233 Eglinton Ave. E

Eglinton Junior Public School (EJPS) is a 64,000 sq. ft. JK-5 facility located on the corner of Eglinton Ave E. & Mt. Pleasant Road that has been experiencing increasing student accommodation pressures for decades and currently operates above its capacity. The building sits on a 1.6-acre site that has neither the room for portables nor the sufficient physical space for additional retrofits to support the projected increased enrolment.

Subject to Ministry approval, TLC has negotiated a proposed solution that would deliver a new non condominium, strata owned, 120,000 sq. ft. modern school with the capacity for 1,100 students, in the podium of a future mixed-use high rise development. The new school would include separate entrances and elevators, 2 gymnasiums, a school and community day care centre, exclusive use of 0.8 acres of an outdoor ground level playground, plus a 40,000 sq. ft. play space on the podium roof and more than 60 underground parking spaces. The proposed school would require no additional provincial funding, as the developer would build the school at no cost to TDSB, adding significantly to the overall asset value of TDSB’s real estate holdings.

A Request for Preliminary Proposal was issued in October 2021, to explore a partnership with an adjacent developer to combine their respective land holdings to allow for the creation of a joint use complex that includes a new school within a large mixed use high-rise residential development. This opportunity consists of TDSB exchanging an existing parcel of school land for strata ownership of non condominium space in the podium of a new condominium complex which will be constructed on the combined development site.

In April 2022 TLC completed negotiations on the proposal with the developer to exchange the TDSB property at 223 Eglinton Ave. East, in return for a 120,000 sq. ft, TDSB owned, JK-5 school to be located in the podium of the future development on the combined site.
Proposed timeline for project delivery is 5-10 years.