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Development proposal in Pickering at 375-409 Kingston Road
By Glenn Hendry
Published December 10, 2025 at 10:47 am
More than three years after 400 residents showed up to a public meeting to voice their concerns about the scope of a high-rise development in west Pickering, the developer has come back with new plans that could double the size of the proposal, leaving one councillor with “serious concerns.”
375 Kingston Road Corporation submitted an application in May 2022 to build 25-storey and 31-storey towers on the south side of Kingston Road at Rougemount Road. About 400 people showed up to voice concerns about traffic, density and the impact on abutting neighbourhoods.
The developer rescinded the application, completed a land assembly extending the project east to Evelyn Avenue and has now prepared a new application with four towers, soaring from 31 to 34 storeys.
“I was expecting something different after they met with 400 people,” said Ward 1 Councillor Maurice Brenner. “With all that height on Rougemount Road, this doesn’t address the concerns of the people at that meeting. Those concerns are significant.”
“This new proposal is higher than the original and has a greater impact on the community.”
The developer is proposing to build 31- and 32-storey towers in the first phase and 33- and 34-storey towers during the second phase, with two of the buildings going up at the site of Rougemount Square, which is now home to an organic grocery store, butcher shop, dry cleaner and restaurants.
The proposal also includes mixed-use office and commercial space on the lower floors, with the current retail tenants having first right of refusal to move prior to demolition of the plaza.
“This new application does not address the concerns raised by the community. With no westbound exit from this development site, all vehicles will use a private road exiting onto Rougemount, creating further traffic congestion at this intersection,” Brenner said, adding that westbound traffic on Kingston Road can only access the site by turning left onto Rougemount.
A new public meeting is expected to be held in late January or early February and Brenner is asking that notification be given to a wider geographic area so residents in the South Rosebank community and the Rougemount Drive North community can also be informed.
“I want the impact of this development to be known to the entire community.”
The original application by 375 Kingston Road Corporation was for a high-density mixed-use development comprising two residential towers, 25 and 31 storeys, connected by a four-storey podium, with a total of 580 dwelling units and 1,532 square metres of grade-related commercial space.
The property, located just west of the Toronto border, was purchased in 2021 by Toronto-based Decade Capital, with the company calling it a “marquee acquisition.”
The $16 million purchase from Pickering Square Inc. was fully funded by the Toronto firm.
The Kingston Road corridor, which will soon welcome the BRT rapid bus line, is largely a collection of low-rise strip malls, larger retail plazas and car dealerships and is considered ripe for redevelopment and intensification.
