Here is a summary of the judgment:
divisional_court_proposed_draft_order.pdf

For details you have a choice ... the handwritten judgement of the Court:
endorsement_of_the_honourable_justice_d.l._corbett_dated_march_13_2020.pdf

Or a transcript of the handwritten judgement: 
transcription_of_the_endorsement_of_the_honourable_justice_d._l_corbett_....pdf

This hearing at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice is open to the public.  Should you wish to attend, details are below. 
HERE is what the City contends.
HERE is the Developer's response.
Arguments at the hearing will be based largely on precedent.  Both the City and the Developer have shared with the GDNA reams of documentation ... previous cases (authorities) to prove their points.  The GDNA will not be active at the hearing but will attend as spectator to this interesting event.

As promised, the resolution was speedy.  This 35-page report is dated July 15th.
The bottom line:

• The Tribunal “determined over the course of the hearing that its threshold issue was heritage” and found in the developer’s favour ... the 1950's structure can go.
• The proposal’s 57-metre height and 36.75-metre street wall were approved.
• Thanks to the presentation by participant Eris Ritcey (GDNA member and resident of 32 Camden Street), the Tribunal ordered that south facing balconies of the proposal be recessed within the building proper.  The basis of this decision makes interesting reading in sections 89-97 of the report.    
• The proximity of the proposal to the outdoor amenity space of the Fabrik condominium remains an issue which the Tribunal has deferred to the site plan approval process for resolution. 

Happy reading!

​Well it’s done.
Today the LPAT (aka OMB) hearing related to this development application ended … in four SHORT days instead of ten LONG days.  The Chair was Mr. Reid Rossi; the appellant Mr. Dani Cohen was represented by Ms. Eileen Costello and the City by Mr. Ray Kallio.  The GDNA was represented by myself, Valerie Eggertson (GDNA Secretary) backed by a very strong team:  Ann Marie Strapp (Chair of our Development Committee) and Participants Eris Ritcey (32 Camden), Doug van Fraassen (Fabrik), Kelly Nixon (Morgan) and Max Allen (Grange Community Association). 
The hearing itself was a whirlwind … the Chair cut off witnesses and counsel alike when they didn’t stay focused.  No reciting of official plans or bylaws here, no reiterating issues, no augmenting explanations once the Chair had grasped the point!  The Chair also asked that the witnesses be called not in the usual “appellant first, City next” order but by subject … hence heritage issues were addressed by both sides on day two and urban design issues on day three.
These scheduling changes did cause some degree of angst to the legal counsels but definitely added to my enjoyment of the proceedings.  I found it much easier to hear arguments and counter-arguments within the same day rather than a week apart.
All the witnesses, for both City and appellant, were strong and effective.  The Participants were particularly blessed that the City’s Urban Design witness, Joseph Luk, created some amazing visuals which only reinforced their particular issues (separation distances of the proposal from the Fabrik outdoor amenity space and the north facing balconies of 32 Camden; the sky views from the north facing balconies and the outdoor amenity space of 32 Camden).  A special call-out to Richard Eriksson who, a few weeks earlier, had invited Joseph into his suite and the public spaces at 32 Camden to take photographs.
If you are interested in reviewing these particular visuals, click here ... it is a 21.5 MB file.  Page 37 presents the City’s preferred built form which the GDNA endorsed in closing arguments, remaining neutral however on the issue of heritage retention.  Pages 40, 43, 45, 47 and 48 illustrate the effect of the submitted proposal on nearby condos.
Chairman Rossi has promised a speedy resolution to this file … weeks rather than months.  So now we wait.

At the pre-hearing conference, parties and participants were identified and a date for the hearing was set. 
City Council, at its March 26th session, adopted a "Request for Direction Report" which outlines the issues Community Planning finds with the development proposal.
A subsequent "Procedural Order" was filed with all the details, specifically:

• the GDNA registered as a Party
• condominiums at 32 Camden, 42 Camden and 438 Richmond West (the Morgan) registered as Participants
• Max Allen from the Grange Community Association registered as a Participant
• the hearing date has be set for June 10th through June 21st, 2019
• issues to be addressed by the City and by the GDNA have been listed as part of the document

Over the next year, parties and participants need to hone their arguements and collect their evidence, mostly photos or videos of the points they intend to make.  Anyone interested in assisting in this endeavour can email us at gdnatoronto@gmail.com to be included in future correspondence.  

An OMB pre-hearing is the forum at which one declares one's intention to be a “party” or as a “participant” at the hearing proper.
To support those interested in what is involved or those wanting to challenge this development proposal, the GDNA intends to conduct a workshop where options are presented, experiences are shared and approaches are evaluated. 
Interested individuals are encouraged to email gdnatoronto@gmail.com and a date/time/location, satisfactory to the respondents, will then be fixed.

The rezoning application for this site at 457 Richmond Street West has been appealed to the OMB.  The City intends to oppose.
https://www.omb.gov.on.ca/ecs/CaseDetail.aspx?n=PL170832