Bradley Libralesso
New Member
Is it really nimbyism that prevents the development of housing in Toronto, or just rich land owners who want to make sure their property and rent value don't decrease with increased competition?
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Toronto Ridiculous NIMBYism thread
- Thread starter AlvinofDiaspar
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narduch
Senior Member
More development usually increases the value of surrounding houses. So yes, its mostly NIMBYism.
Bradley Libralesso
New Member
I guess you have a point. I was reading an article lately that in Toronto it's not supply that is causing the increase prices, it's actually demand. More people are buying second and third homes as investments and rental opportunities causing higher demands. While there is enough housing to meet population needs, it is being taken up by investors. So more supply will probably just be bought up by them anyways.
Palma
Senior Member
yes thats also insane for sure
christiesplits
Senior Member
Likely developer vs. residents battle brewing in High Park.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/new-development-old-neighbourhoods-1.4019009
christiesplits
Senior Member
Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness campaign that seems to take aim at NIMBYs.
https://twitter.com/TAEHomelessness/status/856478082500370433
https://twitter.com/TAEHomelessness/status/856478082500370433
salsa
Senior Member
Toronto Jane's Walk: come join us at Bessarion subway station where we will investigate "condo creep", as if that's really an issue at said station. Because if there's one thing Jane would have hated, it's dense housing, walkable neighbourhoods and effecient public transit. See you there!
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Avenue
Active Member
My Jane's Walk guide last year was entirely too disturbed by density threat in Forrest Hill... Only explanation being that Jane Jacobs liked "the street opera" and though old buildings needed new ideas... or something.
ADRM
Senior Member
What a load of shit. Perhaps I missed the part of Jane Jacobs' mantra that argued in favour of sprawl...
pman
Senior Member
Surely it's not sprawl if you replace low density single family houses and big box surface parking lots with condo towers near an almost completely unused subway station.
salsa
Senior Member
On the other hand Jane also argued that new ideas need old building. Therefore I support converting Bessarion station into a bowling alley. This way the station will finally get more usage, while also preventing the need for "condo creep". Compromise?
Johnny Au
Senior Member
There's already a community centre being built very close to Bessarion station.
Palma
Senior Member
its amazing that Di Cano's motion passed 8-0 to fight the proposal and one of the 8 councillors who supported him is my councillor Di Giorgio yet in his ward he is all for 16 building that are being built on the former Humber Hospital site. Unreal. Plus kept having a meeting almost every year for a proposed condo on lawrence much higher than 9 stories and trying to get it passedOnly steps from the Royal York subway entrance...
Matt Elliott@GraphicMatt
19 mins ago
Kingsway residents oppose “brazenly outsized development proposal.” It’s a nine storey condo. https://www.insidetoronto.com/news-...-brazen-kingsway-development-proposal-at-omb/
“This building protrudes on all sides into somebody else’s space. It’s too big for the land it stands upon and the density increase is untenable.”
The much-opposed application in question proposes a nine-storey, mixed-use development, containing commercial uses at grade and 126 residential units above.
animatronic
Senior Member
Every other condo on that stretch is 6 stories, and the neighbouring properties are only two stories in height. Some of the local group's arguments are just fear mongering but the developer needs to explain why a 50% height increase above plan is appropriate for the strip.Only steps from the Royal York subway entrance...
Matt Elliott@GraphicMatt
19 mins ago
Kingsway residents oppose “brazenly outsized development proposal.” It’s a nine storey condo. https://www.insidetoronto.com/news-...-brazen-kingsway-development-proposal-at-omb/
“This building protrudes on all sides into somebody else’s space. It’s too big for the land it stands upon and the density increase is untenable.”
The much-opposed application in question proposes a nine-storey, mixed-use development, containing commercial uses at grade and 126 residential units above.
Once the four or five other planned condos on that strip go in, it will be a nice overhaul of the street. However, there's a big difference between six stories on either side of the street and nine on either side. This isn't the Queensway with 5-6 lanes of traffic and wide sidewalks to justify the greater scale.
aquateam
Active Member
Why do tall buildings need to justify themselves? Why is legally-mandated low-rise development in a fast-growing city considered the norm, even in transit-rich areas with local amenities, where the growth can be handled with existing infrastructure?
I'm just questioning the paradigm where the identified problem is the height of the building and not the fact that it's illegal to build tall buildings next to a subway station, in a sprawling region starved for rapid transit...