments in its appeals against approved OPA and ZBA permitting Ontario Limited and Evral Properties Limited to develop four Eva Road residential towers, between 16 and 30 storeys (Devine) (settlement); representing Ontario Limited in appeals by King West Centre (II) Corp. for minor variances to permit development of three residential towers, with a total of 1,129 live/work units on East Liberty Street (Quick) (settlement); representing Ontario Limited, 18 Brownlow Holdings Ltd., 2BRNOT2B Holdings, Ontario Limited, Adam Steiner, Advent Health Care Corp., Avro Quay Limited, Diamante Urban Corporation, Duration Investments Ltd., MintoUrban Communities Inc., One City Hall Place Limited, Pleasant View Holdings Ltd., Sun Life Assurance (Morningside Mall), Sun Life Assurance (Yonge), Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (Lawrence and Morningside), Burnac Holdings Limited, Apco Indsutries Co. Limited, Crompton Co./Cie, Dow Chemical Canada Inc., Halltech Inc., Rohm and Haas Canada Inc., Valspar Canada Inc. and Kolter Property Company in appeals against Toronto s new official plan (Devine, Jeanrie, Park); representing Friends of Jesus Christ, Canada in its appeal for rezoning to permit a place of worship on Nugget Avenue (Park); representing Molson Breweries Properties Limited in an appeal by West Harbour City (1) Residences Corporation for draft plan of condominium approval for a 510-unit condo on Fleet Street (Devine) (settlement); representing Ed Mirvish Enterprises Limited in an appeal by 224 King West Inc. for rezoning to permit development of a 45-storey condo tower on King Street West (Piel); representing 743 St. Clair West Inc. in its appeal against a rezoning approved by the city following the St. Clair Avenue West Avenue Study (Park) (settlement). 6. [5] RITCHIE, KETCHESON, HART & BIGGART Andrew Biggart, Angela Broccolini, John Hart, Bruce Ketcheson, John Ritchie REASONS FOR RANKING: Ritchie, Ketcheson, Hart & Biggart slipped one spot this year, after shooting up five spaces in 2008/09, but maintains a firm grip on the middle of the pack. The firm frequently represents the City of Toronto, defending the city s interests in appeals against the new official plan and the Central Waterfront Secondary Plan, as well as in a case for hundreds of new residential units on Sheppard Avenue East and appeals by Home Depot to build a retail store at York Mills Road and Lesmill Road, in a designated employment area. the City of Toronto in appeals by Dorsay Investments Limited and Ontario Inc. for an official plan amendment for employment land conversion to permit development of a multi-building, 914-unit residential project on Sheppard Avenue East (Ketcheson) ( ); representing the City of Toronto in a Divisional Court appeal on the same project (Ketcheson) ( ); representing the City of Toronto defending against appeals by Home Depot Holdings for OPA and ZBA to permit development of a large-scale retail project at York Mills Road and Lesmill Road (Biggart); representing Ontario Limited and Evral Properties Limited defending its approved official plan and zoning by-law amendments permitting development of four Eva Road residential towers, between 16 and 30 storeys, against appeals by West Mall Investments (Ketcheson) (settlement); representing the City of Toronto in appeals against a city-initiated OPA amending several different policies, including employment land conversion policies (Biggart) ( ); representing the City of Toronto in appeals against Toronto s new official plan (Ketcheson, Biggart); representing Dunpar Developments Inc. in its appeals for OPA and ZBA to permit development of seven houses at 4 th Street and Lake Shore Drive (Ketcheson); representing York Mills Ratepayers Association in an appeal by Reza Akbari for a rezoning and site plan approval for eight townhouses on Bayview Avenue (Ketcheson); representing the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority regarding appeals by R & D Investments Inc. for a ZBA and subdivision plan to permit development of six-detached houses on Sheppard Avenue East (Ketcheson); representing the City of Toronto in appeals against the Central Waterfront Secondary Plan (Ketcheson). 7. [7] WEIRFOULDS John Buhlman, Jeff Cowan, Jill Dougherty, Bruce Engell, Barnet Kussner, Constance Lanteigne, Ian Lord, Michael McQuaid, Kim Mullin, George Rust- D Eye, Christopher Tzekas REASONS FOR RANKING: WeirFoulds didn t budge this year, holding onto the seventh spot, as it did in 2008/09. The firm stood its ground thanks to some significant cases, including appeals against the city s Yonge-Eglinton Centre Review and a Bayview Avenue apartment building, as well as appeals against the controversial Ossington Avenue interim control by-law. Premium Properties Limited in its appeal against a cityapproved official plan amendment implementing the results of the Yonge-Eglinton Centre Review (Engell) (settlement); representing Toronto Dominion Centre in their Divisional CONTINUED PAGE 8

6 FRIDAY DECEMBER NRU CITY OF TORONTO EDITION 8 Top-ten firms continued from page 7 Court appeal on the method by which the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation assesses income-generating properties (Cowan) ( ); representing ADMNS Kelvingrove Investment Corporation in its appeals for OPA and ZBA to permit development of an eight-storey, 140-unit apartment building and 54 townhouses on Bayview Avenue (Lord) ( ); representing Jack Goodlad Senior Citizen Residences Corporation in an appeal against minor variances granted to Scarborough General Hospital permitting an expanded parking lot (Mullin) (settlement); representing Ontario Limited defending against an appeal by Geoffrey Jones and Merton Street Residents Association against a rezoning approved for expansion of Ontario s Merton Street school (Mullin, Tzekas); representing Ontario Ltd. in its appeal for minor variances to permit an outdoor patio for a Yonge Street restaurant (Engell) ( ); representing Simeon Papatragiannis and Nicolette Potter in their appeal against the city-approved interim control by-law temporarily halting new restaurant approvals for a stretch of Ossington Avenue between Queen Street West and Dundas Street West (Engell); representing Simeon Papatragiannis and Nicolette Potter in their appeal for minor variances for a patio at their Ossington Avenue restaurant (Engell) ( ). 