Toronto Craft Residences | 36m | 9s | Gairloch | BDP Quadrangle

[jmi22]

Remember that SM location is fed primarily from people coming north from the neighbourhood, not west on Dundas. Store does gangbusters too.

Like Lambton/Roselands area? I thought that Smythe and Syme and Harwood were still pretty hardscrabble, but maybe that perception is outdated.

 

[jmi22]

Except for the blocks between Gilmour and Jane....Hopefully the blocks between Clendenan and Gilmour continue their improvement.

What's up with the area? Never lived there but spent a good chunk of time in the area and honestly never noticed any crazy change in neighbourhoods themselves south of Dundas as you go west to Jane.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Like Lambton/Roselands area? I thought that Smythe and Syme and Harwood were still pretty hardscrabble, but maybe that perception is outdated.

"North from", not "from the north". Big difference

 

[jmi22]

"North from", not "from the north". Big difference

Ahhhhhhh, I see, so no miracle has yet to occur at Jane and Woolner LOL.

 

[AlbertC]

The Junction tends to taper off from Malta Park westward. Hopefully Craft and Gairloch's other project nearby helps the retail scene in this section and towards Runnymede by adding more critical mass in local population.

 

[jmi22]

New frontpage story on the project:

Craft Residences Nears Topping Off Along Dundas Street West in The Junction | UrbanToronto

Construction at Craft Residences has advanced since breaking ground in early 2025, with the 9-storey midrise designed by BDP Quadrangle for Gairloch Developments and Tenblock now approaching topping off along Dundas Street West in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood.

urbantoronto.ca

 

[cogito ergo]

Uhhh I don't think so?
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June 2013, years before SM opened here

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January 2026, SM long opened, and no houses seem to have been demolished, particularly not the one (190 Brookside) at the south side of the building that currently hosts SM.

well.. maybe we live in parallel universes.. I live in reality, not rellying on Google maps/Earth to "prove me wrong"! )
Anyway, I pass this spot almost every evening... and there is an extension of SM's parking lot at the expense of recently demolished house..
promise to take a shot next time!

 

[jmi22]

well.. maybe we live in parallel universes.. I live in reality, not rellying on Google maps/Earth to "prove me wrong"! )
Anyway, I pass this spot almost every evening... and there is an extension of SM's parking lot at the expense of recently demolished house..
promise to take a shot next time!

Sounds good man

 

[cogito ergo]

Sounds good man

The "new" parking lot is pretty busy during the day, today the tree in the back is just being trimmed.

 

[jmi22]

Touche, I honestly didn't think the city would issue demolition permits of residences for parking lots anymore, but I guess the universe bends to the will of high-end boutique grocers

 

[ProjectEnd]

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The "new" parking lot is pretty busy during the day, today the tree in the back is just being trimmed.

Right you were, fair enough. However...

Touche, I honestly didn't think the city would issue demolition permits of residences for parking lots anymore, but I guess the universe bends to the will of high-end boutique grocers

They don't, and this isn't that. It's for a one-storey storage building, likely for SM, not a parking lot.

 

[cogito ergo]

so, temp use for parking right now..
the main point of "sarcasm" still stands
SM is doing pretty well, at least good enough to expand..

Right you were, fair enough. However...

They don't, and this isn't that. It's for a one-storey storage building, likely for SM, not a parking lot.

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