Toronto neighbourhood wants to stop cheap homes so they can keep parking spaces
Kimia Afshar Mehrabi
created: Nov. 10, 2025, 9:14 p.m. | updated: Nov. 12, 2025, 1:17 p.m.
A Toronto neighbourhood is pushing back against plans to replace a well-used public parking lot in the community with a massive new housing development.
Residents of Toronto's Fairbank neighbourhood are rallying to save a public parking lot at 9 Shortt St., which sits adjacent to a church and a Dollarama store near Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West.
"Many small businesses would be forced to close or relocate due to the loss of parking for their clients and customers.
Street parking in the surrounding neighbourhood is already extremely limited, and there are no other public parking lots nearby to absorb the demand," the campaign argues.
The proposed development does indeed call for parking; however, the 42 car and 421 bicycle parking spaces proposed within this single-level underground garage would be allocated entirely to residents and visitors.
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