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There is going to be so much density in this area with so many new enormous towers they would be foolish not to consider some underground pathways to help facilitate the movement of pedestrians. Even with the proposed widened sidewalks on Yonge Street, I feel like the pedestrian traffic is going...

I've heard very recently that the newly planned date of commencement on the Barbara Ann Scott Park revitalization is now scheduled for March 2016. Hope that timeline doesn't get bumped. Would love to start being able to use the new park sooner rather than later. It's looking more decrepit than...

I think the concern is actually around the "in-and-out" doggie bathroom breaks. I'd agree that a dog run doesn't make much sense in such a small park, but there are thousands of dogs in the immediate neighbourhood who need an area for some quick relief that doesn't require the owner to walk all...

It's definitely window washing equipment. It will be a permanent feature at the top of the building (so long as there are windows to wash).

There are a few more retailers opening at the base of Aura on the north side, facing towards College Park. One of them is this coffee shop called Zavida: http://www.zavida.com/retail-location Not sure what the others will be but I'm hoping there will be some patio space available during the...

Just received word from a real estate lawyer that the lower corporation (floors 5-58) will be registering starting Feb 18th through March 4th. Things should start hopefully really coming together now.

The metal canopy is finally all off the building so you can now see all the way up from the sidewalk on Yonge. It's a looooong way up!

Quickly snapped these couple of photos as I was on my way to work at around 5pm today. Looks like they were taking down parts of the main crane. The construction dudes in the centre of the old skating rink in the photo looked like they were helping to guide that particular part of the crane down...

The land where Aura is located has stacked municipal addresses: 382 Yonge is for the banks, restaurants, big box stores & Hard Candy; 384 Yonge is the P1 level of The Shops At Aura; 386 Yonge is the lower half of the Aura residential condo, and; 388 Yonge is for the upper level executive &...

Yes, it is a hoist unit. That probably explains it.

I know that the occupancy date for one of the units on the highest floor of the lower condo corporation gets the keys on September 2nd, 2014 (according to the most recent builder's notice). I imagine it will be one or two months max after that until the registration. Based on that my estimate...

As a point of curiosity, I wonder what happens when the lights burn out? Can the bulbs or LED strips be swapped out easily? I'm jokingly imagining the biggest beast of a cherry picker on site to change out the light strips when the lights go out later on.

Just like with any new construction project, you have to go with the flow during the occupancy period regarding the noise, dust, occasional elevator delays and the presence of construction works going through the building during the work periods of the day. I suppose you get used to it, but I'm...

There are definitely people with occupancy on the 40th floor - and maybe higher, but I don't know for sure yet. I believe the plan for this present wave of occupancy was to have the keys released for the majority of the units up to floor 55 throughout the month of February.

The underground retail section has it's own Board of Directors that has been in place since November. The residential tower will in fact be made up of two more other condo corporations. The big box stores are another entity too. With a building of this size, the work needs to be divided up...

I beg to differ on the traffic flow during the daytime hours at The Shops At Aura: The major demographic at the moment in the building is comprised of students, young professionals with or without small families and older (retired?) couples. This keeps steady traffic flowing throughout the mall...

You'll have to stand corrected: There is the Kaiju curry place open right now and a Korean place that opened a few weeks ago. A "Dip 'n Dunk" will be coming probably at the beginning of January (a fruit dipped in chocolate kinda place). The problem with a lot of the retail and food court...

Last I heard, they won't be installing any sort of video screens until the building is completely finished.

Here's a photo from this morning:

Canderel owns 777 Bay, where there is already a 24h Metro and a Sobeys, which is connected underground (and via the future PATH) to Aura. It's not unusual for lease contracts in retail/commercial deals to have non-compete clauses that limit the amount of competition you'll find between stores in...