Big Daddy
Senior Member
Wouldnt it be great if Manulife bought the site and built one mother of a head office on it?
Wouldnt it be great if Manulife bought the site and built one mother of a head office on it?
The City buy the site? No. An experienced developer or consortium of developers would be ideal for this site with a design competition for something unique and iconic. Cinemas, retail, a few pubs, a subway entrance or hey, why not a connection to the Hudson Bay Concourse/Cumberland Terrace/Manulife Centre. Surely a connection could be made somewhere along that site under Bloor Street. Something in the 60's range should be doable.
This area needs apartments or condos to breathe some life into the area, it has plenty of retail and offices as is. It's now mostly dead at night when not a decade ago, it was such a lively and energized area.
With all the developments going up at younge and bloor the past few years, you'd think it would be busier and more lively now than it was 10 years ago.
You'd think it would be the opposite. With all the developments going up at younge and bloor the past few years, you'd think it would be busier and more lively now than it was 10 years ago.
Am I the only person who is kind of depressed about this loss to the city? I think we all were very excited and looking forward to construction. I mean I'm not getting out razorblades or hanging a noose or anything, but it's just sucky.
And for those of you who want to see another builder come in and design something? How can you possibly want Tridel? They build the most boring and predictable buildings. Sure they're reputable, but this corner needs more than reputable.
Am I the only person who is kind of depressed about this loss to the city? I think we all were very excited and looking forward to construction. I mean I'm not getting out razorblades or hanging a noose or anything, but it's just sucky.