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You'll have decide for yourself if 'funky' and 'dirty' are positive attributes.

^^^^ I'm not really sure, maybe the city is just mismanaged? One thing I noticed in NYC is there are private business improvement associations in various areas of the city that provide supplemental cleaning landscaping etc. You always see guys in jumpsuit uniforms with brooms cleaning up...

There is no doubt that large parts of downtown Toronto have a somewhat 3rd world feel. To be honest I sort of like that, it is vibrant particularly in the summer. It would be nice if we could preserve that funkiness in certain areas and have a more modern 'nice' feel in others. I like Queen...

This is the first I'm hearing about it. There was no mention of this in any of the literature or at any of the meetings so frankly it it makes me a bit uneasy. It could just be nothing. I guess the issue is, are these 'purchasers' in the conventional sense - they came to the meetings and went...

I found some city document saying there are 150 units in the building being offered to people on the social housing waiting list. I thought I knew what the concept was so I didn't think much of it, but in the spring newsletter it mentions something about additional assistance beyond the 2nd...

LI Mike, I think Toronto has been getting a bit more like New York over the last 20 or 30 years (for worse and better). Grubbier, more disorganized and also much more interesting For that matter I think New York has been getting more like Toronto. I can't speak for all bouroughs but Manhattan...

I stumbled on these photos a while back, some of them are mindblowing. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PhotoAlbum31.html If you are going to Mexico City, you should take precautions. My friend's girlfriend is from Mexico and even she says the place is very dangerous - do NOT just hop...

^ Yeah, I've walked by there a thousand times and never thought it was that bad. If you dropped that walk-in center in Rosedale you would have a high crime block there too - but you've got to put it somewhere. Lots of squeegee kids in the summer but I find they are generally harmless. As far...

Suprisingly, based on those statistics, housing in the Junction is already slightly more expensive than Roncensvalles. Obviously the retail strip has a way to go, particularly east of Keele. I think the Options development will add some life. Also, based on the sales success of the Options...

Here is a photo tour taken about 2 years ago for anyone who's interested, I found it at skyscraper city a while back. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=193253 It's funny, if you read the discussion below the pics, someone mentions problems with NRI.

Seriously - what developments do you see as worth looking at, from an investors POV?

^ I don't want to be a blind pollyanna about the area just because I have purchased there - but I have seen quite a few changes just over the last year. Frankly, everything north of the railroad tracks is of little intrest to me (except LCBO and the occasional Swiss Chalet Quarter Chicken...

Yeah, I researched who was doing architecture on this, I went to their website and the firm doesn't seem to have any discernable style. Some of the stuff is ultra modern and other projects look like tacky faux historical buildings - everything from business parks to hi-rise condos, and cheapy...

Regarding the co-op issue - this building is NOT a co-op., really it is just a standard condo, the only difference is that that the company offers to assist with downpayments with the second mortgage. (Buyers who have enough for a good downpayment don't have to take the second morgage if they...

Kinda funny but it looks like the back of the house. Probably has picture windows and a nice front porch on the other side.

There is something really corny about a lot of the condo names and marketing. It's so baldly asperational. Sometimes it is downright embarassing 'Success Tower'...please!. Everthing has some name like 'DNA' or 'Vibe' that sounds like it should be the name of a bad discoteque or something...

^^ I don't think Harry meant to screw anyone either, I actually kinda like the guy, but I highly doubt he will be working 'the rest of his life' paying back those people who have lost out by investing in his project. The guy is indefatigable, he will be back with some new scheme even if he...

Just like OJ is spending his life looking for the 'real killer'

This number doesn't even includes snowbirds. Snowbirds are not immigrating - any Canadian can stay in US for 6 months a year as long as they don't work. Those numbers are for people becoming permanent residents. I think there will always be a higher percentage of Canadians going south than...

You have to admire Harry's ambition, but there was always somthing cheesy and amateurish about his projects. I was at one time thinking about buying a small unit at King West but it looked like he designed and did copywriting for all his advertisments himself - that scared me a bit. For a...