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Hahaha, its all over the news (CBC)......They have hired planners and are trying to change zoning for 27 hi-rise condo towers
They're crazy
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Hahaha, its all over the news (CBC)......They have hired planners and are trying to change zoning for 27 hi-rise condo towers
They're crazy
Filip
Senior Member
Wtf! I will fight that tooth and nail. Seriously watch me become an ultra nimby in the matter of seconds.Hahaha, its all over the news (CBC)......They have hired planners and are trying to change zoning for 27 hi-rise condo towers
They're crazy
innsertnamehere
Superstar
there are 22 condo towers in Cityplace, which has twice the land area. I seriously doubt that this will be 27 condo towers. 12 condo towers on the other hand, quite possibly.
Filip
Senior Member
According to the Globe, 27 towers representing more than 7k units is the plan. Sorry but this is unacceptable.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
27 towers would be huge. 7,000 units would be the equivilant of 94,000 people a square km. that would make it canada's densest neighborhood.
Filip
Senior Member
Over my dead body. Yet what is probably going to happen is the developer is going to get his way and the TTC will still pretend the 501 is already too good for HBS.
Memph
Active Member
Yeah, although there are a lot of developments that have comparable densities, those are mostly just a few towers, with lower density stuff beside it, this development would be much bigger.
Anyways, this has the potential to tie together the different development clusters in the Humber Bay Area: Point Mystique, Mimico Beach, the projects on Parklawn and those on Marine Parade. There should be a GO station at Park Lawn, with new pedestrian connections going from it to Lake Shore Blvd, and some employment and retail to make this the heart of the community.
radioheadmike
Active Member
I just received an email from the ward 5 councillor Peter Milczyn. It sounds like he is devastated that 550 jobs will be lost and he specifies that he will be advocating that the location is reserved as employment lands.
Filip
Senior Member
Ya councillor Grimes sent an email while he was probably having a conniption. This cannot be a residential development. It must be mixed use. Significant retail, office and residential space.
Markster
Senior Member
Can we get some links to these claims?Hahaha, its all over the news (CBC)......They have hired planners and are trying to change zoning for 27 hi-rise condo towers
They're crazy
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Superstar
Nothing in print yet, wait a couple days for more info
They are online.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...to-close-eliminating-550-jobs/article4835895/
Etobicoke is losing a major employer and a landmark on its lakeshore with news that the former Christie Cookie plant is closing next year, eliminating 550 jobs.
The new owner of the sprawling plant, well-known for its water tower, visible from nearby Gardiner Expressway and the smell of baking, made the announcement Thursday following a meeting with the plant’s workers.
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“It’s a bad day, not only for my community, but for the City of Toronto,” said Councillor Mark Grimes who represents the ward where the plant is located. “It’s brutal.”
The closing of the plant, built in 1948, marks an end of a local institution, said Mr. Grimes who remembers visiting cookie and cracker factory as a Cub Scout.
It also is likely to be the next battleground in the city’s fight to protect industrial land in a market that is feeling pressure from in-demand residential developments. .
The site at the at the corner of Lakeshore Blvd. and Park Lawn has gradually been surrounded by condo towers, Mr. Grimes said. Thursday, when its owners, came to meet with Mr. Grimes and Councillor Peter Milczyn who represents the neighbouring ward, they brought plans that envisioned 27 new residential towers on the 27 acre site, or about 7,000 new homes.
Mr. Grimes said he will meet with city staff to see if anything can be done to encourage the plant to stay. If that can’t happen, he vowed to fight to keep the site as employment land.
“I’ve always said if we keep getting rid of pieces of property like this we will be driving to Sudbury to go to work. It’s very important that we maintain these lands.”
Mr. Milcyn, also chair of the city’s Planning and Growth committee, said the closing will put pressure on the operations of the other major employer in the area, the Ontario Food Terminal on the north side of the highway, and on city staff who will have to respond to a massive proposal to redevelopment the site.
The Food Terminal, a provincial facility with long-term leases, is not going anywhere, Mr. Milcyn said, but he and Mr. Grimes have fought to keep residential development from crossing to the north side of Lakeshore Blvd. “We have always said there is a line in the sand and we don’t want that to be eroded.”
A recent OMB case involving a nearby site that was rezoned over the city’s objections means that line has been crossed, he said.
“It’s a disaster for the people affected right now and for the city,” Mr. Milcyn said of the plant closing.
