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Excellent summary. If OPA 395 does not prejudice the private OPA and the panel has determined there is no requirement for the City to purchase the air rights unless the City moves forward with Rail Deck Park, what was the purpose of OP395? The existing OP provided for a range of uses, including...

Sounds like a plan, but a) Oxford doesn't own the air rights in that area and b) how does Oxford make money from a park between Rogers Centre and Spadina? Are you suggesting a mix of development and park?

And that's assuming the park will cost anywhere near the approved budget. Remember the bike parking lot under City Hall? Originally budgeted at 1.2 million it ended up costing almost $3 million and took something like six years to build. It's nowhere near as complicated as building a park over a...

The decision doesn't change anything. The previous official plan allowed a park and other uses, including a mixed use development. OP395 specifically designates the lands for park uses, provided the City buys the air rights. If they don't buy the air rights OP395 is meaningless. Meanwhile, the...

The development site is comprised of several parcels. That's one of them.

At least they're saying something. Until now it was a one sided conversation. And of what do we need to be convinced? If the city really wants a park and they can find the money to acquire the air rights and build it (someday), a park it shall be.

Interesting background from one of the members of the development team starting at 1:42 http://www.citynews.ca/video/2017/08/15/video-councillor-says-rail-deck-condos-proposal-will-be-rejected/

@cd concept When were the rail lands "designated for park space"? Not in the zoning bylaw or the Official Plan. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks.

@steveintoronto the "name calling" seems to be coming from one party at the moment. The developer seems to be going about its business. There's been a lot of discussion on this forum as to whether the developer has the right to develop the site. You've seen the OP application. Sweeny, Arup...

G.L.17, thanks for posting this. The city seems determined to build a park on the entire site - at any cost - citing a significant deficit of parkland in the downtown core. What I'd like to know is why is the city insisting on 100% parkland on this site but they're not maximizing parkland at...