Kielburger-backed plan to tear down raccoon-ravaged Scarborough mansion gets the green light

Toronto Star · May Warren · 2026-11-05 10:00 UTC

Scarborough committee approved plans to demolish the property to make way for two new homes.

A plan to tear down a decrepit mansion near the Scarborough Bluffs and build two detached homes has been approved by the local committee of adjustment.

“The raccoons have got in it. The windows have been smashed. It’s been so long sitting there,” Paul Wright, president of ACI Wright Architects Inc. and the agent for the owner, told the committee, which is tasked with settling neighbourhood property and building matters.

“We’re desperate to do something with it.”

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