I know the people that bought the Yogurtys building and the person that owned it before. It was absurd that they kept it closed for so long.... but they had a lot of money and could do whatever they wished even if it was ridiculous.
And, given the evidence of a Greek realtor and a Greek architect, the person that owned it before was an older Greek person/family that didn't need to renovate because they inherited it and it wasn't their main business/investments. Pretty much like... what I said the first time.
The biggest "impediment" to 6-8 story development are not the owners of the buildings/properties, but the yuppies/nimbies/"broke as a jokes" (as I call them).
Seriously, YOU JUST SAID THE OWNERS WERE ABSURD FOR KEEPING THE PLACE CLOSED! And then you slag a group of people that exist only in your feverish imagination as an 'impediment' to something the owners didn't want to do? Hahahaha... that's so nonsensical it's hilarious.
Btw, I drive a 2011 German car (as opposed to a "Made in China" bicycle...like you).
It's not worth the effort I'm putting in to type this, but you do realize that anonymous forums are ANONYMOUS and so folks can say they drive whatever they like, right? But, good for you, driving a Trabant. I didn't realize they were still making them -- it must be a collector's item!
Oh, and I know the people putting up the building at 479 Danforth.
And please congratulate them on making the Danforth just that much uglier, when they had an opportunity to do something so much better.
At least they didn't 'retrofit' a truly, truly ugly apartment building around the old building, like the folks at Lucky Spot/521 Danforth did. That was a hysterically bad idea (probably done without permits) which has resulted in an amazingly awful dump. But, let me guess... you know them, too, right? And the reason they did it that way had nothing to do with them being the second generation of an old Greek family persuading Mom to persuade Dad, right?
Sorry, enough. This building isn't worth this much attention.
