sunnyraytoronto
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From Q3 2017 Lennard Market report, last paragraph of page (page 8) just before “Closing Comments” mentions:
"Our last reviewed sale in this marathon of transactions pertains to 4636 Yonge Street in North York for $10,500,000. The property was acquired by Claude Bitton from a private investor and measures 0.438 acres. The purchaser owned the adjacent property at 4656 Yonge Street, acquired in 2015 for $8,150,000 for 0.484 acres of land. At the time of writing, no application for redevelopment has been submitted."
Claude Bitton of "CB Holdings Ltd" is/was a land-assembler/speculator of questionable motives of various properties throughout Toronto (google returns interesting stories in Kensington Market and Bloor St West),...
- July 17, 2012: "Humber Cinema Likely Back In The DeadPool"
www.blogto.com
- Jun 29, 2017: "Why this Kensington market tenant is having to fight to stay in his apartment... again"
www.thestar.com
- and of course,... August 18th, 2008: "Twelve Charged with Defrauding the Government"
www.canada.ca
Here, Claude Bitton land assembly (outline in red in image below; red pin are properties within land-assembly, yellow pins are properties sought after) also includes:
- 16 and 18 Cameron Ave - the first two adjacent Single Residential Houses along north side of Cameron Ave
- 4656 Yonge St: original long time family owned L&G Autobody became a CarStar franchise then TD Insurance Auto Centre - operated by same staff
- 4632-4648 Yonge St: 2-storey yellow-white building hosted variety of businesses but once Claude Bitton took ownership - the type of businesses he rented to included Rub-&-Tub Massage Parlour (2nd floor), Weed Shop (ground floor corner retail),... and Sex Doll Brothel (North America's first) - I can't make this stuff up!
Note: This is the only non-redeveloped block along west side of Yonge between Sheppard and 401 without a corporately owned gas station (which has low chance of redevelopment for decades, gas station on Toronto's main street just before highway 401 - the busiest highway in North America)
There seems to be an effort to find the most undesirable types of business tenants,... to piss off local residents and surrounding businesses,... Why?
- Claude Bitton was likely trying to force them to sell cheap, so he could acquire more properties for larger land-assembly! He still wanted 4664 Yonge, 2-storey retail plaza at southwest corner of Yonge and Florence/Avondale,.. owner not interested in selling!
- Propose oversize Redevelopment,... and local would be less willing to fight redevelopment since it'll get rid of the undesirable businesses (Rub-&-Tub Massage Parlour, Weed Shop, Sex Doll Brothel)
A rough sketch-up of redevelopment proposal that never made it to official submission at City Planning Development Application,... seems to be designed by Rosario Varacalli (moonlighting at Cusimano Architects (Studio185) - who was architect for nearby Bazis' Em-mould,... err, I mean Emerald Park (under construction in rendering below) - that's a flooding joke, LOL!),... 32 and 20-storey on 4-storey retail/office podium.
source: http://studio185.ca/condominium-concept/
In Summer 2018, Aura Sex Doll Brothel posted posters advertising their opening in the local area,... local Mom Group, local West Lansing Homeowners Association and then Cllr John Filion fought it,... Toronto Catholic District School Board Trustee Maria Rizzo (a former City of North York Councillor) reminded Cllr Filion there's an old ByLaw from City of North York that forbids such establishment in Residential area of North York,.... and that was the main tool Cllr Filion used to keep the Sex Doll Brothel from opening
Aug 31, 2018: "Sex doll brothel not going ahead in North York plaza, councillor says"
Interestingly, just days before the planned September 8, 2018 opening of the Sex Doll Brothel,... Claude Bitton passed away,... his estate and CB Holdings goes to his family which includes Wife, son and daughter - all adults. Since then, the retail tenants have been more conventional,... along with the long-time questionable booze can bar! Oh, and some big boys from New York City came around looking for Claude Bitton, they wanted their money - seems he borrowed heavily,..
Google Earth image of site,... well, the Bubble Tea Shop is gone and now a Monkey Sushi
So why am I now starting a new thread,.... for redevelopment proposal that never even saw the light of day a few years ago,... wait a few months,...
"Our last reviewed sale in this marathon of transactions pertains to 4636 Yonge Street in North York for $10,500,000. The property was acquired by Claude Bitton from a private investor and measures 0.438 acres. The purchaser owned the adjacent property at 4656 Yonge Street, acquired in 2015 for $8,150,000 for 0.484 acres of land. At the time of writing, no application for redevelopment has been submitted."
