In Touch Retirement Living for Vegetarians/Vegans Inc., Receivership

In Touch Retirement Living for Vegetarians/Vegans Inc., the owner of a heritage property located at 64 King Street in Toronto, was placed in receivership on April 16 on application by Ivano Pegoraro, owed $800,000 in principal.

The property was built in 1859 for William Tyrrell, a politician in York Township and the Village of Weston, as his grand estate. It was operated as an unlicensed retirement home by the company’s sole officer and director, Elaine Lindo, until 2019, when the Ontario Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority obtained an order directing Ms. Lindo and the company to stop.

At that time, the home had a bed-bug infestation, no sprinkler system, and one resident with dementia had wandered away and was found dead several days later.

The company’s loan to Mr. Pegoraro matured in September 2023 and has not be repaid, despite Mr. Pegoraro’s demand for payment.

Rosen Goldberg is the receiver.

Counsel is Dickinson Wright for Mr. Pegoraro.

By: Dina Milivojevic