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Can we put in some forum rules to stop polluting so many threads with silly line drawing fanboy ideas that have no basis in the real world (i.e. nimbytech). Perhaps comic relief at first, but it is getting tiresome for people that may be reading for actual updates or discussion relevant to the...

Big Daddy, That may be one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen written on this forum - and i've been on here for over 10 years... "Lacking Balls"?? This is easily one of the most ambitious projects on the entire planet right now - no one in the real world cares about this so called...

The largest portions of taxation revenue from new development go to senior levels of government, not the city of Toronto (GST to Feds, HST to prov, Land Transfer Tax to prov, income taxes from all labour, trades, consultants, planners etc go to Feds & province, corporate income taxes from the...

The province is going to move ahead with the land sale. The city is free to make a bid to compete for the site - there have been significant sums of money collected from cash-in-lieu of parkland fees from development (sec 42) in Ward 27 that could be allocated towards purchasing the site should...

Lifetime & Centrecourt have hit a couple home runs - Karma was #1 selling project in 2011 and INDX will be the top selling project for 2012.

Four points based on massive amounts of false info & assumptions in this thread: 1. KWT has very little if anything to do with the tall building guidelines. The initial document entitled "Design Criteria for Review of Tall Building Proposals" was originally prepared in 2006 with the...

The Condominium Act provides that if a change, or series of changes, occurs to the condominium project or to any of the information set forth in the disclosure statement, then the purchaser has a right to rescind the contract within 10 days of the later of: the date on which the purchaser...

The tower has been virtually sold out for a couple of years... why would the developer or architect re-commission a drawing that is entirely for the purpose of sales & marketing? (because really that is all the rendering is utilized for - it has nothing to do with the land-use planning approvals...

Re: Renderings & "bait & switch": I think I end up posting this same explanation once a year to this ongoing silly debate about rendering and so called "bait & switch" tactics.... Maybe the rendering looks slightly different from reality because an artist is hired to draw a vision of what the...

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Revised proposal is for mixed-use building of 37 storeys and an east yard setback of 5.5 meters. Proposal will be considered at the Oct 10 TEYCC and an OMB pre-hearing conference is schedule on November 9th with a nine day hearing scheduled to begin on February 19th.

A variety of reasons, but primarily escalating labour and material costs on the construction side (advancing at a far quicker pace then CPI) and land costs have spiked significantly in the last two or three years. Smaller more complicated sites are more common now than in projects built in years...

Anyone who has any experience & knowledge of the proponent would tell you that Sapphire would have been a disaster if built - the city as some like to blame had absolutely no impact whatsoever on the ultimate outcome.

The problem is twofold - despite the city pushing for three bedroom units, they are often the last to sell - the market is rather limited for that product (that isn't to suggest there may not be a market in the future, but the fact is they don't sell well today). The criticism that the three...

Hi Automation, I gather that you are likely unfamiliar with the Planning Act and the development application and planning process in general, but sec 37 of the Planning Act deals with height and density bonusing, whereas Sec 42 deals specifically with the conveyance of land for parkland...

I can offer a different view not strictly about the architecture itself from a developers perspective in terms of the construction process - aA is generally well known for the quality of their working drawings to be among the best if not the most precise among the firms that are hired for many...

Toronto is down this year, 905 is doing pretty well - overall GTA #s are down by 22.4%

Community consultation is this Thursday June 28, 7:00 p.m. To 9:00 p.m. at the Northern District Library (40 Orchard View BLVD).

Massey tower is well over 70% sold... overall market conditions are softening and the requirements announced by Flaherty are certainly going to have an impact... most projects are not experiencing the same 'launch' effect as others that had very strong openings this year (i.e. INDX, Massey...

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