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Author: Shane Dingman
Publication Date: November 10, 2025 - 13:55
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Ontario moves to block plans for Toronto apartment complex near Sanofi pharma plant
November 10, 2025
A Toronto real estate developer says the Ontario government is using a rarely deployed ministerial power on behalf of a global pharmaceutical manufacturer to block plans for a new rental apartment complex.
Tenblock Development Inc. has proposed three residential buildings of 14, 33 and 39 storeys that would replace an existing four-storey apartment building it owns on Steeles Avenue West in north Toronto. The redevelopment site is near a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility owned by Sanofi Pasteur Limited, which employs more than 2,000 people. Sanofi SNY-Q, which is headquartered in Paris and has a large presence in Canada, has a market capitalization of close to $100-billion.
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Comments
Why do they care? And why is the government interfering when their mandate is to build affordable housing. It seems ideal given it’s on a previously developed lot. So, not sprawl. What is the pharmaceutical company hiding? And who in Ford’s government is doing their bidding.