The plant’s owner, Mondelez Canada, which was spun off last month from Kraft Foods Inc., gave three reasons for the plant’s closure - the growth of nearby residential development that made it difficult to operate in the area, the age of the facility and excess capacity. Company spokesman Stephanie Cass said she could not comment on future plans for the site.
She said some of the products made at the plant will be shifted to other facilities in the east end of the city and to a plant in Montreal. The remaining products will be made at facilities outside Canada, she said.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/11/01/toronto-etobicoke-factory.html
Toronto bakery to close after decades in business
Encroaching neighbourhood, high costs to modernize plant factored into decision
CBC News Posted: Nov 1, 2012 4:54 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 1, 2012 7:53 PM ET
More than 500 people work at the bakery owned by Mondelez Canada Inc., in Etobicoke.
Coun. Mark Grimes says that many of those jobs could be lost as a result of a pending plant closure that will occur in the fall of next year.
An industrial bakery is going to turn off its ovens after decades of operation in Toronto's west-end, putting hundreds of people out of work.
Mondelez Canada Inc. announced Thursday that it will be closing the bakery located at the corner of Lake Shore Boulevard and Park Lawn Road in the fall of next year.
Employees at the bakery learned of the company’s plans on Thursday.
"Our focus right now is on our employees,” said Alvaro Cuba, the company's vice-president of operations.
"We're making this announcement almost a year in advance of the planned closure to help provide a smooth transition. We're committed to treating our people fairly and working with them through this difficult time."
The 625,000-square-foot bakery has been in operation since 1948.
Etobicoke-Lakeshore Coun. Mark Grimes said it was not yet clear if all of the 550 jobs will be eliminated as a result of the pending closure.
"We're going to lose a lot of them, but I think some will go the plants out in Scarborough — I don’t have those numbers — but some will go south of the border...it’s a bad day, for not only my community, but for the City of Toronto."
Some employees who spoke to CBC News said they have been told they have 10 more months of work.
Mondelez Canada is owned by Mondelez International, a company whose food portfolio includes the Cadbury chocolate brand, Trident gum, Tang powdered beverages and Nabisco and Oreo biscuits.
The company has decided to close its Etobicoke plant because its location is no longer advantageous for its business operations.
"While this was an appropriate location for a large bakery when it was first built, the significant residential development surrounding it has led to operating constraints that will become increasingly difficult with the further residential expansion that is underway," Cuba said.
"With the facility's aging infrastructure, and underutilized manufacturing capacity, further investment is not a viable option. Therefore, we have determined it is best to close the facility because it no longer supports our strategy of making the most efficient use of our manufacturing assets."
Grimes and another Toronto city councillor said Thursday that they have seen a proposal to build condominium buildings on the land where the bakery currently stands.
With files from the CBC's Charlsie Agro and Jamie Strashin
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...to-close-eliminating-550-jobs/article4835895/
Etobicoke is losing a major employer and a landmark on its lakeshore with news that the former Christie Cookie plant is closing next year, eliminating 550 jobs.
The new owner of the sprawling plant, well-known for its water tower, visible from nearby Gardiner Expressway and the smell of baking, made the announcement Thursday following a meeting with the plant’s workers.
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“It’s a bad day, not only for my community, but for the City of Toronto,” said Councillor Mark Grimes who represents the ward where the plant is located. “It’s brutal.”
The closing of the plant, built in 1948, marks an end of a local institution, said Mr. Grimes who remembers visiting cookie and cracker factory as a Cub Scout.
It also is likely to be the next battleground in the city’s fight to protect industrial land in a market that is feeling pressure from in-demand residential developments. .
The site at the at the corner of Lakeshore Blvd. and Park Lawn has gradually been surrounded by condo towers, Mr. Grimes said. Thursday, when its owners, came to meet with Mr. Grimes and Councillor Peter Milczyn who represents the neighbouring ward, they brought plans that envisioned 27 new residential towers on the 27 acre site, or about 7,000 new homes.
Mr. Grimes said he will meet with city staff to see if anything can be done to encourage the plant to stay. If that can’t happen, he vowed to fight to keep the site as employment land.
“I’ve always said if we keep getting rid of pieces of property like this we will be driving to Sudbury to go to work. It’s very important that we maintain these lands.”
