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I agree, it also doesn't fit in with its surroundings and demolishes an old building that could've been adapted to new uses.

Honestly, I think city planners think the only way to protect the character of heritage buildings is to plop glass boxes on top of them, and they have a history of rejecting buildings that mimic or blend in with their heritage bases. In the refusal report, they claimed that it would change the...

Disgusting, I don't think this will get approved.

Didn't council defer their vote until October 7? Also, there are a lot of proposed developments that don't conform to the secondary plan (since it's not yet in-force). Could they get approved?

So, this development won't follow the Golden Mile Secondary Plan since it's not yet in-force. Am I correct?

The PCs have, thankfully, changed a lot after Mike Harris. Of course, Toronto's politics were partially at fault, but the Liberals always set deadlines for construction start but never even tried to meet them. Instead of uploading subway expansion (as the current gov has done) to get on with...

I highly doubt that the Liberals will be in power soon, they have been horrible with transit investment (yet made endless promises and plans) and are very unpopular now. Honestly, the PCs are doing good with transit and are becoming (finally) more popular, so I don't see the Liberals coming back...

Actually, city planners examined the route (in a report) and determined it is much better than the relief line in almost every aspect. The RL's north extension would've probably open in the 2040s, it wasn't planned to connect to the East Harbour station, and wouldn't serve as many riders &...

There won't be transit priority for Toronto LRTs because City Hall (or Transportation Services) made that decision. It wasn't up to MX. Hurontario will have transit priority!

Wow! I am very impressed! I love how the design is contemporary, but references indigenous shapes both outside and inside.

MX didn't even add transit signal priority (the city didn't let them), what a joke.

I am so happy this is happening in the UK, they've been getting a lot of bad design (especially London). The best idea is to fast-track beautiful projects, in order to incentivize developers to use good architecture. It would be awesome if we could have the same thing (in Ontario), this is one...

Makes complete sense, but Allandale Waterfront is far away from downtown (in terms of walking distance).

Wow, that shows that our planning system is really broken. Thanks for the information.

But it's not a study. It will become a legal document once adopted by council. Won't the development change after the plan is adopted?

Are they really? I heard the province will do real estate for subway projects (ie. Ontario Line).

Sorry, I meant Pharmacy Station. I was just asking if the not in-force secondary plan applies or will apply to the OPA. Also, the location of the towers is too lazy and the shadows on the open space is pretty bad.

What about the Golden Mile Secondary Plan (to be approved)? Will it not change this proposal? The plan says that development around Laird Station need to have design "of the highest quality", so why does this look like crap?

Old version was much nicer, except the retail here is improved.

So do the developers just want to ignore the Golden Mile Secondary Plan? Will the plan even apply to the development once it's approved, or will it not (because the application was submitted prior to the plan's approval)?