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Toronto PATH Retail

ShonTron said:
I'm sure CF wants easy access to and between its properties, particularly with the Ontario Line construction. I could see some main floor access between Queen Street, the Simpson Tower and to the Eaton Centre and the subway through the basement at least. I doubt the second floor would be part of that, but I could be wrong.
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I wonder though..

With the Ontario Line construction, access is severely limited out front of the Eaton Centre. All the hoarding makes it impossible to cross Queen at street level.

They may wish to reinstate access via the bridge to connect their properties and provide easier access.
 
shortbranch said:
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It would seem they are preparing to open the upper level of the former Hudson's Bay at Eaton's Centre. They appear to be building the temporary walls upstairs (seen in picture) as well, and the walls on the lower level being built do not appear to be blocking off the escalators from what I can tell. Perhaps they will open the bridge crossing over Queen St. This is just a guess based on observations however not sure why they would open the upper level simply for people to pass through, seems like a lot of effort/cost..
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ShonTron said:
I'm sure CF wants easy access to and between its properties, particularly with the Ontario Line construction. I could see some main floor access between Queen Street, the Simpson Tower and to the Eaton Centre and the subway through the basement at least. I doubt the second floor would be part of that, but I could be wrong.
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Ask, and you shall receive, if I am so disposed, LOL

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But what reason is there for the public to go between the Eaton Centre level 2 and the Bay building level 2? There's nothing there other than stairs to go down to the basement, which connects you to the Bay-Adelaide Centre.

It would be cool if the bridge was open, though, you'd probably get good views of the construction site.
 
evandyk said:
But what reason is there for the public to go between the Eaton Centre level 2 and the Bay building level 2? There's nothing there other than stairs to go down to the basement, which connects you to the Bay-Adelaide Centre.

It would be cool if the bridge was open, though, you'd probably get good views of the construction site.
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As I said before, likely easier access.

With Queen Street blocked out front of the Eaton Centre, they likely are using the bridge as a detour.
 
Who is using the bridge as a detour?

Speaking of detours, the OL construction has occupied James St between Queen and Albert. So if you're walking along the north side of Queen, you need to detour all the way up to Albert to go straight. They kindly installed a walkway right along the Queen sidewalk from the main door of the Eaton Centre to James so you don't have to detour... but the walkway has closeable gates, and of course since day 2, nobody has bothered to open the gates.
 
There is no road crossing. You have to go underground right now. I agree that the bridge is much nicer, and would have great views of the construction site, I just don't see what's in it for CF.
 
I'd use the bridge for going from the Eaton Centre, through the old Bay, to the new diverted 501 stop on Richmond, which is just at an old entrance of the Bay. Is that route now accessible?
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shortbranch said:
I would prefer the bridge vs going through Queen subway entrance. Those doors are so heavy. Wish they would redo those doors.
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Agreed, I hate those doors so much. The weird hinging mechanism they use (where it's not at the edge of the door, but slightly towards the centre of the door) means you have to use more force to open them than a regular door. It's one of those things where an architect thought it looked good, and wasn't thinking about if it was actually practical.
 
Walked home through the PATH today, some renovation updates I noticed:

MetroCentre is, I'd guess, somewhere around 2/3rds done it's renovation, looks like they're working on the food court and south end of the concourse now (they usually do work in the morning/early afternoon on MetroCentre so the construction workers were gone by the time I was there), north end is mostly finished beyond adding plants to the planters and having you know, any stores other than Rexall. We do however have the first new tenant announced, Health One opening in the northern part of the centre block of stores in Fall 2026. Not the most exciting option IMO but fits if the plan is to move MetroCentre towards serving local needs in addition to office workers. Would have preferred the Farm Boy or LCBO from the 2019 signage renders though.

Sheraton Centre revamp is getting closer to being finished. Still a lot of unfinished walls, but there's new seating in both the shopping area and the food court (both largely fenced off so far though). Floors and ceilings are done, walls seem to be done for the easier parts, it's mostly the areas where there are angled corners, fire equipment boxes or electrical outlets that are unfinished. As an aside, I wish they'd paint the beige entrance in the middle to the one hotel ballroom, it looks very out of place with the new look.

HBC looks the same as the last time I was there. One escalator left to fix. Blue fencing still everywhere.
 
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