Claude Bitton of "CB Holdings Ltd" is/was a land-assembler/speculator of questionable motives of various properties throughout Toronto (google returns interesting stories in Kensington Market and Bloor St West),...
- July 17, 2012: "Humber Cinema Likely Back In The DeadPool"
Humber Cinema likely back in the deadpool
Despite re-emerging from a seven-year stint in the deadpool's murky depths last year, the Humber Cinema at Jane and Bloor has closed its doors once...
www.blogto.com
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/kensington-residents-fights-landlord-at-board-again-1.4182743
- Oct 7, 2017: "Suspected ghost hotel ordered closed by city"
Suspected ghost hotel ordered closed by city
City inspectors identified health and safety issues after renovations at 38 Kensington Pl. transformed the space into multiple units that were rented out on Airbnb.
www.thestar.com
Twelve Charged with Defrauding the Government - Canada.ca
On August 18th, 2008 the Greater Toronto Area Commercial Crime Section charged twelve individuals with offences under the Criminal Code of Canada pertaining to the Canada Small Business Financing Act. The charges are the result of a request for an investigation from the Royal Bank of Canada and...
Here, Claude Bitton land assembly (outline in red in image below; red pin are properties within land-assembly, yellow pins are properties sought after) also includes:
- 16 and 18 Cameron Ave - the first two adjacent Single Residential Houses along north side of Cameron Ave
- 4656 Yonge St: original long time family owned L&G Autobody became a CarStar franchise then TD Insurance Auto Centre - operated by same staff
- 4632-4648 Yonge St: 2-storey yellow-white building hosted variety of businesses but once Claude Bitton took ownership - the type of businesses he rented to included Rub-&-Tub Massage Parlour (2nd floor), Weed Shop (ground floor corner retail),... and Sex Doll Brothel (North America's first) - I can't make this stuff up!
Note: This is the only non-redeveloped block along west side of Yonge between Sheppard and 401 without a corporately owned gas station (which has low chance of redevelopment for decades, gas station on Toronto's main street just before highway 401 - the busiest highway in North America)
There seems to be an effort to find the most undesirable types of business tenants,... to piss off local residents and surrounding businesses,... Why?
- Claude Bitton was likely trying to force them to sell cheap, so he could acquire more properties for larger land-assembly! He still wanted 4664 Yonge, 2-storey retail plaza at southwest corner of Yonge and Florence/Avondale,.. owner not interested in selling!
- Propose oversize Redevelopment,... and local would be less willing to fight redevelopment since it'll get rid of the undesirable businesses (Rub-&-Tub Massage Parlour, Weed Shop, Sex Doll Brothel)
A rough sketch-up of redevelopment proposal that never made it to official submission at City Planning Development Application,... seems to be designed by Rosario Varacalli (moonlighting at Cusimano Architects (Studio185) - who was architect for nearby Bazis' Em-mould,... err, I mean Emerald Park (under construction in rendering below) - that's a flooding joke, LOL!),... 32 and 20-storey on 4-storey retail/office podium.
source: http://studio185.ca/condominium-concept/
In Summer 2018, Aura Sex Doll Brothel posted posters advertising their opening in the local area,... local Mom Group, local West Lansing Homeowners Association and then Cllr John Filion fought it,... Toronto Catholic District School Board Trustee Maria Rizzo (a former City of North York Councillor) reminded Cllr Filion there's an old ByLaw from City of North York that forbids such establishment in Residential area of North York,.... and that was the main tool Cllr Filion used to keep the Sex Doll Brothel from opening
Aug 31, 2018: "Sex doll brothel not going ahead in North York plaza, councillor says"
Interestingly, just days before the planned September 8, 2018 opening of the Sex Doll Brothel,... Claude Bitton passed away,... his estate and CB Holdings goes to his family which includes Wife, son and daughter - all adults. Since then, the retail tenants have been more conventional,... along with the long-time questionable booze can bar! Oh, and some big boys from New York City came around looking for Claude Bitton, they wanted their money - seems he borrowed heavily,..
Google Earth image of site,... well, the Bubble Tea Shop is gone and now a Monkey Sushi
So why am I now starting a new thread,.... for redevelopment proposal that never even saw the light of day a few years ago,... wait a few months,...
