Toronto 243 College Street | ?m | 30s | BDP Quadrangle

[Mies]

What a disgrace Toronto's heritage preservation system is if this is allowed to go ahead.

 

[TrickyRicky]

That building is an example of exactly what we should be building, not tearing down in this city. I would support planning initiatives that bias the creation of such buildings at the expense of both low-rise and high-rise construction. Example: tax the hell out of anything below 3 storeys and above 10, give tax breaks to anything between 3 and 10 storeys.

 

[jozl]

I agree TrickyRicky. I'd love to see a shift away from high rise development (except in the case of parking lot infill in the downtown core) to mid rise development on our main streets.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

U of T: Another College St Student Residence (Bailey & Company, 30s, ?)

From the Globe:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...-to-proposed-u-of-t-residence/article4479535/

AoD

 

[urbandreamer]

I am looking forward to this proposal!

 

[urbandreamer]

Project End: Since you've got the hookup (moved from aA I guess?) my iQ says this will be team "jolly good" Quadrangle.

 

[Dandy Horse]

this building is where the provincial liberals work out of, I heard the top floor or two are extremely ritzy entire floor condo units that a cetrain hockey player lives in (all of this gossip of course).

 

[AlbertC]

Also home of the dreaded EI Richmond.

 

[taal]

You sure you aren't thinking of the building beside the red brick 5 story office building ? That building isn't being touched as far as I'm aware ?

 

[interchange42]

Also home of the dreaded EI Richmond.

Not so dreaded anymore. They're doing particularly deft work at Parkside Village in Mississauga. Very handsome project. Worth a visit.

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[AlbertC]

You sure you aren't thinking of the building beside the red brick 5 story office building ? That building isn't being touched as far as I'm aware ?

These are 2 separate projects adjacent to each other on this block. This proposal, 243 College, affects the brick warehouse building.

 

[skorji]

These are 2 separate projects adjacent to each other on this block. This proposal, 243 College, affects the brick warehouse building.

That is correct. 243 is a separate project from 245.