8. [6] GOODMANS Ian Andres, Anne Benedetti, David Bronskill, Jennifer Drake, Roslyn Houser, Robert Howe, Allan Leibel, Catherine Lyons, Mark Noskiewicz, Nicholas Staubitz, Michael Stewart REASONS FOR RANKING: For the second year in a row, Goodmans slid two spots in the rankings to sit in eighth place. However, the firm stayed in the top ten by representing clients in a variety of cases, including a Scarborough employment development case and a Shuter Street residential case. The firm also represented Waterfront Toronto in the ongoing Central Waterfront Secondary Plan case Canada Inc. in its appeals for OPA and ZBA to permit development of a 16-storey condo building on Shuter Street (Bronskill) (settlement); representing Linda Schuyler in appeals by Ontario Inc. for official plan and zoning by-law amendments and site plan approval to permit development of a four-storey, 10-unit condo on Neville Park Boulevard (Bronskill); representing Metro Toronto Condominium Corporation No. 913 and York Condominium Corporation No. 522 in an appeal by Ontario Ltd. for minor variances to permit an outdoor patio for an Yonge Street restaurant (Bronskill) ( ); representing Ontario Ltd. in its appeal for minor variances to permit development of a three-storey Rhodes Avenue duplex (Ross) ( ); representing Waterfront Toronto in appeals against the Central Waterfront Secondary Plan (Leibel, Stewart); representing Bradgate Investments Limited in its appeal for a rezoning to permit the construction of eight buildings containing industrial, office and warehouse uses at Markham Road and Passmore Avenue (Houser) ( ). 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7 FRIDAY DECEMBER NRU CITY OF TORONTO EDITION 9 Top-ten firms continued from page 8 9. [N/A] WILLIAM ROBERTS REASONS FOR RANKING: William Roberts snuck into the bottom of the list this year, having placed outside the top 20 in 2008/09. Roberts frequently represents residents and ratepayers associations and was involved in the high profile appeals against the city s implementation of the Yonge- Eglinton Centre Review, as well as the ongoing appeals against the city s new official plan. the South Eglinton Residents and Ratepayers Association in its appeal against a city-approved OPA implementing the results of the Yonge-Eglinton Centre Review (settlement); representing the Teddington Park Residents Association in appeals by Peter Lodge for minor variances to build a new house (settlement); representing the Lithuania Ravine Residents and Ratepayers Association in appeals by Sedona Developments Group (High Park) Inc. for OPA and ZBA to permit redevelopment of a townhouse complex on Keele Street; representing Ripley Area Residents Group Ltd., Swansea Area Ratepayers Group and the Confederation of Resident and Ratepayer Associations in appeals against the city s new official plan. 10. [16] KAGAN SHASTRI Paul De Melo, Ira Kagan REASONS FOR RANKING: Kagan Shastri jumped six spots this year to snag the last spot in the top 10. The firm s ranking is due in large part to its involvement in the long-running, contentious condo proposal at Avenue and Lonsdale roads. the Forest Hill Homeowners Association in appeals by Minto 201 Developments Inc., Harry Nash and Isaac & Harry Nash Limited for OPA and ZBA to permit development of an 18-storey, 58-unit condo on Avenue Road and Lonsdale Road (Kagan) (settlement); representing R & D Investments Inc. in its appeals for rezoning and plan of subdivision approval to permit development of six residential units on Sheppard Avenue East (De Melo) ( ). THE NEXT TEN Based on mentions in Novae Res Urbis City of Toronto Edition, the ranking of the next ten firms follows: (11) [17] Michael Vaughan; (12) [n/a] Borden Ladner Gervais; (13) [12] McMillan; (14) [11] Stikeman Elliott; (15) [14] Wood Bull; (16) [n/a] Miller Thomson; (17) [20] Macdonald Sager Manis; (18) [n/a] Loopstra Nixon; (19) [n/a] Gowling Lafleur; (20) [n/a] Jeffrey Streisfield. NRU METHODOLOGY The end of year tradition at NRU examines the legal side of planning and development in the City of Toronto, primarily focussing on cases that have come before the Ontario Municipal Board from August 2009 to July 2010 as reported by Novae Res Urbis - Toronto Edition. Send us your interesting board and court decisions and development applications by or fax, to ensure they are covered in NRU - Toronto Edition for the fourteenth annual ranking to be published in December How the information is collected We track each of the law firms mentioned in Novae Res Urbis - Toronto Edition (OMB News, predominately but not exclusively) over a one-year period between August and July. From there we determine the firms that are most frequently mentioned and sort through their projects and hearings. Some firms are involved in a variety of developments across Toronto, while others have particular associations to major clients. Determining the top 10 Balancing the number of clients, the range of projects and the difficulty of cases, as well as unique features about each project or case is our most difficult task. This assessment is based only on items covered in Novae Res Urbis - Toronto Edition and does not account for the vast number of cases and firms involved with such matters as minor variance applications, assessment appeals or those that participated as part of a development team without our knowledge. Hence, there is a certain degree of subjectivity in our ranking. The listings Lawyers that are part of the planning and development law team for each of the top-10 ranked firms are noted. In cases that involved an OMB decision where a clear winner/loser or settlement was determined, the appropriate symbol ( ) or ( ) or (settlement) follows the case description. If there was no clear win/lose/settlement or the matter involved a prehearing or is still pending before the OMB, no symbol appears. A square bracket after this year s ranking indicates the firm s placement in last year s NRU listing.