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Residents to be evicted from downtown Toronto seniors’ home
VJOSA ISAI
PUBLISHED 3 DAYS AGO
VJOSA ISAI
PUBLISHED 3 DAYS AGO
Residents to be evicted from downtown Toronto seniors’ home
A spokeswoman for the home said it was inevitable the building would close, which had just been sold to a company linked to a Toronto real estate development lawyer
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Residents at a downtown seniors’ home have been told they will need to find somewhere else to live, two months after the building was sold to a numbered company connected to a Toronto real estate development lawyer.
Davenhill Senior Living, a not-for-profit home located at 877 Yonge St. in Toronto’s Rosedale neighbourhood, will be shuttered by the end of this year.
In a July 3 letter to residents, Dan Tomlinson, chair of Davenhill’s board of directors, said the decision was made “only after it became clear that closure of the facility is inevitable and that the only question was how much control we would have over the timing.”
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Davenhill is home to about 150 people, some with varying levels of mobility and requiring wheelchairs. The nonprofit has hired relocation consultants to help seniors find new accommodation, tour prospective residences, pack and move at no cost to them.
In a statement to The Globe, Davenhill spokeswoman Genevieve Brown said the facility regrets the challenges of the impending move on its residents, but made the choice to close down on its own terms, rather than to “wait until an event outside our control forced us to close with immediate effect and no lead time for our community to find a new home.”
The building changed hands in May of this year, although the new owner’s identity is opaque.
Land registry information for 877 Yonge St. currently has the numbered company 2692518 Ontario Inc. as its owner. The company, which was set up 10 days before the land transfer, lists a Toronto real estate development lawyer Andrew Jeanrie as its director and president. (Mr. Jeanrie did not respond to e-mailed questions or phone calls from The Globe.)
The City of Toronto has not yet received any planning or development applications for the site.