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  1. wopchop

    Toronto KING Toronto | 57.6m | 16s | Westbank | Bjarke Ingels Group

    And did it start? No. That should tell you a lot.
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    Toronto KING Toronto | 57.6m | 16s | Westbank | Bjarke Ingels Group

    There is no where for it to go. No one is onboard yet to continue production. They will be lucky to see this start by summer.
  3. wopchop

    Why do police have to stand at construction sites?

    The police are charging their time to the builder, or film production company, or whomever. It's a racket, but it isn't being paid for by taxpayers. P.S: TPS charges $90/hr, with a $270 minimum, for a constable. If you need 4 or more constables, then you also need to hire a Sergeant.
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    Oakville The Matheson | 11.89m | 3s | Sigma | Vulcan

    Not too long. They were still working there even a couple months ago.
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    Planned Sprawl in the GTA

    Let's also not forget that the people we are hearing from who spout this kind of nonsense are still an absolute fraction of the population. Yes, mass social media is toxic, but even the people we are all interacting with on it or the internet in general are not the silent majority.
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    Toronto KING Toronto | 57.6m | 16s | Westbank | Bjarke Ingels Group

    Exactly right. There are significant quantities of metal, glass, fabricated frames, etc. It complicates bringing new people on board, because they will obviously price it high, as no one wants to deal with trying to sort so much material and drawings. It is easier to start fresh. Westbank has...
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    Yonge-Dundas Square/Sankofa Square (Brown + Storey Architects)

    Keep in mind that a large percentage of that 92% come from Caribbean nations, and you can guess how their ancestors arrived there.
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    Toronto Corus Quay | ?m | 8s | Waterfront Toronto | Diamond Schmitt

    The property is owned by H&R REIT, it was sold by Corus in 2012. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hr-reit-acquires-corus-quay-from-corus-entertainment-142329575.html
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    Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

    Failure of imagination. All building in that photo will be casino. A casino on every corner for all the folks. They deserve it.
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    Should gas stoves be banned?

    Modern electric stoves are pieces of crap. You are lucky if a modern stove lasts 5 years. I'll keep my gas, thanks.
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    Toronto East Harbour | 214.2m | 65s | Cadillac Fairview | Adamson

    CF ain't gonna build hundreds of thousands of SF of commercial office space on spec in this market. It won't happen. Not with a 15% vacancy rate and with downtown office projects being constructed now with no or limited leases signed (i.e. Portland Commons ,T3 Bayside). It will take many years...
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    Toronto East Harbour | 214.2m | 65s | Cadillac Fairview | Adamson

    Commercial market is absolutely dead right now. Any build-out here is years away.
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    Toronto East Harbour | 214.2m | 65s | Cadillac Fairview | Adamson

    Not just residential. For CF, Zeidler has done many projects across the country. Here in Toronto recently for CF they have done: Eaton Centre Galleria skylight, BMO Campus (with Q2), 2 Queen W, the Queen St Bridge. Zeidler also acquired Queen's Quay (Q2) a few years back, who has a long history...
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    Toronto Portland Commons | 71.7m | 15s | Carttera | Sweeny &Co

    The base shell is not close to complete at all. Especially all the ingress/egress to the building from grade and parking garage, including the life safety systems, etc. so you won't see permits for any fit out for quite a while.
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    PM Justin Trudeau's Canada

    I'm not trying to defend the system per se. But there is a lot of outrage going on - almost verging on a dog whistle. People are pretending as if suddenly we have lowered our standards on this requirement (English), when in reality it has been an issue for decades for every immigrant group that...
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    PM Justin Trudeau's Canada

    This thing about language is hilarious. People are talking here like this is a new phenomenon. News flash guys, this has been going on for decades, with every immigrant group you can think of. My grandparents on both sides all immigrated to Canada with my parents. All four of them lived here...
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    PM Justin Trudeau's Canada

    True - but it isn't so easy to get a H1-B. I think there are something like 400k people total at any one time that hold it. Obviously there are some companies (Apple, Amazon, and big IT companies like Tata, Cognizant, Infosys) that employ huge numbers of people on the H1B visa.
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    PM Justin Trudeau's Canada

    In the Atlantic pathway program employers are hiring foreign workers and endorsing them, getting them temporary work permits. It is not a floodgate in the sense that anyone can pickup and start moving to the Maritimes. The difference from that European working visa or a USA H1-B visa, is that...

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