Mr. Milcyn, also chair of the city’s Planning and Growth committee, said the closing will put pressure on the operations of the other major employer in the area, the Ontario Food Terminal on the north side of the highway, and on city staff who will have to respond to a massive proposal to redevelopment the site.
The Food Terminal, a provincial facility with long-term leases, is not going anywhere, Mr. Milcyn said, but he and Mr. Grimes have fought to keep residential development from crossing to the north side of Lakeshore Blvd. “We have always said there is a line in the sand and we don’t want that to be eroded.”
A recent OMB case involving a nearby site that was rezoned over the city’s objections means that line has been crossed, he said.
“It’s a disaster for the people affected right now and for the city,” Mr. Milcyn said of the plant closing.
The plant’s owner, Mondelez Canada, which was spun off last month from Kraft Foods Inc., gave three reasons for the plant’s closure - the growth of nearby residential development that made it difficult to operate in the area, the age of the facility and excess capacity. Company spokesman Stephanie Cass said she could not comment on future plans for the site.
She said some of the products made at the plant will be shifted to other facilities in the east end of the city and to a plant in Montreal. The remaining products will be made at facilities outside Canada, she said.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/11/01/toronto-etobicoke-factory.html
Toronto bakery to close after decades in business
Encroaching neighbourhood, high costs to modernize plant factored into decision
CBC News Posted: Nov 1, 2012 4:54 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 1, 2012 7:53 PM ET
More than 500 people work at the bakery owned by Mondelez Canada Inc., in Etobicoke.
Coun. Mark Grimes says that many of those jobs could be lost as a result of a pending plant closure that will occur in the fall of next year.
An industrial bakery is going to turn off its ovens after decades of operation in Toronto's west-end, putting hundreds of people out of work.
Mondelez Canada Inc. announced Thursday that it will be closing the bakery located at the corner of Lake Shore Boulevard and Park Lawn Road in the fall of next year.
Employees at the bakery learned of the company’s plans on Thursday.
"Our focus right now is on our employees,” said Alvaro Cuba, the company's vice-president of operations.
"We're making this announcement almost a year in advance of the planned closure to help provide a smooth transition. We're committed to treating our people fairly and working with them through this difficult time."
The 625,000-square-foot bakery has been in operation since 1948.
Etobicoke-Lakeshore Coun. Mark Grimes said it was not yet clear if all of the 550 jobs will be eliminated as a result of the pending closure.
"We're going to lose a lot of them, but I think some will go the plants out in Scarborough — I don’t have those numbers — but some will go south of the border...it’s a bad day, for not only my community, but for the City of Toronto."
Some employees who spoke to CBC News said they have been told they have 10 more months of work.
Mondelez Canada is owned by Mondelez International, a company whose food portfolio includes the Cadbury chocolate brand, Trident gum, Tang powdered beverages and Nabisco and Oreo biscuits.
The company has decided to close its Etobicoke plant because its location is no longer advantageous for its business operations.
"While this was an appropriate location for a large bakery when it was first built, the significant residential development surrounding it has led to operating constraints that will become increasingly difficult with the further residential expansion that is underway," Cuba said.
"With the facility's aging infrastructure, and underutilized manufacturing capacity, further investment is not a viable option. Therefore, we have determined it is best to close the facility because it no longer supports our strategy of making the most efficient use of our manufacturing assets."
Grimes and another Toronto city councillor said Thursday that they have seen a proposal to build condominium buildings on the land where the bakery currently stands.
With files from the CBC's Charlsie Agro and Jamie Strashin
Atlantis
Active Member
I have to see it to believe it! How in the world are they even thinking of putting 27 towers on a site that's about half the size of City Place?? I can't envision how tightly they'd have to be packed.
kris
Senior Member
I love buildings and highrises but obviously 27 towers on 28 acres is retarded
historydude2012
New Member
I agree. It seems like it would be a pretty big feat to even accomplish, but even then given the nature of the site it comes across as a bad idea.
I like the Shops at Don Mills concept in general, though I'm not sure about using at this site. I guess it would depend on how it was designed and to where specifically the companies ownership of the property ends, but to me being close to a railway line and highway limits what can be done with it with that concept in mind.
Personally I'd like to see them incorporate at least some of the existing structure into the designs. I don't know what shape the building is in, or ultimately what sort of buyers are interested in the property besides condo developers, but even to just use some of the current building in the development plans would be nice.