A development notice placed at a midtown public park informing residents that an 88-storey condo is slated for construction on the property has been confirmed to be fraudulent.

The notice was placed at Oriole Park, near Yonge Street and Chaplin Crescent, in the Davisville area.

Toronto city councillor Josh Matlow first raised the issue on social media, calling the incident “bizarre.”

“Someone has created a fake development notice, pretending a condo tower is being proposed in the middle of Oriole Park. It’s not true,” Matlow wrote.

“I’m trying to figure out why someone went through the effort of scaring the community like this.”

Matlow confirmed to CTV News Toronto that the phone number, email address, and city staff name listed on the poster do not exist and that no such person is employed at the City of Toronto.

In addition to the fraudulent development notice, another poster asking residents to “save Oriole Park” was placed on the property.

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