Although urbantoronto.ca applauds this development, local residents attending this community consultation meeting at Metro Hall raised several issues.

Local residents remember 2011 when the Fabrik condominium, directly east of this site, found its rezoning application challenged.  Deemed too tall, City Council directed planners "to continue negotiations with the applicant for 431, 441 and 445 Richmond Street West with the goal of reaching a settlement that achieves an appropriate transition in building height to the prevailing built form and context in the West Precinct of the King-Spadina Secondary Plan Area". The "settlement" granted the requested height at the east side of the building as long as the west side of the building sloped downwards to “transition” as desired. Using the maximum height of the Fabrik building as justification for the maximum height of the 457 Richmond development should therefore be considered flawed.