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Exciting news coming from the St Lawrence Market area as Woodcliffe Properties starts on plans to rebuild the west side of Market Street. Forum member DSC was at a meeting regarding the street a few weeks back and had the following to report.
Paul Oberman of Woodcliffe Properties made a presentation to the St Lawrence Neighbourhood Association last night about his plans for the LCBO on Front Street. Work has already started on repair to the front wall of the old Fish Market restaurant on Market Street and when that's finished the rest of that building will be demolished and rebuilt, to the same height. The LCBO will then move into the lower floors (along Market Street) while their present space at 87 Front Street is refurbished and they will then return there and to the second floor of the Fish Restaurant building (which is on same level as the current LCBO space.) The LCBO will also take over the second floor of the 5-floor office building further south on Market Street and that building will be upgraded and repaired. Finally the garage at Market and The Esplanade will be demolished (soon) and a 3 floor building erected there - it will actually have two high floors and it will be retail. They hope that the LCBO will move to their temporary quarters in early summer 2011 and that the whole project will be finished by spring/summer 2012. The street level part of the Fish Restaurant will be retail once the LCBO's temporary use is over. The SLNA Delegates were very supportive of this development, which may (eventually) include closing Market Street to cars
Bye bye Pontieri Automotive Garage. This photo was taken on Saturday. As of today the garage is history.
Hello new Fish Market.
Its exciting to see a street like this come back to life.
